About The Role
**Please note that this position is part-time for 22 hours a week with a pro-rata salary of £20,650 up to £22,647 per annum* *
As a Lecturer of English at EKC Ashford College you will teach, train and assess students in a variety of learning environments, ensuring a high-quality learning experience. Your role will also include providing support to learners to enable them to achieve their maximum potential and to lead as appropriate on designated study programmes and/or courses, with a key responsibility for ensuring the design, delivery and evaluation of programme.
We pride ourselves in the support we can give those who are new to teaching, with ongoing training and coaching through our TeacherAcademy. So, if you do not have any teaching experience or teacher qualifications but have a passion for sharing your knowledge and would like to be considered for this teaching role please apply.
Alongside our priority of excellent student experience, we also focus on our employees. Here are just some of our benefits when working for the East Kent Colleges Group:
1. Competitive salary and holiday entitlement
2. If new to teaching, you will benefit from £7000 investment in your teacher training when you come straight from industry
3. Access to 100's of online discounts via our Rewards Scheme (Inc. Restaurant, Grocery, Retail, Gym, Holidays)
4. Access to cycle to work, car leasing and tech purchasing schemes
5. Generous pension scheme - 28% employer contribution
6. Being part of a company with a Eco-Sustainability focus of being Net-Zero
7. Time off for your child's first day at school, moving home and for interviews
8. My 10 Days initiative - bid for up-to 10 days off work to pursue voluntary work
9. Being part of Community Days and Annual Staff Celebration Day
About You
You will be highly organised, creative and be able to plan and teach engaging and innovative lessons with demonstrated interpersonal skills. Assessing and tracking student progress, to further plan intervention this will be a vital part of the role and ensuring all students develop the skills they need to succeed.
Ideally you will have experience of teaching or have delivered training in the workplace although this isn't essential as training will be offered to the successful applicant. You must have a positive outlook, be empathetic towards learners and have strong class management skills.
You will be able to teach a range of designated study programs and/ or courses from Level 1 up to Level 3 and will be able to motivate learners to achieve and succeed on their programmes of study.
Please contact the Resourcing Team at jobs@ekcgroup.ac.uk if you have any queries about this position. Please note that there are two salary scale points for our Lecturer positions. All candidates will start at the introductory salary scale point unless certain criteria are met. Employees can move up the salary scale once one full academic year of teaching for our group is complete, subject to approval. Therefore, internal applicants may qualify for the higher salary scale, although should seek clarification.