Hourly Paid HE Lecturer in Early Years

Salary Range: £ £31.12 per hour

Contract: Temporary until 17th of December 2025 / Hourly Paid / Zero Hours

Reference: CS12043

Eligible FE teachers may be able to claim a levelling up premium payment for teaching specific courses in various subject areas.

You must be in the first 5 years of your FE teaching career to claim. This means it must be 5 years or less since you started your first role with teaching responsibilities at an FE provider. If you were employed as a teacher in FE in the 2019 to 2020 academic year or before, you're not eligible to claim.

To find out more or to see if you would qualify please head to up-premium-payments-for-fe-teachers.

PROTECTION OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS (THE CHILDREN'S ACT 1989)

Any offers of appointment will be subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check (formerly CRB), a certificate of good conduct if applicable, plus receipt of satisfactory references, Occupational Health clearance, an understanding of safeguarding and qualifications verification. An Enhanced DBS check is required for this position as you will be working within 'Regulated Activity' within a specific place (i.e. the College).

This role is classed as working within Regulated Activity. It is an offence to apply for this role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children. By applying for this position, you agree to an Enhanced DBS check in line with DBS regulations.

MAIN TASKS

● Teaching – The person appointed will be able to contribute to the teaching programme delivering the subject.

● Preparation and Assessment – The person appointed will develop and produce teaching materials as required and the relevant paperwork associated with the planning and assessing of the course. He/she will undertake assessment, produce a relevant scheme and keep accurate records.

● Administration – The person appointed will undertake administrative tasks relating to the programme(s) that they teach on and College requirements, under the guidance of the Head of Department.

● Quality Systems – The post holder will undertake Internal Verification as required by the line manager. The College has a lesson observation process and all lecturers will have an observed lesson each academic year.

● Health and Safety – To ensure a safe working environment for colleagues, students and visitors in line with the HASAW Act and the College Health and Safety Policy.

● Safeguarding – Safeguard and promote the welfare of children and vulnerable adults for whom you are responsible and whom you come into contact with.

OFFERS OF WORK

For the successful candidate a conditional offer of work will be made. Our offer of work will be conditional upon a number of mandatory pre-employment checks, to include but not limited to: DBS, Barred List check, right to work check, internet search, TRA check (academic posts).

EMPLOYEE BENEFITS

When you join WCG we offer you a whole host of employee benefits, including:

● Comprehensive training programme

● WCG offers all employees who are carers, the option to request a period of Carer's Leave that is equal to their usual working week, paid at their normal pay.

● Leadership & Management training programme to develop our next generation of managers

● Superb health and wellbeing support with

● The opportunity to join our voluntary health cash plan run by Health Shield

● Free on-site gym.

● Discounted Full Cost Recovery courses

● Cycle to work scheme

● Discounted hair & beauty treatments in our college salons

● Pension schemes

● Free will writing service

● Free car parking on-site

Essential Attainments

• A degree, HNC or equivalent qualification in a relevant discipline
• GCSE grade A-C or equivalent qualification in Maths and English
• Teacher Training Qualification or the willingness to undertake the courses required to gain this
• Strong Administrative skills, including IT skills
• A willingness to undertake continuing professional development.
• In order to ensure our students are being taught the latest skills there is a requirement for Lecturers to maintain their CPD and update industry specific skills on an annual basis.

Job Types: Temporary, Zero hours contract

Contract length: 1 month

Pay: £22.26-£31.12 per hour

Benefits:

• On-site parking

Work Location: In person