Digital Skills Lecturer

About The Role

Work Hours: 22.2 hours per week.

Contract Type: Part time, temporary until 31/07/2027.

Additional Payments: Casual car allowance.

Closing Date: 03 May :59 pm.

Interview Method: Face to face.

Legal Right to Work: Applicants must have an existing right to work in the UK.

The role is for a specialist Digital Skills Lecturer to plan, deliver, assess and moderate part time adult courses from entry level to Level 3 on one or more of the specialist pathways.

Curriculum areas: Level 1 Level 3 Programming, Level 1 Level 3 Networking, Level 1 Level 3 Cybersecurity.

Responsibilities

• Deliver teaching and learning to at least a consistently good or outstanding standard.
• Accurately assess learners, both formatively and summatively, against appropriate awarding body criteria to ensure learners achieve their qualifications.
• Teach online lessons where appropriate and teach in centres across the city as needed, including occasional evening classes.
• Take some course leadership responsibilities.
• Participate in team meetings and working groups.
• Comply with service quality assurance procedures and policies.
• Take personal and professional responsibility for keeping up to date in the subject area.

Qualifications & Experience

• Track record of successfully delivering teaching/training on pre employment and work progression programmes, experience with varied cohorts (seeking first employment, career transfers, upskillers).
• Degree and/or higher level vocational qualification.
• GCSE A C / 9 4 in English or equivalent (essential).
• GCSE A C / 9 4 in Maths or equivalent (essential).
• Assessors qualification (desirable) or willingness to achieve.
• Level 5 teaching qualification (L3 essential) or willingness to achieve.
• Commitment to develop teaching skills/qualifications and occupational competence (essential).
• Professional and academic competence/qualifications to teach on the qualifications.
• Experience of adopting a range of teaching and learning strategies.
• Use of e learning platforms such as Equal, Google Classroom and others, or willingness to learn.

Benefits We Offer

• Generous holiday allowance - up to 42 days annual leave per year plus bank holidays, increasing to 31 days after five years of local government service; additional leave can be purchased.
• Teachers pension scheme with life cover of three times salary as a lump sum.
• Enhanced parental and carers leave.
• Access to a range of discounts (shopping, holidays, phone contracts, cycle to work, free flu jabs, eye tests, etc.).
• Learning and development opportunities (workshops, training, apprenticeships, qualifications).
• Membership of a Good Employment Charter; secure, flexible work, pay reviewed annually, union recognition, health and wellbeing support.
• Up to three days volunteering leave per week.

Inclusive Employment

We're a Disability Confident Employer and offer a workplace adjustment hub, disabled staff network, neurodiversity staff network, and mental health staff network. We are committed to ensuring all information adheres to accessibility standards.

We actively welcome applications from people of all ages and backgrounds, particularly from Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic communities, Disabled people, and young people.