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About Newham College:
Newham College stands as London&©s leading and most successful institution for vocational education, consistently recognised for excellence. For five consecutive years, the Department for Education has named Newham College the top-performing large Further Education (FE) college in the area.
The Role:
This is a fixed term Maternity cover Until 18th July 2026.
The candidate appointed will join an innovated and dynamic team involved in the delivery through a range a of 16-18 full-time study programmes within the Directorate of Professional Service Industries. This includes the provision in Travel and Tourism within the college. They will prepare and deliver teaching for a range of topics, provide advice and support students, acting as a Personal Tutor, conduct Internal Quality Assurance as well as related teacher administration duties.
Key Duties and responsibilities:
1. Design, plan and implement effective and inclusive teaching and supporting learning activities.
2. To provide high quality teaching, learning, assessment and internal moderation across a range of courses including Level 2 Travel and Tourism and Cabin Crew
3. Teach across a range of modules/units or within a subject area using appropriate teaching, learning support and assessment methods and technologies.
4. Assess the work and progress of students and provide them with constructive feedback
5. Contribute to the delivery, tracking and monitoring of key skill performance amongst cohorts of students in the Travel and Tourism department.
6. Seek ways of improving performance by reflecting on teaching design and delivery and obtaining and analysing feedback.
7. Contribute to outreach and/or widening participation activities within the school.
8. Tutorship of students, giving appropriate support to enable students to achieve their academic, personal and vocational targets.
9. Interviewing and giving guidance to potential students.
10. Assisting students in their progression to either Higher Education or employment.
11. Contribute to the development and continual improvement of courses, coordinating effectively with both staff and student.
12. Essential qualifications/training:
13. A recognised teaching qualification e. PCET, PGCE or QCF Level 5 Diploma in Education
14. Comprehensive understanding of the curriculum with subject specialism to at least Level 3
15. Strong experience of delivering to 16+ age group with varied abilities in an educational setting
16. Degree (or appropriate qualification)
17. GCSE or Level 2 in Maths and English
18. Desirable qualifications/training:
19. Internal Verifier Qualification
20. Current training and CPD taken in the past 2-years relevant to the role and vocational area
Experience:
21. Experience of planning and delivering in line with Ofsted requirements to at least &«good&ª
22. Ability to plan learning in line with Ofsted requirements
23. Experience in teaching/assessing courses at a range of levels and providing high quality feedback and assessment
24. Excellent written and verbal communication skills
25. Experience meeting targets, KPI&©s or deadlines
26. Familiar with safeguarding and relevant procedures
27. Working parents, families and external partners
28. Knowledge and Skills:
29. Able to motivate and inspire people to achieve
30. Passionate about the learning and skills agenda
31. Excellent communication and written skills
32. Comprehensive IT skills and E-Learning
33. Excellent communications skills with people at all levels
34. A team player who is hardworking and capable of working on own initiative
35. Must have good organisational and time management skills
36. Commitment to the College aims and ethos
37. Ability to work quickly and accurately under pressure
38. Ability to prioritise work to deadlines
39. Ability to work flexibly as a member of the team
40. Accurate record keeping
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
The College has a strong commitment to working towards the implementation of equality of opportunity in both service delivery and employment. The College&©s mission and strategic objectives directly support this aim. All employees are required to actively support the development, dissemination and implementation of this aim and related policies and programmes.
Safeguarding of Children and Vulnerable Adults
The College is committed to safeguarding and promotes the welfare of all learners and expects its staff to share this commitment. All posts in the College are subject to a List 99 check and Disclosure and Barring Service check at Enhanced Level.
Recruitment Process
The email account you use to apply will be used for recruitment communication. Please ensure that you use an email account that you regularly monitor.
We reserve the right to close the vacancy early, should we receive sufficient applications.
Application Closing Date: 6th October
Interview date: TBC
Safeguarding Statement
Newham College of Further Education is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.We particularly welcome applications from under represented groups including ethnicity, gender, transgender, age, disability, sexual orientation or religion.