Instructional Psychologist Leader

About Us

Leeds City College has an exciting opportunity for an experienced Instructional Psychologist to lead our Psychology/Sociology team. We are committed to providing a high-quality learning experience and strive to be the best in everything we do.

Company Overview

We have excellent modern facilities and provide a professional and friendly environment. Our core purpose is to improve the life chances of our learners, and we achieve this by working closely with employers, the local community, and other stakeholders to provide curriculum and support that meets the needs of our students.

The Role

We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced Instructional Psychologist to join our team as a Course Leader. As a Course Leader, you will be responsible for delivering and assessing essential knowledge and understanding to learners, recording student progress, motivating and inspiring students to achieve targets, and developing their skills to enable progression.

Key Responsibilities

• Deliver and assess essential knowledge and understanding to learners.
• Be responsible for recording student progress, motivate and inspire students to achieve targets and develop their skills to enable progression.
• Reflect on what works best in teaching and learning to meet the diverse needs of students.
• Adapt curriculum delivery methods to maximise their effectiveness, including through the use of technology.
• Plan, prepare and develop effective schemes of work, lesson plans, teaching and learning resources including the development of online learning resources for identified modules.
• Deliver inspiring sessions across the curriculum using a wide range of teaching methods for identified modules.
• Develop and employ effective assessment activities for identified modules.
• Assess student work, provide constructive and timely feedback to motivate and inspire the learner to improve and record learners' progress for identified modules.

Requirements

To be successful in this role, you will need:

• A Honours Degree in a relevant subject, such as Psychology or Sociology.
• Relevant experience in teaching these subjects to 16-18 year-olds up to level 3.
• Holds a L5 Teaching Qualification (e.g. Cert Ed, PGCE).
• The ability to inspire, motivate and engage the next generation of health practitioners.
• A commitment to maintaining high standards of ethics and professional standards.
• The ability to manage and promote restorative practice approaches and the strengthening of relationships.
• Role model and promote a positive image of the college.
• Comply with all legislative and regulatory requirements.

Benefits

We offer a competitive salary and benefits package, including:

• An estimated salary of £38,000 - £45,000 per annum, depending on experience.
• A generous pension scheme.
• Memberships and discounts, including a TOTUM card.
• Travel and commuting benefits.
• Learning and development opportunities.
• Employee wellbeing initiatives.
• Flexible and hybrid working opportunities.

About Us

At Leeds City College, we pride ourselves on being an enterprising, inclusive, inspiring, collaborative, empowering, and dynamic environment. We are passionate about helping our students to achieve their goals, and we hope that you will be part of the next step in your career.