**Key facts**:

- **Permanent role**:

- ** Salary**:

- £16,362- £20,678 up to £21,816-£27,570 for 0.8fte depending upon qualifications and experience._
- ** Closing date**:

- 26th March 2023._

Are you an experienced Science Lecturer looking for a new challenge? Have you always wanted to live and work in an area of natural beauty, vibrant culture, and a fantastic creative community?

**Job overview**:
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 of 42 days per year (pro-rata) and 7 efficiency days per year.
- Sick pay and pension scheme.
- Support to help you transition into college life.
- Excellent CPD opportunities so you can gain a formal teaching qualification whilst working with us and continue to grow and develop.
- A dedicated and friendly team of professionals keen to develop and learn.
- A college that promotes and supports flexible working.
- A college committed to developing every student to reach their full potential, irrespective of their ability.
- Fantastic facilities to resource your ability to support your students
- Collaborative working within our departments and campuses to support our endeavours to work smarter and achieve an effective balance between home and work.
- On-site canteens with locally sourced ingredients.
- A cycle-to-work scheme.
- A comprehensive Staff awards, rewards and wellbeing scheme.

**What we're looking for**:

- A clear passion for science and a willingness to use it to inspire our students.
- High standards of communication and interpersonal skills.
- The ability to work as a team.
- The ability to work towards deadlines.
- The ability to motivate our students to reach their potential.
- Highly motivated and enthusiastic.
- Excellent attendance and punctuality.

**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).

**Experience**
- Essential_
- Recent experience teaching in an educational environment.
- Desirable_
- Recent experience teaching in an FE/HE environment.
- Industry experience in the science sector.
- Experience in biology and biochemistry.

**Knowledge & Skills**
- Essential_
- Good general knowledge of health and safety at work in an educational and relevant vocational environment.
- Effective communication skills.
- Effective presentation skills.
- Effective use of ILT to promote teaching and learning and monitor learning.
- 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 in the health and social care or science sector.

**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.