Hourly Paid Lecturer in English

West Herts College; Watford; On-site; GBP 49,000 - 58,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

On-site gym

Cycle to work scheme

Free parking

Pension

Job summary

West Herts College seeks an hourly paid English lecturer to join the English team. You will deliver, develop and prepare Stepping Stones and GCSE English, and support vocational staff by embedding English in their courses.

You will assist with diagnostic processes, providing evidence of work plans and ILPs, and contribute to quality processes across campuses. The role is based across Watford, Hemel Hempstead and Luton, with a January 2027 start and a closing date of 6 November 2026.

Qualifications

• Experience teaching English with the ability to be creative and adaptable in your approaches to delivery to support learning at varying levels.
• Support diagnostic process and provide evidence of outstanding schemes of work, lesson plans and individual learning plans.

Responsibilities

• Deliver, develop, and prepare Stepping Stones and GCSE English.
• Provide individual and team support to vocational staff for embedding English into vocational courses.
• Contribute to quality processes with outstanding lesson plans and ILPs.

Job description

The West Herts College Group are currently seeking a dynamic, self-motivated, and experienced hourly paid English lecturer to work as part of the College’s dedicated English team.

The successful candidate will be involved in delivering, developing, and preparing Stepping Stones and GCSE English.

Ideally, you will have considerable experience of teaching English with the ability to be creative and adaptable in your approaches to delivery to support the learning of students at varying levels.

In addition to teaching, your role will involve both individual and team support to vocational staff that will need assistance with embedding English into their vocational courses.

You will be required to support the diagnostic process and have the knowledge to work with students at a variety of levels. This includes contributing to the quality process by providing evidence of outstanding and innovative schemes of work, lesson plans and individual learning plans.

If you have the excellent teaching skills and subject knowledge required to be successful in this role, we would like to hear from you.

The closing date for applications is Friday 6th November 2026. This role is based across the college campuses (Watford, Hemel Hempstead and Luton). The successful candidate will join our team from January 2027.

You’ll have the full support of a dynamic team and opportunities to bring your ideas to the role. Training and development are at the heart of everything we do so you’ll be encouraged to upskill.

We have a free on-site gym at our Watford Campus, and you can access a wide range of discounts and benefits including a cycle to work scheme, free on-site parking, pension, generous holiday scheme, time off at Christmas and early finishes on a Friday.

If you have any questions or queries, please contact a member of the Human Resources team who will be happy to help. WHC Group is positive about disabled people. If you need help applying for a role please contact us.

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Hourly Paid Lecturer in English

Company: West Herts College Salary: £35.21 to £41.78 an hour Hours: Part-time Location: Watford, WD17 3EZ Working pattern: On-site Job type: Permanent Posting date: 26 Oct 2026 Closing date: 6 Nov 2026

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