Job Title: Lecturer in Business
Location: Highbury Campus
Salary: £30,248.30 - £44,298.68 Full Time Equivalent per annum
Hours of work: 28 to 35 hours per week (inclusive of teaching and prep time), 52 weeks per year, Permanent
About us:
At City of Portsmouth College, we aspire to be the employer of choice in the Portsmouth area, with a progressive, supportive, and rewarding workplace culture and one that offers competitive benefits for its staff. By joining us, you will personally be part of the change we are driving and will play a pivotal role in supporting the growth and development of our brilliant students, turning them into future leaders and innovators. Everyone at the College is part of the bigger picture and together, each role makes an impact and in turn a difference to our students learning journey.
We have an unrivalled curriculum of courses on offer for students of all ages and stages covering A-levels, Apprenticeships, Vocational & Technical courses. We also offer Higher Education, Online learning and Community courses that appeal to the needs of the local community.
What we offer:
- Annual Leave: 42 days total and closure for winter shutdown period in line with Hampshire County Council school holidays & statutory bank holidays
- Pension: Generous Teachers' pension. Further information can be found at Teachers' Pensions (teacherspensions.co.uk)
- Learning & Development: Programmes by The Community Adult Education Department
- Staff Development: Access to the College staff development programmes and CPD
- Onsite Discounts: City of Portsmouth College Hair Salon & 50% off at the City of Portsmouth College Sports Centre
- Online Discounts: Unidays, Student Beans, and Totum with a City of Portsmouth College email addressParking: Free car parking across all campus sites (apart from Arundel)
- Blue Light Card: providing several discounts for clothing, electrical goods, food and days out, even concert tickets!
About the role:
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and motivated individual to join our business teaching team. The business learning area offers a range of vocational and academic programmes at Level 2, Level 3, and T levels with teaching at our Highbury Campus.
A successful candidate would be working collaboratively within the business team to; teach and assess on a range of business topics and programmes, including management, administration, marketing, finance, and HR; provide high quality learning opportunities that meet the needs of our diverse student cohorts; actively contribute to the development and delivery of a high quality, responsive business curriculum, and programmes; provide flexible assessment opportunities, realistic and relevant to the business sector, in line with current industry standards; closely plan and be accountable for monitoring, tracking, and recording student retention, progress, achievement, and success; contribute to and maintain quality assurance of the programmes delivered.
Key Responsibilities:
- To teach on a range of programmes, providing high-quality learning opportunities that meet the needs of individual students/apprentices and groups in line with the College’s strategic priorities and objectives.
- To provide flexible assessment opportunities and closely plan, monitor, track and record student/apprentice retention, achievement, and success.
- To contribute to the development and delivery of high-quality, relevant curriculum and programmes. Curriculum Development responsibilities include:
- Actively contributing to the development of new programmes within the curriculum area
- Producing annual schemes of work and/or training plans for all subjects/programmes to be taught
To be successful in this role, below is what we would need from you:
- Educated to degree or appropriate trade level in specific subject area
- Appropriate teaching qualification, or willingness to undertake
- Appropriate Assessor/Verifier qualification, or willingness to undertake
- Teaching experience, or an understanding of the role of a teacher and the professional responsibilities
- Relevant and up to date industrial and/or subject related experience
- Experience of delivering teaching/training in a diverse environment
Diversity and Inclusion:
Equality, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion are central to the work of City of Portsmouth College. This underpins the vision of the College to transform lives through providing exceptional education and training.
The College’s commitment to Equality, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion is reflected in the continued successful promotion of these strands through the curriculum, enrichment activities, and the range of direct and indirect student support services.
Pre-Employment Checks:
City of Portsmouth College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people in our College. All successful candidates will be subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check and two references.
We reserve the right to close the job advert when we have had successful applications, and it may not run for the full duration of the advert.
We do not accept CVs from agencies for these roles.
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