Lecturer in Art and Design [ Game Design Level 3-5 with some Animation] in Bedford

Location: Bedford College – Cauldwell Campus

Salary/Benefits: Unqualified: £26,651 and £31,982 per annum, Qualified: £33,048-38,169 per annum DOE and Qualifications, Teacher’s Pension, Retail and Leisure Discounts, excellent professional and personal development opportunities, accessing college courses.

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:

• Teaching & Curriculum Delivery: Plan and deliver engaging Digital, Media, Games, and Computing courses across levels 2–5, adapting to individual learner needs and ensuring high-quality teaching.
• Assessment & Student Progress: Assess, verify, and monitor student work in line with awarding body standards, supporting learners through tutorials to achieve their full potential.
• Curriculum Development & Innovation: Develop up-to-date schemes of work and learning materials, contribute to new course development, and embed innovative teaching practices and industry relevance.
• Student Experience & Engagement: Promote positive behaviour, provide inclusive learning environments, support employability opportunities, and actively contribute to marketing and student recruitment activities.
• Quality, Compliance & Collaboration: Maintain accurate records, meet administrative and quality requirements, work with colleagues and awarding bodies, and uphold safeguarding, EDI, and health & safety standards.

About you:

• Qualifications & Professional Requirements: Degree in a relevant subject (or strong industry experience), GCSE English and Maths, DBS clearance, and a teaching qualification (or willingness to achieve).
• Teaching & Quality Experience: Experience teaching at Level 2/3, with knowledge of FE quality assurance systems and use of data and IT to monitor and improve performance.
• Communication & Interpersonal Skills: Excellent communication and relationship-building skills, with the ability to influence, support students, and maintain a professional and welcoming environment.
• Performance & Organisational Skills: Strong ability to meet deadlines, manage workloads, maintain accuracy, handle sensitive data, and deliver consistently high performance under pressure.
• Professionalism & Compliance: Commitment to safeguarding, equality and diversity, and health & safety, with flexibility to travel, adapt working hours, and uphold professional standards and boundaries.

For a more detailed breakdown of the job role and the requirements, please see the Job Description attached to this vacancy.

Interviews to be held: TBC

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: Bedford College, Central Bedfordshire College and Tresham College in the towns of Bedford, Dunstable, Leighton Buzzard, Corby, Kettering and Wellingborough; Shuttleworth College, a specialist land-based college; The Bedford Sixth Form, (the only dedicated sixth form in Bedford); The Corby Sixth Form, (opened in September 2023); and the National College for Motorsport alongside Silverstone race circuit. To widen accessibility to education and training, the Group also has community-based Learning Centres in Bedford, Corby and Kettering which offer IT training.

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.

Candidates who are barred from working with children are reminded it is a criminal offence to apply for this post.