Lecturer - English

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Old Moat

Manchester

GBP 25,000 - 35,000

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Job description

About The Role

Working Hours: Up to 37 hours per week (daytime and evening classes, where applicable)

Working location: This is a City Wide role, visit our website to view the locations of our teaching centres

Contract Type:Part Time/Full-time Permanent

Closing Date:07 May 2025

Closing time: 11.59pm

Interview:If shortlisted the first stage will be an assessment centre on Wednesday 21st May 2025 in the afternoon.

Start date: September 2025

This role is subject to -

Qualification -Teaching qualifications, Professional Development Qualification relevant to the role, Subject competency (English)

DBS (Disclosure and Barring Service) clearance - this post is covered by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (amended in 2013). Appointable candidates will be required to apply for an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. Information provided by you or the DBS will be dealt with in a confidential manner and in accordance with the DBS Code of Practice which can be viewed here. We have a policy on the Employment of Ex-Offenders and it is available upon request.

Manchester Adult Education has an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic and motivating English Lecturer to join our team. The role will involve the planning, delivery and assessment of part-time adult courses.

These courses include:

Functional Skills/Awards (Entry Level to Level 2)
GCSE
Booster /Support classes
Grammar support
Delivering functional skills for ESOL learners

Key responsibilities:

To teach online lessons (where appropriate) as well as teaching in our centres across the city as needed, this may involve the evening class

You will be joining a committed and supportive team of teachers who are passionate industry specialists who work together to support the adult learners in the community to achieve their goals and secure employment or advance to higher education.

To deliver teaching and learning to at least a consistently good or outstanding standard

To assess learners and work accurately against appropriate awarding body criteria/key course targets to ensure learners achieve their qualifications/course goals.

To comply with safeguarding procedures.

To take course leadership responsibilities (where applicable)

To take part in team meetings and working groups.

To ensure close liaison and good communications with other staff in matters concerning learners.

To comply with the service quality assurance procedures.

To comply with the service policies and procedures including maintaining records on learners including attendance and achievement.

To take personal and professional responsibility for keeping up to date in the subject area and administration processes.

To positively represent the MAES both internally and externally at all times.

You will be joining a committed and supportive team of teachers who are passionate about supporting adult learners in the community to improve their English and/or maths skills to secure employment, advance to higher education and achieve their full potential.

About the Candidate

We are looking for candidates who can inspire adult learners to develop their skills and aspirations to enable learners to improve employment opportunities, confidence, health or helping their families.

Have a track record of successfully delivering English courses to varying skills and knowledge levels including learners with additional needs.

Ideally you will have experience of teaching adult learners and candidates are expected to have maintained their competency in a recent teaching role. However, we welcome applications from newly and recently qualified teachers, as well as established teachers.

You should be able to demonstrate:

Professional and academic competence/qualifications to teach on the courses.
Experience of adopting a range of teaching and learning strategies both face to face and online.
Use of e-learning platforms such as Google Classroom and others (e.g. BKSB) or the willingness to learn.
Commitment to develop your professional development
A flexible approach, coupled with excellent organisational and interpersonal skills.
The ability to engage and develop adult learners, and role model the attributes that we develop within our learners.

Hold GCSE A* - C / 9 - 4 in English or equivalent (essential)
Hold GCSE A* - C / 9 - 4 in Maths or equivalent (essential)
Hold a teaching qualification, ideally to Level 5 (subject specialism) or willingness to work towards

About Us

We’re the local government authority for Manchester, and have teams across the city helping to make this a great place to live for everyone. We’re proud to do local government differently, in a city with an international reputation for diversity, creativity, culture and passion.

When you join us, you’re joining a team of over 7,000 council staff helping to make our ambition for Manchester a reality. Whatever your role, you’ll be supporting our residents and communities to be the best they can be, and helping to build a Manchester that's fairer for everyone who lives, works, volunteers, studies or plays here.

To make our ambition a reality, every person we recruit needs to play their part. It takes a certain type of behaviour, attitude and way of working to get Manchester where it wants to be. Our people and partners have agreed five ‘behaviours’ – the grounding for how we must work together and treat one another:

We take time to listen and understand
We work together and trust each other
We show that we value our differences and treat each other fairly
We ‘own it’ and we’re not afraid to try new things
We’re proud and passionate about Manchester

A career with us means you can be yourself, thrive, and build the career your talent and ambition deserve.

Creating an inclusive team at Manchester City Council

At Manchester City Council, we strive to create a fair and inclusive workplace that is as diverse as the communities we serve. We want to further increase the diversity of our workforce, in particular the number of Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic staff and disabled staff at all levels of the Council. This advert is open to all applicants, and we would particularly encourage applications from candidates identifying with one or both of those characteristics.

If you want to find out more about the role, our ways of working, flexible arrangements or any workplace adjustments, please let us know by emailing jobs@manchester.gov.uk. If you are invited to interview, we will ask you if you require any adjustments for you to best demonstrate your suitability for the role in the interview process.

Guaranteed Interview Scheme

As part of our commitment to inclusion, we offer guaranteed interviews for specific groups of people. To qualify, you'll need to meet the minimum requirements for the role, and identify with one of the below criteria:

Members of the Armed Forces and veterans
Are currently in care, or have previously been in care
If you consider yourself to be disabled or if you have a long-term health condition

Accessibility

As a Disability Confident Employer, we provide support for employees with physical or mental-health conditions, a disability or neurodiversity. Our workplaces are accessible by design, and we make workplace adjustments including providing aids, adaptations and equipment. These, combined with our flexible working policies such as disability-related leave, enable our employees to perform their role, thrive and be their authentic selves in work.

We’ve also included some useful tips on how to submit the best application.

When you join us

We want everyone to be able to be themselves at work and give their best. If you need additional support to undertake the duties of the role, we’ll make every effort to source any necessary aids, adaptations or equipment. If, however, any task proves to be unachievable, we will look at redesigning parts of the role.

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