Lecturer - Travel, Aviation and Esports

South Thames Colleges Group; Kingston upon Thames; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading educational institution in the United Kingdom is seeking a dynamic lecturer for various courses including BTEC and NCFE across Travel, Aviation, and Esports. The role requires a relevant degree, teaching qualification, and strong teaching skills. Benefits include generous leave, excellent pension schemes, and continuous professional development opportunities.

Benefits

Generous annual leave of 40 days

Wellbeing leave of 5 days

Excellent pension scheme

Subsidised sports facilities

Professional development and training

Qualifications

• Hold a degree or relevant professional qualification in an appropriate subject.
• Participated in recent and relevant continuous professional development.
• Willing to undertake internal verification activities.

Responsibilities

• Teach a variety of courses across the curriculum area.
• Contribute to the development and implementation of quality improvements.
• Organise and participate in external verification.

Skills

Excellent teaching skills

Substantial relevant teaching experience

Creative approach to problem solving

Monitoring student progress

Education

Degree or relevant professional qualification

Teaching qualification (or willing to work towards)

Job description

The Commercial Industries and Access School at Kingston College is seeking a dynamic lecturer to teach on a variety of courses and levels across the curriculum area, including but not limited to: BTEC, NCFE, Levels 1, 2, 3. This could include Travel & Tourism units, hospitality units, aviation/cabin crew units.

You’ll take responsibility for the group tutorship of one or more of the courses within the Travel, Aviation, Directed Pathways or Esports curriculum area and contribute to the development and implementation of quality improvements as directed by Curriculum Manager and/or Head of School.

The courses are predominantly coursework based and therefore we seek an innovative practitioner to design engaging coursework assignments that inspire learners. Following our agreed schemes of work, assessment schedules and student monitoring procedures are an essential component of this work. The post will also be involved in internal verification activities, and you’ll organise and take part in external verification.

As our Lecturer, we’d like you to hold a degree or relevant professional qualification in an appropriate subject, hold a teaching qualification (or willing to work towards), participated in recent and relevant continuous professional development and have excellent teaching skills and substantial relevant teaching experience on BTEC and/or NCFE programmes. With an awareness of academic quality standards and links with industry, relevant external agencies and validating bodies, you’ll have energy, enthusiasm and passion for the subject and education.

You’ll be able to support, motivate and empathise with learners including monitoring their progress, be receptive to new ideas and initiatives with a creative approach to problem solving and be able to use new technologies to enhance teaching and learning. You’ll have high personal standards and expectations with good planning, preparation, organisational and administrative skills, with good attention to detail.

South Thames Colleges Group is an equal opportunities employer and is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults.

As outlined in the Public Sector Equality Duty of the Equality Act 2010, we are committed to equality of opportunity for all staff and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.

As part of our due diligence checks on prospective employees, successful candidates will be subject to an enhanced DBS check, satisfactory references, an online search and proof of eligibility to work in the UK.

The South Thames Colleges Group is made up of Carshalton College, Kingston College, Merton College and South Thames College, which merged on 1 August 2017. South Thames Colleges Group is one of London’s largest providers of post‑16 education and training and is an ongoing and significant contributor to its local communities. We aim to put students’ success at the heart of everything we do.

We are looking for hard‑working and collaborative people who can join our team and help challenge our students to progress and achieve.

The benefits package includes generous annual leave of 40 days plus up to 8 additional days over Christmas/New Year as well as an additional 5 days Wellbeing leave to enhance employees’ physical and mental health. There is an excellent pension scheme that receives a significant financial contribution from the employer (Teachers Pensions or Local Government Pension Scheme), subsidised sports facilities and professional development and training plus a salary sacrifice cycle to work scheme.