Multimedia Lecturer

Ashford College; Folkestone; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 26,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading educational institution in Folkestone seeks a Lecturer of Multimedia and Virtual Environment Design. In this role, you will teach and assess students in creative media production and technology, ensuring a high-quality learning experience. The ideal candidate will have experience using multimedia and virtual environment software, along with strong class management skills. This position offers competitive salary and benefits.

Benefits

Competitive salary and holiday entitlement

£7000 investment in teacher training

Access to online discounts via Rewards Scheme

Generous pension scheme - 28% employer contribution

Time off for your child's first day at school

My 10 Days initiative for volunteering

Qualifications

• Able to teach Level 1 to Level 3 study programs.
• Experience in teaching or delivering training preferred, but not essential.
• Motivates learners to achieve and succeed.

Responsibilities

• Teach and assess students in multimedia and virtual environment design.
• Support learners to achieve their maximum potential.
• Lead designated study programs and ensure course delivery.

Skills

Experience in multimedia software such as Adobe Premiere Pro

Experience with virtual environment software such as Unity and Unreal Engine

Strong class management skills

Empathy towards learners

Positive outlook

Education

Teaching qualifications or experience in training

Job description

About The Role

As a Lecturer of Multimedia and Virtual Environment Designat EKC group, you will teach, train and assess students in a variety of learning environments, ensuring a high-quality learning experience.

You will be joining a small team of creative and innovative staff who have designed a range of creative multimedia and creative virtual environment design courses which aims to prepare young people to successfully gain entrance to university level courses whilst engaging them with community focussed and industry style projects.

You will predominantly be teaching on the level 2 and level 3 UAL diplomas in creative media production and technology. These follow the pathways of multimedia and creative computing at level 2 and Virtual environment design at level 3.

Your role will also include:

• Providing support to learners to achieve their maximum potential.
• Lead as appropriate on designated study programmes and/or courses, with a key responsibility for ensuring the design, delivery and evaluation of programme.
• Assessing students work both practical and theory.

Key information:

Working pattern:

• Monday 09:00 - 17:00
• Wed 09:00 - 17:00
• Thursday 09:00 - 13:30
• Fri 09:00 - 13:30

Salary: £24,422 up to £25,660.

We pride ourselves in the support we can give those who are new to teaching, with ongoing training and coaching through our Teacher Academywhichincludes 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.

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

• Competitive salary and holiday entitlement
• If new to teaching, you will benefit from £7000 investment in your teacher training when you come straight from industry
• Access to 100's of online discounts via our Rewards Scheme (Inc. Restaurant, Grocery, Retail, Gym, Holidays)
• Access to cycle to work, car leasing and tech purchasing schemes
• Generous pension scheme - 28% employer contribution
• Being part of a company with a Eco-Sustainability focus of being Net-Zero
• Time off for your child's first day at school, moving home and for interviews
• My 10 Days initiative - bid for up-to 10 days off work to pursue voluntary work
• Being part of Community Days and Annual Staff Celebration Day

About You

The successful candidate will be able to teach a range of designated study programs and/ or courses from Level 1 up to Level 3 and will be able to motivate learners to achieve and succeed on their programmes of studyIdeally 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 will:

• Have experience in using multimedia software such as Adobe Premiere Pro and also virtual environment software such as Untiy and Unreal Engine.
• Have a positive outlook and be empathetic towards learners.
• Have strong class management skills.
• Ensure a supportive, safe and inclusive learning environment.

Please contact the Resourcing Team at [e-mail] if you have any queries about this position.

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.Lecturerswill normally move up to the highest salary scale onceone full academic yearof teaching for our group is complete.(Lecturers must be in post by 1^stSeptember in any given year to qualify and this is subject to approval). Therefore, internal applicantsin the same rolemay 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 thePositive About Disability Awardand are aDisability 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 toCare Leavers (Care Covenant Pledge)and to current or previousArmed 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.