Lecturer in Esports

**Lecturer in Esports**

**Location: Positions Available at Newcastle and Stafford College Sites**
**Full-time and Part-time Positions Available**
**Salary: £25,360 - £39,782 depending on experience and qualifications**

In November 2019 Newcastle and Stafford Colleges Group (NSCG) became the first further education provider in England to achieve outstanding grades in every area of Ofsted’s recently reformed Education Inspection Framework (EIF).

The inspection report praised all areas of the College’s provision and acknowledged NSCG’s ‘positive, stimulating and safe learning environment’, ‘highly motivated staff’, and ‘learners’ exemplary behaviour and attitudes to learning’. It also highlighted the fantastic partnerships the College has with industry.

To read the full Ofsted report for Newcastle and Stafford Colleges Group, please visit the Ofsted Government website, select Find an Inspection Report and search for Newcastle and Stafford Colleges Group.

The group is currently home to a population of over 5,000 full-time students and around 500 students on higher education programmes. We have over 4,000 part-time or adult learners and 2,000 apprentices where we work with over 800 individual employers. Our Sixth Form provision has a reputation for high academic achievement and excellence.

We are looking for an enthusiastic, suitably qualified individual with relevant experience to teach on our exciting new Esports course, in our purpose built Esports hub, equipped with state-of-the-art gaming resources.

You will support the ‘NSCG Tigers or Dragons’ team in the British Esports Association events and Championships, so an enjoyment and experience of managing events and building teams is key.

You will be teaching across a range of units ranging from nutrition, health and wellbeing; Esports Events, shout-casting and video production.

**Main Duties and Responsibilities**:

- To deliver high quality teaching on Esports across the full range of the department’s provision. This may involve remote teaching, learning and assessment, via appropriate platforms when required.
- Play an active role in the marketing of the College and the Department through such activities as open days and through liaison with local employers and schools.
- Engage in core duties including preparation, marking, monitoring student progress, preparing reports, setting and marking of examination papers, developing and preparing flexible learning materials

**Required Skills and Experience**:

- Holds a degree (or equivalent) in a relevant discipline
- Has an appropriate teaching qualification, support given with this if required
- Ideally has relevant teaching experience at Esports Level 3 Extended Diploma within the FE sector
- Is an effective communicator and has good organisational skills.

**What’s in it for you?**

The college offers and excellent benefits package which includes:

- Teachers’ Pension Scheme
- Excellent Training and Development Opportunities
- 37 Days Annual Leave per year (plus bank holidays and Christmas closure period).

**How to apply