German Language Assistant

**Bilborough College** Nottingham£2,937 - £4,405 per year Expiring soon **Job type**: Part Time, Permanent**Start date**: October 20252 July 2025**Job overview**: **German Language Assistant** **Permanent, part time 32 weeks per year (1st October - 30th June) (approx. 4 - 6 hours/week)** **Salary: £2,937 - £4,405 per annum (dependent on number of hours)** ****Bilborough College is a highly successful provider of post-16 education to approximately 1900 students. We are committed to excellence, innovation and opportunities for students in all that we do. Joining a dynamic and dedicated MFL Team that encourages students in a variety of ways, you will have the opportunity to support and encourage our German students by running sessions to teach about your experience of the German culture and engaging the students in German conversation. If you have the highest possible expectations for all students and enjoy challenging young people to achieve their full potential, we would love to hear from you. This is an exciting opportunity to make a real difference to our students’ experience at Bilborough and their life chances by ensuring they are well supported and guided to achieve their full potential throughout their journey at college, enabling them to progress successfully to the next stage of their working lives. The Language and Humanities Faculty is managed by the Head of Faculty, along with Course Leaders who have responsibility for individual curriculum areas. Should you be successful at the shortlisting stage you will be invited to interview on. Part of the interview process will involve you engaging 4-5 students of A Level German in a 10-15 minute speaking session on a topic of your choice related to German Youth Culture. You will be expected to deliver this in the target language and encourage students to speak in German during the session. If you have a positive, proactive approach, enjoy working with and challenging young people to achieve their full potential and are able to work collaboratively as part of a busy team, we would love to hear from you. In addition, you will hold a degree and be qualified up to level 6 standard in Careers Guidance and Development. , or call 0115 851 5861.- Closing date: 8:30 am on 2nd July 2025_**About**Bilborough College**: **Bilborough College** - College Way, Nottingham Nottinghamshire NG8 4DQ United Kingdom - +44 115 851 5000**Introduction from David Shaw, Principal** I’m delighted that you’ve expressed an interest in Bilborough College. Bilborough is a flourishing college with strong student outcomes, fantastic enrichment and development opportunities, and an innovative and creative teaching and learning culture. We are located between Nottingham and Derby in our bright, modern and well-equipped, purpose-built college campus. As a result of its excellent reputation, student numbers have grown by 300 in the last 3 years and the college is expecting to be at a maximum of 2165 students from September 2024. We are extremely proud that following our latest Ofsted inspection in November 2023, Ofsted rated the college 'Outstanding' for student behaviour and attitudes' and 'Good' for 'Overall effectiveness.' The college was praised for fostering a "nurturing and aspirational culture in which students, from many different backgrounds, flourish together" and benefit from "a vibrant, purposeful environment and the diverse and positive culture." Students described themselves as "extremely proud to be Bilborough students." At Bilborough personal growth and skills development are highly valued alongside the academic achievements of our students. Our mission is to ‘to develop confident, curious, happy students, ready to change the world for the better’. Alongside good and outstanding teaching, the experience of being a student here involves a wide range of enrichment opportunities, including sport, foreign exchange visits, direct involvement in running and managing College events and much, much more. We believe that all of this - underpinned by strong support services, positive and productive staff student relationships and a genuine sense of community - provides an environment where students are able to develop as individuals, personally and academically, in line with their particular talents and abilities. Every member of staff, whatever their role, has a vital part to play in creating that environment by putting our values into practice. Our mantra for students of, “_Be who you are, become who you want to be_” exemplifies our inclusive and ambitious culture. We attribute our success to our committed and talented staff team. At Bilborough, expert teachers, specialist ‘Skills and Progression’ teachers and support staff work together to provide a purposeful learning environment where students can be themselves, are treated as responsible individuals and given the support and challenge they need. We provide a relevant, broad and rich curriculum so that our students