Associate Lecturer - Pathways

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Location: Bedford College – Cauldwell Street Campus

Salary: £21.50 to £24.50 per hour, DOE and qualifications

Hours/Weeks: Up to 30 hours per week

Contract Type: Sessional – Hourly Paid

About the role:

We are currently seeking an Associate Lecturer in Pathways to join our Foundation Learning department at The Bedford College Group.

As an Associate Lecturer, you play an important role in the success of our students through:

• Teaching & Curriculum Delivery – Prepares, delivers, and assesses subject specialisms across Pathways courses (pre-entry to Entry 3), ensuring inclusive and engaging learning experiences tailored to individual student needs.
• Assessment & Progress Monitoring – Develops schemes of work, assesses student progress against awarding body standards, and maintains accurate records and reports to support achievement and retention.
• Learning Environment & Behaviour Management – Creates safe, inclusive, and stimulating learning environments, promotes diversity awareness, and ensures student behaviour aligns with the Student Code of Conduct.
• Collaboration & Administration – Works with tutors and support staff, contributes to course team meetings, and completes administrative tasks including registers, enrolments, and withdrawals in line with funding requirements.
• Compliance & Professional Development – Upholds safeguarding, equality, and health and safety standards, and actively engages in training and development to enhance teaching practice and meet College expectations.

About you:

• Qualifications & Subject Knowledge – Holds a Level 3 qualification and GCSEs in Maths and English (A–C), with up-to-date expertise in their specialist area and experience delivering group learning to students with learning difficulties and/or disabilities.
• Experience & Inclusivity – Proven success in training and assessing diverse learners, with a strong understanding of equality, diversity, and inclusive education practices.
• Skills & Professionalism – Highly organised, deadline-driven, and committed to delivering high-quality learning experiences while promoting the College’s reputation and values (Student Focus, High Performance, Respect, Openness, Honesty).
• Communication & Collaboration – Communicates confidently across formats, contributes positively to team dynamics, and builds respectful relationships with colleagues and students.
• Safeguarding & Flexibility – Committed to safeguarding, health and safety, continuous development, and flexible working across all Bedford College locations, maintaining appropriate boundaries with vulnerable groups.

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 organisationalVISION 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.

What is an Associate?
Associates work on a short term basis as assigned. They teach or provide support services and they work with and are supported by core staff. As an Associate you will be issued with an Associate agreement, under this Agreement period you will be eligible to work on assignments offered to you. Typically an agreement runs from January to December and may be renewed thereafter.

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 andTreshamCollegein the towns of Bedford, Dunstable, Leighton Buzzard, Corby, Kettering and Wellingborough;ShuttleworthCollege,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 MotorsportalongsideSilverstonerace 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. The Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the Exceptions Order 1975, provides information about which convictions must be declared during job applications and related exceptions and further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guide. The Bedford College Group\’s policy on Employment of Ex-Offenders is attached to this vacancy.

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

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