Role: Associate Lecturer - Computing
Location: Bedford College, Bedford
Salary/Benefits: Salary is £21.50 per hour
Hours/Weeks: 7 hours per week
Contract Type: Sessional – Hourly Paid
This is a UK based contract, and you are required to have the Right to Work in the UK. Unfortunately, we’re unable to offer sponsorship and any offer of employment will be subject to evidence of your Right to Work in the UK.
About the role:
We are currently seeking a Computing Lecturer to join our Computing and Digital Technologies department at The Bedford College Group.
As a Lecturer, you play an important role in the success of our students through:
- Teaching & Delivery - Plan, prepare, and deliver high-quality computing courses (L1–L5), ensuring inclusive, engaging learning that meets awarding body standards and individual student needs.
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Student Support & Progress - Guide, mentor, and monitor students through tutorials, assessment, and feedback to help them achieve success and reach their full potential.
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Assessment & Quality Assurance - Design and assess work, track performance, maintain records, and ensure compliance with quality standards, verification, and moderation processes.
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Curriculum Development & Engagement - Contribute to innovative teaching, course development, employer links, and wider activities such as marketing events, open days, and student recruitment.
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Professional & Organisational Responsibilities - Uphold college values, safeguarding, and student experience, complete administrative duties, collaborate with colleagues, and support departmental and college-wide initiatives.
About you:
- Qualifications & Professional Credentials - Strong academic or industry background with a degree (or equivalent experience), GCSE English and Maths (Grade A to C or equivalant), and a recognised teaching qualification (e.g. PGCE), up to Date DBS and Valid Visa Status.
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Teaching & Learning Excellence -Experience of teaching at Level 2, 3 or 4, knowledge and experience of quality assurance systems in Further Education, demonstrated ability to deliver high‑quality learning experiences, support student progress, and contribute to curriculum development across FE levels. Skilled in tutoring, applying innovative teaching methods, and using data and IT systems to improve outcomes.
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Core Skills & Competencies - Highly effective communicator with strong organisational skills, capable of meeting deadlines, achieving targets, and working independently or collaboratively. Confident in IT (Microsoft Office, Teams) and committed to continuous improvement and innovation.
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Personal Attributes & Professional Conduct - Detail-oriented, adaptable, and resilient under pressure. Builds positive relationships, handles sensitive information confidentially, and demonstrates leadership while aligning with organisational values such as equality, safeguarding, and professionalism.
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Additional Requirements & Compliance - Flexible and mobile (travel across campuses, adaptable hours), with responsibility for safeguarding learners and maintaining professional boundaries. Holds relevant training (e.g. First Aid, safeguarding, EDI, ITQ) and meets health & safety expectations, including risk assessment awareness.
For a more detailed breakdown of the job role and the requirements, please see the Job Description attached to this vacancy.
What is an Associate?
Associates work on a short term basis as assigned. They teach or provide support services and they work with and are supported by core staff. As an Associate you will be issued with an Associate agreement, under this Agreement period you will be eligible to work on assignments offered to you. Typically an agreement runs from January to December and may be renewed thereafter.
About Bedford College Services (BCS)
BCS is A multi-faceted enterprise that operates across the leisure, hospitality, catering, theatre and facilities hire sectors.
The purpose of BCS is to provide a suite of commercial services to the staff and students of The Bedford College Group and to the wider community. Always striving to provide the highest quality of product and services and endeavouring to ensure that its supply chain complies with modern day thinking of sustainability, carbon emissions and modern slavery. BCS will bid for external contracts to provide those services, exploiting its management skills and capacity. Additionally BCS works to enrich student and staff experience within the Group through work experience, qualifying courses or apprenticeship, actively engaging withing the communities it operates in.
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-based Learning Centres in Bedford, Corby and Kettering which offer IT training.
Safeguarding our Students
The Bedford College Group is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to thorough vetting process which includes, an enhanced DBS check and satisfactory references.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. The Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the Exceptions Order 1975, provides information about which convictions must be declared during job applications and related exceptions and further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guide. The Bedford College Group's policy on Employment of Ex-Offenders is attached to this vacancy.
Candidates who are barred from working with children are reminded it is a criminal offence to apply for this post.
