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Business and Economics Lecturer

Application deadline
November 15, 2024 12:00 am
Department
A level (6th Form)
Employment type
Permanent
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Location
Telford College - Wellington, Telford
Salary
£40,442
£26,955 - £40,442 DOE
Reporting to
Potential interview date
Vacancy reference
VN1029
About the role

Telford College is a growing vibrant College on a journey to become outstanding. With a first class learning environment Telford College has over 8,000 students covering over 70 different industry areas in post-16 academic, vocational and university level courses and apprenticeships.

Telford College is an ambitious organisation and we are seeking talented likeminded individuals to join us in supporting students to the next level and into a successful career through our key links with universities and employers.

We are looking for a passionate Business and Economics Lecturer to join our ever expanding Business & Digital Department.

The purpose of this role is to deliver outstanding Business and Economics provision to A Level Business and Economics learners, through an exceptional student experience leading to positive achievement outcomes.

Key Responsibilities
  • Deliver and teach A Level Business and Economics to agreed success targets.
  • Regularly review and monitor the attendance and progress of learners and follow up as required to ensure learners achieve their targets.
  • Carry out, collate and feedback initial and/or diagnostic assessments to identify students’ ILP and support as required, providing differentiated learning strategies to enable students to achieve their primary learning goal.
  • Provide assignment and assessment material appropriate to each specific programme.
  • Evaluate and assess (formative and summative) the work of learners in relation to the curriculum criteria and provide timely constructive and helpful learner feedback.
  • Maintain quality systems related to the teaching of Business and Economics including designing work schemes, lesson plans, assessment plans and assessment activities.
  • Update and maintain electronic documentation to support teaching and learning, assessment and tracking of learner progress.
  • Attend curriculum meetings and contribute to the continual quality improvement mechanisms (e.g. grade predictions, value added strategies)
  • Develop quality resources (including e-resources) which support the development of Business and Economics
Skills, knowledge and expertise

Qualifications and training

  • Degree or equivalent in a relevant area
  • Teaching qualification (including NQTs)
  • Up to date knowledge of and ability to apply a range of assessment practices

Skills and expertise

  • Successful experience of teaching in a relevant area. Alternatively, the ability and drive to become an excellent teacher
  • A track record of supporting learners as individuals and developing independent learning
  • An understanding of diversity and equality of opportunity
How to Apply

We look forward to receiving your application and knowing more about your qualifications, skills, personal qualities and experience that you would bring to the role and to Telford College. Please take time to review the job description.

Please complete the online application form with details of your full employment history (since leaving school, including education, employment and voluntary work) including reasons for any gaps in employment. This should also include a statement of the personal qualities and experience you believe are relevant to your suitability for the post and how this meets the job description and person specification requirements. Your application form will be re-produced in a standard format by the system (without personal identifiers) to assist us in our anonymised shortlisting process.

Under Section 7 of SVGA 2006 it is an offence to apply for the role if the applicant is barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children. The college’s safeguarding policies are available here. Under KCSIE (keeping children safe in education) guidance the college is committed to all pre-employment safeguarding checks, including online checks and candidate history. Therefore, please note upon clicking to apply you agree for these checks to be completed.