Travel & Tourism Lecturer

East Surrey College / John Ruskin College; Redhill; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent education institution in Redhill is seeking an inspirational Travel, Tourism & Aviation Lecturer to join their Service Industries department. The role involves delivering teaching for Level 2-3, acting as a course lead and personal tutor, and contributing to continuous improvement within the College. Candidates should hold Travel & Tourism qualifications at Level 3 or above and have relevant teaching experience. The position offers competitive salary, excellent holiday package, and staff benefits including pensions and gym access.

Benefits

Choice of two excellent pension schemes

Brilliant holiday package

Free onsite parking

Access to fully equipped gym

Discounted in-house Spa and Salon treatments

Qualifications

• Minimum level 3 qualifications in Travel & Tourism or Aviation required.
• Previous teaching experience, preferably within further education.
• Practical experience in the Travel & Tourism or Aviation industry.

Responsibilities

• Delivering teaching and learning across Travel, Tourism & Aviation provision.
• Acting as a course lead and personal tutor to students.
• Contributing to planning, development, and reviewing of activities.

Skills

Teaching experience

Travel & Tourism qualifications

Industry experience

Education

Level 3 or above qualifications in Travel & Tourism or Aviation

Job description

We are currently seeking to appoint an inspirational and enthusiastic Travel, Tourism & Aviation Lecturer to join our Service Industries department.

In this exciting role you will be delivering teaching and learning across ourTravel, Tourism & Aviation provision across mainly Level 2-3.

Working closely with your managers and the rest of the departmental team, you will have the chance to share your knowledge and skills with students to help them achieve at the highest level as well as driving continuous improvement within the College. You will act as both a course lead and a personal tutor to students, whilst promoting attendance, participating in team meetings and contributing to the planning, development and reviewing of activities within your subject area. It is also essential that you contribute to various open evenings, parent’s evenings and similar events as and when required.

Due to student growth we have got various hours available, with full-time and part-time opportunities available. The working hours for this role is 8:45am - 5pm.

The successful candidate must have:

• Travel & Tourism, and/or Aviation qualifications at minimum level 3 or above
• Previous relevant teaching experience (preferably within FE)
• Travel & Tourism or Aviation industry experience
• Knowledge of current developments in the FE/Adult curriculum

A teach qualification is highly desirable but not essential.

If this sounds like you and you will enjoy working in a forward thinking, friendly, fast paced, changing environment with state of the art facilities, we would love to hear from you. In return, we offer a competitive salary, as well as staff benefits such a choice of two excellent pension schemes, a brilliant holiday package, free onsite parking and access to our fully equipped gym along with discounted in house Spa and Salon treatments.

Closing Date: Monday 19th January 2026

*Applications will however be shortlisted on a rolling basis and we reserve the right to interview and appoint before this closing date. We therefore encourage you to apply at the earliest opportunity to avoid disappointment. As much as we would love to respond to all applicants, due to the sheer volume of applications we receive we are unable to respond to all unsuccessful candidates.

Please refer to the attached Job Description, Person Specification and Competency Framework and apply using the button below.

Orbital South Colleges Group are committed to Equal Opportunities, encouraging applications from all sectors of the community to reflect our diverse student population. We are also committed to PREVENT and Safeguarding the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Both College Campus’ are smoke-free zones.

As part of our pre-employment checks, successful candidates will be required to complete an enhanced DBS, references will be taken and evidence of all qualifications and awards will also be required before commencement of employment. Failure to do so may lead to offers being withdrawn.

Applicants must be eligible to work in the UK as we do not sponsor work permits, and work permits from other organisations are unacceptable as proof of right to work in the UK.