Lecturer - Early Years

**Role**: Lecturer - Early Years

**Location**:Central Bedfordshire College - Kingsway Dunstable Campus

**Salary/Benefits**: Salary from £31,930 per annum (Pro-Rata) DOE and Qualifications, Teacher’s pension, Retail and Leisure Discounts, excellent professional and personal development opportunities, accessing college courses.

**Hours/Weeks**:37 hours per week

**Contract Type**: Permanent - Full Time

**About the role**:
We are currently seeking a Lecturer in Early Years to join our Care, Childcare and Counselling department at The Bedford College Group**.**

As a Lecturer, you play an important role in the success of our students through:

- **Teaching & Student Support** - Deliver high-quality Early Years education across various levels, supporting students to achieve their full potential through engaging lessons, tutorials, and tailored learning experiences.
- ** Curriculum & Quality Development** - Contribute to curriculum design, develop new programmes, and ensure schemes of work meet awarding body standards while embedding vocational and work-related opportunities.
- ** Assessment & Progress Monitoring** - Assess student work, track progress, maintain accurate records, and ensure timely feedback and interventions to support achievement and progression.
- ** Collaboration & Professional Engagement** - Work closely with colleagues, attend meetings across campuses, mentor new staff, and participate in open days, marketing events, and quality assurance activities.
- ** Compliance & Core Values** - Uphold safeguarding, equality, health and safety, and TBCG values in all aspects of the role, while actively engaging in training and continuous professional development.

**About you**:

- ** Industry & Teaching Experience** - Background in the health and/or social care sector, with proven ability to deliver high-quality, engaging lessons and manage classrooms effectively.
- ** Skills & Competencies** - Excellent communication, organisation, prioritisation, and interpersonal skills, with strong numeracy and IT proficiency (including Microsoft Office).
- ** Professionalism & Adaptability** - Able to maintain confidentiality, meet deadlines, adapt to changing workloads, and build professional relationships while working independently or as part of a team.
- ** Values & Compliance** - Demonstrates alignment with The Bedford College Group’s values and policies, including safeguarding, equality, and health and safety. Willing to travel between campuses and adjust working hours as needed.

For a more detailed breakdown of the job role and the requirements, please see the Job Description attached to this vacancy.

**Interviews to be held**:10th, 11th, and 16th June 2025
- **Valuing Teamwork** - We are one team who by working together can achieve great things, respecting the opinion and valuing the contribution each of us makes.
- ** Improving Continuously** - We challenge ourselves to always do better by trying new things, sharing knowledge, reflecting on practice and learning from others.
- ** Student Centred** - At our heart is always doing what is best for our students. We consider students in all of our decision making to create positive outcomes and memorable experiences for every student.
- ** Inclusive** - We celebrate differences and diversity, recognising that we can learn from each other.
- ** Open and Caring** - We care about the wellbeing of our staff, our students, our community and wider society, creating an environment built on trust where we listen, engage with and support each other.
- ** Nurturing Education Excellence**:

- We promote educational excellence by delivering programmes that challenge our students to achieve their ambitions.

**About Central Bedfordshire College**

Central Bedfordshire College (CBC) operates campuses across Central Bedfordshire. Offering a wide range of modern and professional facilities to prepare students for their chosen career pathway. CBC benefits from excellent transport links and town centre locations, enabling students to experience a high standard of education and training, alongside a thriving social experience.

**About The Bedford College Group**

The Bedford College Group was formed in 2017 following the merger of Bedford College and Tresham College and is now the largest provider of education in the South East Midlands, with over 15,000 students passing through our doors each year.

Today, the Group is made up of a family of colleges across Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire: Bedford College, Central Bedfordshire College and Tresham College in the towns of Bedford, Dunstable, Leighton Buzzard, Corby, Kettering and Wellingborough; Shuttleworth College, a specialist land-based college; The Bedford Sixth Form, (the only dedicated sixth form in Bedford); The Corby Sixth Form, (opened in September 2023); and the National College for Motorsport alongside Silverstone race circuit. To widen accessibility to education and training, the Group also has community-base