Aat/accounting Lecturer

**Key facts**:

- **Permanent role**:

- ** Salary**:

- £27,268 to £34,462, depending upon qualifications and experience._
- ** Closing date**:

- 26th March 2023._

Are you experienced in Accounting and looking for a new challenge? Are you excited about passing on your knowledge and experience to the next generation of students? Have you always wanted to live and work within an area of natural beauty and vibrant culture?

**Job overview**:

- To develop a stimulating and exciting programme for learners.
- To manage and provide good quality teaching and learning to support student achievement.
- To seek to ensure that student retention and achievement targets are met.
- To contribute towards the College’s strategic objectives.
- Provide a safe and healthy environment in which to work and learn.
- Ensure a high quality of adequate resources and materials are provided to enhance learning, thereby enriching the opportunity and experience of learners.
- Safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults.

See the Job Description for full information.

**Why choose us?**:
Set within the Lake District's breathtaking UNESCO World Heritage site, Kendal College is an FE college that consistently punches above its weight on the national stage. Under the leadership of our Principal, Kelvin Nash, the college is embarking on a series of bold steps to grow the college and remain a top-notch education provider for Cumbria and the North West region. Our students focus on their learning, achieve high levels of attainment and consistently give us high satisfaction ratings. The college recognises the wellbeing of its staff as a priority, as well as ensuring that excellent work is appropriately recognised and that a healthy work-life balance is maintained.

**What we offer**:

- A generous holiday entitlement.
- 7 efficiency days per year in addition to your hard-earned holiday allocation (pro-rata).
- A college committed to developing every student to reach their full potential, irrespective of their ability.
- Collaborative working within our departments and campuses to support our endeavours to work smarter and achieve an effective balance between home and work.
- A dedicated and friendly team of professionals keen to develop and learn.
- Excellent CPD opportunities to grow and develop.
- A college that promotes and supports flexible working.
- On-site canteens with locally sourced ingredients.
- A Cycle to Work scheme.
- Fantastic facilities to resource your ability to support your students without limitations.
- A comprehensive staff awards, rewards and wellbeing scheme.

**What we're looking for**:
**Qualifications**
- Essential_
- A recognised teaching qualification or be willing to obtain within two years of appointment.
- A degree or equivalent qualification in the related discipline.
- English and Maths at Level 2 (GCSE A* to C or equivalent).
- Desirable_
- An Assessor Award.
- A degree or equivalent qualification in the related discipline.

**Experience**
- Desirable_
- Recent experience teaching in an FE/HE environment.

**Knowledge & Skills**
- Essential_
- Effective communication skills.
- Effective presentation skills.
- Effective use of ILT to promote teaching and learning and monitor learning.
- Good general knowledge of health and safety at work in an educational and relevant vocational environment.
- Ability to provide high-quality pastoral care to learners.
- Effective classroom management skills.
- Comprehensive current technical knowledge and skills commensurate with the required vocational delivery.

**Safeguarding statement**:
Kendal College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.