Position Overview & Specifications

Mechanical Engineering Lecturer

College location: John Ruskin College (Croydon)

Salary: £25,186.00 – £35,847.00 per year (a market supplement may apply subject to qualifications, skills and experience and pro-rated accordingly)

Hours: Part time (2.5-3 days a week)

We are currently seeking to appoint a inspirational and talented Engineering Lecturer to join our friendly and professional Technical & Vocational Skills department.

In this posts you will be delivering both teaching and assessing on our BTEC Engineering courses across Levels 2-3, for next Academic year.

Working closely with the Head of Department and the rest of the departmental team, you will have the chance to share your knowledge and skills with learners to help them achieve at the highest level as well as driving continuous improvement within the College. You will act as a personal tutor, promote attendance, participate in team meetings and contribute to the planning, development and review activities within your subject area.

The successful candidate must have:

A teaching qualification (at ideally level 5 or above such as a PGCE, DET/DTLLS or Cert ED)
Relevant FE teaching and assessing experience across BTEC levels 2 - 4
An Engineering degree (ideally in Mechanical Engineering)
Specialist in the subject of Engineering, and able to teach level 3 content or above.
Experience of tutoring and pastoral care for 16-19 in the FE sector
Experience in employer engagement for STEM provision (and ideally a STEM specialist)
BTEC internal verification experience
Relevant Engineering industry experience

An assessing or internal verifier qualification would also be highly advantageous

If this sounds like you and you will enjoy working in a forward thinking, friendly, fast paced, changing environment with state of the art facilities, we would love to hear from you. In return, we offer a competitive salary, as well as staff benefits such a choice of two excellent pension schemes, life assurance, free onsite parking and access to our fully equipped gym along with discounted in house Spa and Salon treatments.

Orbital South Colleges Group are committed to Equal Opportunities, encouraging applications from all sectors of the community to reflect our diverse student population. We are also committed to PREVENT and Safeguarding the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Both College Campus’ are smoke-free zones.

As part of our pre-employment checks, successful candidates will be required to complete an enhanced DBS, references will be taken and evidence of all qualifications and awards will also be required before commencement of employment. Failure to do so may lead to offers being withdrawn.

Applicants must be eligible to work in the UK as we do not sponsor work permits, and work permits from other organisations are unacceptable as proof of right to work in the UK.

Job Type: Part-time

Salary: £25,186.00-£35,847.00 per year

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