Lecturer in Teacher Education
Job description
Ref: REQ001784
Competitive salary and excellent benefits
Sessional
We have an exciting new role available within our teacher education department to teach on our Higher Education Level 4 and 5 Foundation Degree in Learning Support programmes.
This will be as a sessional lecturer working one (or two) evenings per week on a Tuesday/Thursday evening from 5pm-9pm.
The role will include delivering sessions to our Level 4/5 groups of Learning Support Assistants. In addition to the teaching, the suitable candidate will be conducting lesson observations during the day in schools within the area.
The suitable candidate should have a Masters level qualification with extensive school experience as a teacher/leader (preferably in a Primary or SEND setting) and experience of supporting LSAs and newly qualified teachers.
Farnborough College of Technology is an Equal Opportunities Employer.
This is a superb opportunity for a first-class applicant to teach in an Outstanding College. In turn we can offer you interesting and varied work with an excellent benefits package.
Benefits include: Teachers Pension, 40 days holiday, onsite gym, Employee Assistance Programme including Savings Centre offering retail discounts, Refectory and free on-site parking.
Interviews will take place shortly after the published closing date or when a suitable number of appropriate applications have been received, so early submissions are encouraged. Suitable candidates may be interviewed before the closing date and we reserve the right to withdraw the position if an early appointment is made.
Please contact Julie Collingwood for an informal chat if you are interested in any of the above at j.-
Safeguarding for Employees
The College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff to share this commitment.
Positions within the College will involve contact with young people and vulnerable adults. Consequently, post-holders will be obliged to demonstrate and maintain their suitability to work with young people and vulnerable adults. This will include a requirement to undertake an enhanced DBS (Disclosure and Barring Service) check, in addition to referencing and qualification checks.
Disclosure and Barring Service
Farnborough College of Technology complies fully with the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Code of Practice regarding the correct handling, storage, retention and disposal of Disclosures and Disclosure information, and undertakes not to discriminate unfairly against any subject of a disclosure on the basis of a conviction or other information revealed.
Since the post for which you are applying may involve unsupervised access to children and vulnerable adults, it will be exempt from the provisions of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exemptions Amendment Order 1986) please refer to the DBS website for further information.
Candidates who are offered an interview for such posts will be required to disclose details, cautions (including final warnings or reprimands), or convictions which are not "protected" as defined by the Exceptions Order and 2020), or any other matters that may be relevant to their suitability to work for the College. The College will regard any failure to disclose your criminal record as a breach of trust. It is College Policy that all candidates will be subject to a Disclosure check if offered the post for which the application has been made. Please note that the College is unable to consider an application further if the candidate declines to complete the Disclosure form.
Job details
Job reference
REQ001784
Date posted
29/08/2025
Application closing date
30/09/2025
Contractual hours
Basis
Job category/type
Teaching