Maths Lecturer

EKC Group; Sheerness; On-site; GBP 19,000 - 20,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Holiday pattern

Teacher training

Personal leave

Discounts & perks

Wellbeing support

Pension scheme

Culture & events

Job summary

East Kent Colleges Group seeks a Lecturer for GCSE and Functional Skills Maths at EKC Sheppey College. The role involves teaching, training and assessing students across learning environments, with a focus on helping learners reach their maximum potential.

The position supports 18.5 hours per week with progression opportunities, a dedicated teaching academy, and a comprehensive benefits package. Training and professional development are strongly supported.

Qualifications

• You’ll be a highly organised and creative educator, with the ability to plan and deliver engaging, innovative lessons.
• Tracking student progress and using this to plan targeted support and interventions.
• Experience teaching or delivering training in the workplace is desirable; full training will be provided.
• Ability to teach across Functional Skills and GCSE maths programmes.

Responsibilities

• Teach, train and assess students in GCSE and Functional Skills Maths.
• Lead designated study programmes and courses.
• Design, deliver and evaluate programmes to ensure high-quality learning.
• Support learners to achieve maximum potential.

Skills

Teaching

GCSE Maths

Functional Skills

Lesson planning

Assessment

Job description

About The Role

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

As a Lecturer of GCSE and Functional Skills Maths at EKC Sheppey 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.

Hours per week: 18.5

Salary per year: £18,687 up to £20,472

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.

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 or school, moving homes and for interviews
• Exclusive Discounts & Perks- Inc. restaurant, grocery, retail and holidays discounts as well as car leasing and tech purchasing schemes
• 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

You’ll be a highly organised and creative educator, with the ability to plan and deliver engaging, innovative lessons that inspire learners. You’ll have strong interpersonal skills, a positive and empathetic approach, and the confidence to manage a classroom effectively. Tracking student progress and using this to plan targeted support and interventions will be a key part of your role.

Ideally, you’ll have experience teaching or delivering training in the workplace, although this isn’t essential as full training will be provided. You’ll be able to teach across Functional Skills and GCSE maths programmes and motivate learners to achieve and succeed in their studies.

Informal Enquiries
For an informal discussion or any queries, please email [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 CollegesGroup 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.