Permanent, Part Time (0.6 FTE)
The School of Commercial, Creative and Professional Studies at Merton College is seeking an enthusiastic and dedicated individual to deliver outstanding quality in teaching, learning and assessment across Level 1 to Level 3 Health and Social Care and Access to Nursing programmes.
You’ll provide academic tutorial support to students, helping them to maximise achievement and drive continuous improvement. In this role, you will play a key part in developing the curriculum, ensuring that employer engagement and the enhancement of learner skills are at the heart of our provision.
As our Lecturer, we’d like you to hold a degree or relevant professional qualifications in Childcare and Education, Early Years, Health and Social care, Nursing or a relevant subject, hold a teaching qualification (or willing to work towards) and have experience of teaching Health and Social Care and Access to HE in an FE College, School or Private Provider. With strong evidence of good-to-outstanding teaching, learning, assessment, and tracking, you’ll be able to use ProMonitor for setting targets, tracking of student progress and disciplinary procedures.
An effective communicator, you’ll have strong verbal and written skills in both group and interpersonal situations, committed to working and contributing to the overall effective performance of the Team. You’ll be an organised individual, able to use initiative and work well under pressure and to strict validating body deadlines, providing evidence of assessment for Moderation.
Closing date for the return of completed applications is 10th November 2025.
The benefits package includes generous annual leave of 40 days plus up to 8 additional days over Christmas/New Year as well as an additional 5 days Wellbeing leave to enhance employees’ physical and mental health. There is an excellent pension scheme that receives a significant financial contribution from the employer (Teachers Pensions or Local Government Pension Scheme), subsidised sports facilities and professional development and training plus a salary sacrifice cycle to work scheme.
South Thames Colleges Group is an equal opportunities employer and is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults.
As outlined in the Public Sector Equality Duty of the Equality Act 2010, we are committed to equality of opportunity for all staff and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.
As part of our due diligence checks on prospective employees, successful candidates will be subject to an enhanced DBS check, satisfactory references, an online search and proof of eligibility to work in the UK.
The South Thames Colleges Group is made up of Carshalton College, Kingston College, Merton College and South Thames College, which merged on 1 August 2017. South Thames Colleges Group is one of London’s largest providers of post-16 education and training and is an ongoing and significant contributor to its local communities. We aim to put students’ success at the heart of everything we do.
We are looking for hard-working and collaborative people who can join our team and help challenge our students to progress and achieve