Lecturer - Business in Bedford

Location: Bedford College – Cauldwell Street Campus

Salary/Benefits: Salary is between £33,048 and £38,169 per annum DOE and Qualifications, 45 days annual leave plus Bank holidays, Teacher’s Pension, Retail and Leisure Discounts, excellent professional and personal development opportunities, accessing college courses. Note – Salary and annual leave entitlement is for that of a Qualified Lecturer.

Hours/Weeks: 37 hours per week – 52 weeks per year

Contract Type: Permanent – Full Time

This is a UK based contract, and you are required to have the Right to Work in the UK. Unfortunately, we’re unable to offer sponsorship and any offer of employment will be subject to evidence of your Right to Work in the UK.

About the role:

• Business Teaching & Assessment: Deliver and assess Levels 1 to 3 Business qualifications, including BTECs and T Levels in Management, Administration, Marketing, and Accounting, ensuring students meet awarding body standards.
• Student Support & Achievement: Provide high-quality teaching, tutorials, progress monitoring, and pastoral support to help students achieve their potential, meet deadlines, and successfully complete their programmes.
• Curriculum Development & Innovation: Develop engaging learning materials, review schemes of work, contribute to new course development, and promote innovative teaching practices that enhance the student learning experience.
• Quality Assurance & Professional Collaboration: Maintain accurate student records and reports, participate in verification, moderation, course reviews, team meetings, mentoring, and continuous improvement activities across the department.
• College Engagement & Compliance: Support open days, interviews, examinations, employer engagement, and cross-campus activities while promoting safeguarding, equality, diversity and inclusion, health and safety, and ongoing professional development.

About you:

• Qualifications & Industry Expertise: Degree-level qualification in a business-related subject, supported by industry experience within a business environment and strong English and maths skills.
• Teaching, Learning & Student Development: Able to create engaging learning materials, apply vocational experience to teaching, manage student behaviour effectively, and support learners to achieve their full potential.
• Administration, Quality & Performance: Experienced in maintaining records, monitoring and analysing data, meeting deadlines, completing student and course administration, and implementing quality assurance processes effectively.
• Communication, Teamwork & Professional Values: Strong communicator who works collaboratively with colleagues, values diversity and inclusion, contributes positively to teams, upholds College values, and maintains a professional reputation.
• Safeguarding, Compliance & Flexibility: Committed to safeguarding, health and safety, continuous professional development, maintaining appropriate professional boundaries, and working flexibly across College locations as required.

For a more detailed breakdown of the job role and the requirements, please see the Job Description attached to this vacancy. If you do not hold a recognised, qualified teaching qualification, please see attached PGCE CertEd information.

Interviews to be held: 21 August 2026

Successful candidates must also be able to demonstrate alignment to our organisational VISION values:

• Valuing Teamwork: We are one team who by working together can achieve great things, respecting the opinion and valuing the contribution each of us makes.
• Improving Continuously: We challenge ourselves to always do better by trying new things, sharing knowledge, reflecting on practice and learning from others.
• Student Centred: At our heart is always doing what is best for our students. We consider students in all of our decision making to create positive outcomes and memorable experiences for every student.
• Inclusive: We celebrate differences and diversity, recognising that we can learn from each other.
• Open and Caring: We care about the wellbeing of our staff, our students, our community and wider society, creating an environment built on trust where we listen, engage with and support each other.
• Nurturing Education Excellence: We promote educational excellence by delivering programmes that challenge our students to achieve their ambitions.

About Bedford College: Bedford College has a number of sites across the town and surrounding areas, these include our main Cauldwell Street campus in the heart of the town, our hair and beauty salon on the High Street, the advanced automotive centre on Brunel Road and the gas and technology plumbing centre in Kempston.

About The Bedford College Group: The Bedford College Group was formed in 2017 following the merger of Bedford College and Tresham College and is now the largest provider of education in the South East Midlands, with over 15,000 students passing through our doors each year. Today, the Group is made up of a family of colleges across Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire.

Safeguarding our Students: The Bedford College Group is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to thorough vetting process which includes, an enhanced DBS check and satisfactory references. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.