English Lecturer

Maternity cover September - December

Are you passionate about English? Are you enthusiastic about inspiring and motivating students to fulfil their potential? If so, this is an exciting opportunity to join one of the largest FE colleges in the North West.

This is a fantastic opportunity to pass on your skills at Further Education level and inspire the next generation. Working in a vibrant and positive learning environment, you will be responsible for teaching students GCSE English.

We are seeking to appoint a self-motivated individual to our English department who has a genuine passion for the subject and excellent subject knowledge. The successful candidate will be comfortable working with a wide range of students aged from 14 – 19 and adults.

The role will involve teaching GCSE English across the College. The successful candidate will have high expectations of both academic achievement and student engagement, and be excellent at managing the progress of learners throughout their course programme. Applications are welcome from recent Maths graduates (2:1 or above) and NQT’s who wish to pursue a teaching career.

The successful candidate will:

• Have a Degree Level qualification in English.
• Have a Level 4/5 qualification in English.
• Hold a relevant teaching qualification (or be willing to achieve within a set period from appointment).
• Have experience at teaching in FE, including young people and adults is desirable
• Hold GCSE English & Maths (A*-C)

The benefits package includes generous annual leave, membership of final salary or career average pension scheme, professional development and training, free on-site car parking, and other voluntary benefit schemes, including cycle to work scheme.

St Helens College is committed to Equality and Diversity and to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults, and expects all staff, students and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is subject to an enhanced DBS check

This role does not meet the minimum requirements set by UK Visas & Immigration to enable sponsorship of migrant workers.  Therefore, we cannot progress applications from candidates who require sponsorship to work in the UK.

Please note we do not accept CV’s from recruitment agencies. Any speculative CVs sent to the College will NOT be considered.