Lecturer - Computing

East Kent College; Broadstairs; On-site; GBP 29,000 - 31,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading educational institution in the UK is looking for a Lecturer in Computing to educate and inspire students at their new Margate Digital Campus. The successful candidate will teach the T-Level Software Development course and provide support to learners. Experience with Python is essential, along with the ability to create engaging lessons. Training for new teachers is available, making this role suitable for those passionate about teaching.

Benefits

Generous holiday pattern

£7000 investment in teacher training

Flexible personal leave

Exclusive discounts and perks

Wellbeing and health support

Competitive pension scheme

Community and culture events

Qualifications

• Experience in industry using Python.
• Ability to engage and inspire students.
• Organized and creative lesson planning.

Responsibilities

• Teach, train and assess students in various environments.
• Support learners to achieve maximum potential.
• Design, deliver and evaluate programmes.

Skills

Python coding

Problem solving

Interpersonal skills

Class management

Education

Teaching experience or training

Job description

About The Role

Your Skills, Their Success, Supporting the Community's Future - Join us as a Lecturer

As a Lecturer of Computing at EKC Broadstairs College you will teach, train and assess students in a variety of learning environments, ensuring a high-quality learning experience. Your role will also include providing support to learners to enable them to achieve their maximum potential and to lead as appropriate on designated study programmes and/or courses, with a key responsibility for ensuring the design, delivery and evaluation of programme.

The specific skills needed for this post would be a good knowledge of Python coding and associated modules. You would also be good with problem solving within a coding environment. It would be beneficial if you had experience working within the industry using these skills and were able to inspire colleagues and have an appetite to further develop your own skills.

You will mainly be working at the new Margate Digital Campus (opening in January 2026) where you will teach the T-Level Software Development course. This course will be working with the Media courses in Animation and Illustration, Visual Effects and Content Creation and will have use of the new facilities that will be installed.

We pride ourselves in the support we can give those who are new to teaching, with ongoing training and coaching through our Teacher Academy which includes digital skills support. So, if you do not have any teaching experience or teacher qualifications but have a passion for sharing your knowledge and would like to be considered for this teaching role please apply.

Hours per week: 30

Salary: £29,278 up to £30,075 (pro rata per annum)

Benefits

Alongside our priority of excellent student experience, we also focus on our employees. Here are just some of our benefits when working for the East Kent Colleges Group:

• Generous and Consistent Holiday Pattern- aligned with our academic calendar
• Teacher Training- we support new teachers with a £7000 investment in your training and coaching through our in-house Teaching Academy
• Flexible Personal Leave- Time off for your child's first day at nursery, school or college, moving homes and for interviews
• Exclusive Discounts & Perks- Inc. restaurant, grocery, retail and holidays discounts as well as car leasing and tech purchasing schemes, on-site nursery
• Wellbeing and Health Support- Generous sick pay, counselling services, discounted gym membership at Canterbury College, free eye tests and glasses vouchers, flexible support for medical appointments and return-to-work transitions
• Competitive Pension Scheme- 28% company contribution
• Culture and Recognition- Being part of Community Days, an Annual Staff Celebration Day, and an eco-friendly organisation dedicated to reaching net-zero by 2030
  
  

About You

Do you want to teach coding to the next generation? Do you want to help grow a new provision designed specifically for the developing digital world? This could be the role for you.

You will be highly organised, creative and be able to plan and teach engaging and innovative lessons with demonstrated interpersonal skills. Assessing and tracking student progress, to further plan intervention this will be a vital part of the role and ensuring all students develop the skills they need to succeed.

Ideally you will have experience of teaching or have delivered training in the workplace although this isn't essential as training will be offered to the successful applicant. You must have a positive outlook, be empathetic towards learners and have strong class management skills.

The successful candidate will be able to teach a range of designated study programs and/ or courses from Level 2 up to Level 3 (T-Level) and will be able to motivate learners to achieve and succeed on their programmes of study

No need to spend time updating your CV, just click apply and complete our short application form. You can save your progress as you go, and we’ll review all applications and get back to all candidates after the closing date.

If you are interested in an informal chat about the role, or have any queries, please email us [e-mail]

Please note that there are two salary scale points for our Lecturer positions. All candidates will start at the introductory salary scale point unless certain criteria are met. Lecturers will normally move up to the highest salary scale once one full academic year of teaching for our group is complete. (Lecturers must be in post by 1st September in any given year to qualify and this is subject to approval). Therefore, internal applicants in the same role may qualify for the higher salary scale, although should seek clarification

About Us

Outstanding Ofsted Provider

East Kent Colleges Group is an Ofsted Outstanding rated provider. It is proud to be the first General Further Education college organisation in the country to have received the Outstanding grade against each of the strands under the new Ofsted inspection framework. An inclusive provider, our colleagues place our students and the communities we serve at the heart of everything they do across EKC Group and this is illustrated in our ‘Strong’ skills grading by Ofsted.

Commitment to Safeguarding

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and we ensure that all staff are aware of their responsibilities for upholding these principles.

As a designated establishment, we are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore have an obligation to carry out checks to ensure that staff are suitable to work with children and vulnerable adults. These checks include conviction/caution self-declaration, Enhanced DBS check and obtaining sufficient referencing.

It is a criminal offence to apply for a post which involves engaging in regulated activity relevant to children if you are barred from doing so.

If you are successful in being shortlisted to interview, your suitability to work with children and vulnerable adults will be explored as part of the interview process.

Commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

East Kent Colleges Group is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all members of our communities. We are particularly keen to increase the diversity of our staff body and encourage applications from candidates where there is underrepresentation in our workforce.

We are proud to hold the Positive About Disability Award and are a Disability Confident Employer. This confirms our commitment to interviewing all applicants who declare that they have a disability and who meet the essential criteria outlined in the person specification. With any successful candidate, we will explore any reasonable adjustments to a role due to a health needs or disability.

Similarly, we have a commitment to Care Leavers (Care Covenant Pledge) and to current or previous Armed Forces personnel (Armed Forces Covenant Pledge) with a commitment to interview applicants who meet the positions essential criteria and who have declared this on their application.

We welcome applications from anyone wishing to work flexibly and those considering a return to work from a career break.

We do not engage with agencies for permanent staff and have an in-house recruitment team.