Lecturer in Hospitality & Catering.

The Hospitality & Catering Department is seeking to appoint an experienced Lecturer in Hospitality & Catering. We are looking for a passionate and highly skilled professional to join our dedicated team. The successful candidate will play a key role in delivering high-quality teaching and learning, inspiring students, and contributing to the continued development of the department.

This is an exciting opportunity to be part of the Hospitality and Catering department at Macclesfield College and to create a Centre of Excellence for hospitality in the area. We want the successful candidate to have recent industrial and commercial experience in the sector and to be a driving force in developing the academy and the provision.

Our curriculum offer is an exciting blend of full-time catering courses that will lead to further training, apprenticeships and employment. Alongside these, we have a wide range of adult catering and culinary courses.

Your role will involve the marketing, delivery and assessment of our Hospitality & Catering courses across various levels. You will also be required to liaise with local businesses and stakeholders to enable learners to gain professional experience and ensure they have a positive experience when completing their curriculum.

Main Duties for this role include:

• To plan the teaching, learning and assessment for college programs using the appropriate college formats and processes to ensure effective curriculum.
• To deliver teaching and learning to at least a consistently good or outstanding standard to achieve high success rates.
• To comply with all college quality assurance procedures as prescribed by the Deputy Principal - Curriculum & Quality to ensure the achievement of all internal and external audits.
• To use all appropriate resources effectively to ensure that the learners have a positive learning outcome and experience high professional standards.
• To assist with the marketing of college programmes including identifying new opportunities, attending internal and external events and interview evenings to increase the recruitment of learners.
• To take overall responsibility for the Health & Safety of students within the teaching area and conduct relevant risk assessments where appropriate.
• To undertake all aspects of the post in accordance with the Colleges Equality and Diversity, Safeguarding and Health and Safety policies and schemes.
• To comply with the Colleges Data Protection policy in relation to the collection, use, storage and disposal of personal and/or sensitive information.
• To take personal and professional responsibility for keeping up-to-date in the subject area.
• To undertake any other duties as may reasonably be expected, commensurate with your salary, both within and, where required, external to the College.

We are proud of our fantastic benefits, inclusive of:

• 48 days annual leave inclusive of Bank and Public Holidays (Pro rata)
• 2 weeks additional leave at Christmas closedown (inclusive of bank holidays)
• Teachers Pension Scheme
• Real Living Wage Employer
• Family friendly policy
• Free secure campus parking and excellent transport links
• Long Service Recognition and Awards
• Employee Assistance Programme and Occupational Health
• Onsite staff counsellor to support our mental health strategy.
• Investment in our employees Continuous Professional Development at the College with a comprehensive timetable of training and development alongside coaching and mentoring from our experienced Quality team.
• Life Assurance
• Cycle to work
• Good for ME, Good for FE Volunteering, Fundraising
• Discounted gym membership, and hair and beauty treatments
• Onsite Starbucks café

All posts are subject to standard pre-employment checks and you will be asked to provide:

• Evidence of your right to work in the UK
• Proof of Identity
• A minimum of two professional referees to cover a five-year period
• Health Declaration for any health conditions or disabilities for which you may need the College to make appropriate adjustments.

Please note that new guidance in Keeping Children Safe in Education requires us to carry out an online search as part of our due diligence on shortlisted candidates. This is to enable us to identify any incidents or issues which might want to explore at interview.

At Macclesfield College, we proudly stand alongside our Armed Forces. As a dedicated supporter of the Armed Forces Covenant, we actively welcome applications from service members, veterans, and their families.

Please note we reserve the right to close this role earlier if we receive sufficient applications for this post.