Bank English Lecturer
Grantham College — United Kingdom
Salary: £23.69 - £26.69 / hour · Schedule: Part-Time · Work model: On-site
Skills: Assessment, Curriculum Development, Lesson planning, Safeguarding, Teaching, DBS
Job Description
Bank English Lecturer
Job Reference: BEL/09.2026
Salary: Hourly paid rate of £23.69 for unqualified FE / £26.69 for qualified FE, plus holiday pay
Working Hours: Bank, zero hour contract
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Bank English Lecturer to join our Skills for Life department.
The purpose of the role is to demonstrate a high quality professional practice and provide quality teaching, learning and assessment at a variety of levels and to devise action plans and maintain appropriate records.
The successful applicant must have:
Qualified teacher status – PGCE, Cert Ed, DET, DTLLS or equivalent or willing to work towards
Qualifications to teach GCSE English up to and including Level 2
Experience writing lesson plans and schemes of work
The ability to assess work
Experience in the delivery of GCSE English up to and including Level 2
The Ability to understand the importance of diagnostic testing and initial assessments
The roles main duties include:
- To teach, using an appropriate mix of traditional, e-learning and blended learning approaches, on a range of courses within the curriculum area and across areas
- To take responsibility for specific areas of work within the curriculum area including course leadership if required
- To support and embed the Study Programme
- To support the college and the team in preparation for the Education Inspection Framework
- To provide support and guidance to students
- To operate as an effective member of relevant course teams and to work closely with other areas
- To carry out administrative duties associated with teaching, including maintenance of registers, schemes of work, assessments, reports, course records and course evaluations to a satisfactory standard and within established deadlines
- To ensure safe working practices are observed by yourself and others (including students) for whom you are responsible
- To provide such returns or reports as required by the Curriculum Manager or College
- To assist in the recruitment of students, including interviewing and enrolments
- To assist in the marketing of the College provision through attendance at Careers Conventions, Open Days and other promotional events
- To assist in the development of curriculum support materials
- To assist with programmes of work experience and/or industrial and commercial liaison, including the organisation and monitoring of work experience placements
- To assist with the enrolment process, including initial and diagnostic assessments to support the students’ progression
- To support the improvement of High Grades within the area for GCSE
- To participate with SAR
This role requires you to engage in regulatory activity in the FE sector. The full definition of regulatory activity is set out in the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 as amended by the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012. Regulated activity includes teaching, instructing, caring for or supervising children if the person is unsupervised.
Fancy a 4-day working week*?
Grantham College operate a 4-day working week. Staff benefit from working a full-time contract over four days. You will work core hours of Monday to Thursday, working a Friday morning once a month
Grantham College experience positive benefits from the 4-day week, including improvement to staff wellbeing and morale. We have also seen benefits in terms of reduced staff turnover leading to greater consistency of performance for our students and apprentices. The number of staff sickness absence days has reduced alongside the energy usage for the college and therefore its carbon emissions. We have also seen improvements in key quality indicators such as student attendance and retention and we are confident this will feed through into improved achievement rates and more positive outcomes for our students.
What we offer you in return:
- An excellent pension scheme :
- Teachers’ Pension: Employer Contribution 28.68%
- A continued professional development programme of up to £750 per academic year
- In addition to the 8 Bank Holidays a year, a generous annual leave allowance of:
- 7.4 Weeks for Academic employees,
- Generous occupational sick pay scheme after one years service
- Family friendly policies, including up to 5 paid occasions for time off for dependants within a 12 month period, after the first year of service
- Up to Five college closure days in December in addition to annual leave
The closing date for all applications will be Thursday 10 September 2026
Job Description and Person Specification.
Application Form.
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Form.
Guidance Notes for the Application Form.
Policy Statement for Recruitment of Ex-Offenders.
Safeguarding Policy
Privacy Notice.
Please note that due to the volume of applications we receive we will only be able to contact candidates who have been selected for interview. You are welcome to download a full application pack and return your completed application to hrapplications@grantham.ac.uk
Please note that we do not accept CV’s by way of application or online application via other websites, you must complete a Grantham College application form. Grantham College are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff to share this commitment. This employment offer is subject to a self-funded satisfactory enhanced DBS check. The successful applicant will have a deduction of £61.50 taken from payroll. We are committed to diversity, equity and inclusion and welcome applications from all sections of the community.
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