English Lecturer

Employer: West London College

Location: London, Greater London

Contract Type: Permanent

Hours: Full-Time (36 hours per week)

Salary: £34,157 to £47,073 per annum (pro-rata)

The Role:

We are seeking a motivated and skilled Lecturer – English Lecturer to join our English department at Hammersmith campus. You will be responsible for delivering high-quality teaching, learning and assessment across English programmes, supporting learners to achieve their full potential. The role involves classroom and workshop-based delivery, learner support, assessment, and contribution to curriculum development, ensuring provision remains industry-relevant and aligned with awarding body requirements.

Where appropriate, you may also take responsibility for leading a study programme or course, including curriculum design, quality assurance and learner outcomes.

The ideal candidate will:

• Deliver engaging and effective teaching, training and assessment across English programmes.
• Prepare lesson plans, schemes of work and high-quality teaching materials in line with College and awarding body requirements.
• Act as a Personal Tutor, providing academic and pastoral support and delivering the College tutorial programme.
• Monitor learner attendance, progress, behaviour and achievement, taking appropriate action where required.
• Integrate English and Maths into vocational teaching and support delivery of GCSE and/or Functional Skills where required.
• Act as an internal assessor and internal verifier as required.
• Contribute to learner recruitment activities, including open evenings, interviews and course promotion.
• Support work experience, industry engagement activities, external visits and employer partnerships.
• Promote high standards of health & safety, safeguarding, equality, diversity and inclusion.
• Contribute to quality improvement processes including self-assessment, course review and evaluation.
• Maintain up-to-date vocational knowledge and meet minimum occupational competence requirements.

Programme Leader responsibilities (where applicable):

• Lead curriculum planning and programme delivery to meet learner and local skills needs.
• Coordinate delivery teams and ensure compliance with awarding body requirements.
• Monitor learner progress, behaviour and outcomes, including English, Maths and work experience.
• Lead internal verification and liaise with awarding bodies and validating institutions.

Safeguarding of Children and Vulnerable Adults:

In line with Keeping Children Safe in Education, all employment offers are subject to employment checks. These include enhanced DBS including Children’s Barred List check, DfE teaching/management Barred List check, online searches, overseas criminal record check, evidence of identity and Right to Work in the UK, satisfactory references, confirmation of medical fitness, evidence of relevant qualifications and a check of previous employment history. The College is committed to safeguarding and promotes the welfare of all learners and expects its staff to share this commitment. You will be required to become familiar with the College's policies, and comply with the requirements to safeguard and protect the welfare of children and young people and vulnerable adults. All staff are asked to complete mandatory training in relation to KCSIE and other key areas, and to read the relevant policies.

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion:

The College has a strong commitment to working towards the implementation of equality of opportunity in both service delivery and employment. The College’s mission and strategic objectives directly support this aim. All employees are required to actively support the development, dissemination and implementation of this aim and related policies and programmes.

Recruitment Process:

The email account you use to apply will be used for all recruitment communication. Please ensure that you use an email account that you regularly monitor. All application forms must be fully completed, including a full record of education and employment history. Incomplete applications will not be considered for shortlisting. The salary for this position is inclusive of London weighting. Please note that we advertise our salaries on a range to indicate the trajectory of progression that can be made. Appointments are usually made at the start of the salary range. We may close this vacancy early if we receive enough applications, so we encourage you to submit yours promptly. If you don’t hear from us within 2–3 weeks after the closing date, please know that, unfortunately, you have not been shortlisted this time. We truly appreciate your interest and hope you’ll consider applying for future opportunities with us.

Please note that we do not accept CVs.