English Lecturer

Brief Description:

GCSE and Functional Skills English are delivered across the company by a central team. Our client have made English central to students’ Study Programmes. The lecturer will teach students from a range of curriculum areas.

This is a challenging but exciting and rewarding area and you would play a key role in supporting vocational learners with their development and to help them progress onto higher courses or the workplace. You would join a team of skilled teachers with a wealth of experience and knowledge, who are pro-active in sharing best practice with the team in order to engage and enthuse resit learners.

Main Purpose:

The main purpose of the job is to teach English, GCSE and /or Functional Skills, to students from a range of curriculum areas and to maximise their success.

Duties:

Recruitment of Students

Participate in open evenings and recruitment activities to ensure that potential applicants and students receive accurate information and guidance.

Complete and contribute to the production of accurate information and fact sheets.

Interview potential applicants and contribute to the interviewing schedules.

Contribute to the development, promotion and delivery of the team’s marketing and recruitment strategies.

Induction and Support for Students

Carry out student inductions and contribute to the design of induction programmes.

Produce course handbooks.

Carry out academic progress reviews, including the completion of necessary documents.

Where appropriate liaise with the Attendance Co-ordinators to ensure the attendance, retention and achievement of students.

Understand and keep up-to-date with student support and learning support arrangements, ensuring students have full information and making appropriate referrals.

Where appropriate ensure that basic skills initial and diagnostic assessments, are undertaken and that students receive effective learning support.

Ensure that resources within your subject area are kept up-to-date and accessible to students and other staff in liaison with the curriculum managers and the Learning Centres.

Prepare students for employability, career progression and/or further education and training.

Produce reports and attend events to provide information to parents/employers.

Design and Delivery of Programmes

Teach on a range of programmes in the relevant subject area, including GCSE English and Functional Skills English.

Prepare schemes of work, lesson plans and resource materials for teaching programmes.

Utilise IT and learning technology to deliver elements of the curriculum.

Prepare assessment plans and schedules and ensure students are aware of your expectations.

Assess students’ progress regularly including the timely marking of work and giving feedback, both written and oral.

Work towards the integration of students’ basic skills’ development in the delivery of teaching and learning.

Curriculum Management

Attend team meetings and events as directed by managers.

Keep records up-to-date, including the completion of registers, and other required documentation.

Liaise with colleagues to ensure that new members of staff are fully apprised of requirements.

Participate in the staff appraisal and mentoring schemes.

Quality

Carry out student questionnaires and elicit student feedback on the quality of teaching and learning.

Contribute to course reviews including reviews of your subject area and the setting, implementation and monitoring of action plans.

Set targets for achievement, retention and attendance and participate in the performance management programme.

Other

Keep knowledge and skills up-to-date through self-study and undertake staff development and secondments relevant to professional needs.

Promote Equal Opportunities and implement the Equality and Diversity Policy and Safeguarding Policy.

Provide a secure, safe and friendly learning environment including implementation of Health & Safety Policy.

Complete all documents necessary to comply with policies, e.g. agency lecturer booking forms, sickness forms, appraisal forms, etc. and ensure all staffing records are kept up-to-date.

Carry out any other duties commensurate with the scale and grade of the post.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Degree or equivalent in English or related subject (or minimum of Level 3 qualification plus proven successful experience of teaching GCSE English for at least 2 years)

Minimum Level 5 teaching qualification recognised by the FE sector (e.g. DET, PGCE) or willing to obtain this.

Knowledge and Experience

Experience of teaching or tutoring GCSE and/or Functional Skills English

Experience of working in Further Education

An understanding of the exam requirements for GCSE/Functional skills.

Other Skills

The ability to engage and enthuse vocational learners aged 16-18

Ability to manage challenging behaviour of students effectively and engage reluctant learners

Excellent communication skills, written and verbal

High standard of literacy

Good interpersonal skills

Good teaching practice

Ability to use IT within the curriculum and deliver effective online teaching and assessment

Good administrative/organisational skills and ability to prioritise workload effectively

Ability to work effectively as part of a team

Understanding of and commitment to Equality and Diversity and Safeguarding

Commitment to continuing professional development

Awareness of and sensitivity towards the different learning needs of students

Commitment to learners and learner achievement.

Competencies

Academic staff should be able to demonstrate competency in the following areas:

Communication; Planning and Organising

Interpersonal Sensitivity ; Adaptability/Flexibility

Results Focus.

Paul Feldman is the National Skills Agency Data Protection Officer. Your data will be stored until notice is given by you for it to be removed. Our Data Protection Policy will be forwarded to you on request. As we get a high number of applications we may be unable to give feedback to unsuccessful candidates. We will retain your details to keep you informed of other opportunities. National Skills Agency Ltd is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy and is an Equal Opportunities employer we welcome applicants from all backgrounds