Teacher - Health (LUM157/324)

About the Role

Are you a passionate health care teacher/practitioner?  Do you have experience of working in the health care sector? Are you interested in training the next generation of Health Care practitioners? Can you engage with young people and build enthusiasm for the subject? If so, why not join us? Our diverse School of Academic and Social Science and looking to recruit a passionate and motivated individual, who will deliver on a range of Health and Health Science courses. 

What You Will Do

• Deliver inspiring sessions across the curriculum using a wide range of teaching methods for identified modules.
• Plan, prepare and develop schemes of work, session plans, teaching and learning resources, learning and assessment plans.
• Be responsible for recording student progress.
• Motivate and inspire students to achieve targets and develop their skills to enable progression.

About You

We are looking for someone with:

• Experience, knowledge and skills to enable delivery of a range of levels across the curriculum.
• Experience of positively managing student and group progression, advice and guidance in a school or Further Education setting, with positive outcomes
• The ability to plan and deliver quality teaching across identified cohorts and ensure consistency of high delivery within teams
• The ability to lead activities in the development and delivery of strategies to improve retention, achievement, success and attendance rates for groups of learners
• Exceptional verbal /written communication and interpersonal skills
• Excellent organisational skills, to ensure deadlines are met and progress in achieving results from learners and team members.

Benefits

There are plenty of benefits available to our staff members, here are just a few:

• Annual leave entitlement - If you work full time, you'll get at least 27 days holiday plus bank holidays and up to 5 discretionary closure days at Christmas (pro rata for part time staff).
  • Support Staff 27 days (increasing to 32 days after 5 years service)
  • Academic 37 days
  • Senior Management 37 days
• Generous Pension schemes
  • Teachers’ Pension Scheme 
  • Local Government Pension Scheme 
• Memberships and discounts - employees can sign up to various membership cards and discount schemes such as TOTUM card (formerly NUS card). 
• Travel and commuting - discounted travel available through Metro card, Northern Rail, First Bus, Arriva Bus and Cycle to work schemes.
• Learning and development opportunities -  including staff development days
• Employee wellbeing initiatives
• Flexible and hybrid working opportunities - this will vary depending on role requirements

About Us

Keighley College has excellent modern facilities and provides a professional and friendly environment.  We pride ourselves on working closely with employers, the local community and other stakeholders to provide curriculum and support that meets the needs of our students. Our core purpose is to improve the life chances of our learners. We are passionate about helping our students to achieve their goals. We have state-of-the-art facilities in a central location, close to public transport links and great industry connections.

Choosing to work for Keighley College means that you will be part of an enterprising, inclusive, inspiring, collaborative, empowering, and dynamic environment. We hope that we will be part of the next step in your career and look forward to welcoming you to Keighley College. 

SAFEGUARDING

At Luminate Education Group we are committed to the safeguarding and welfare of all our students including children, young people, and vulnerable adults. We expect all our staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We follow the Safer Recruitment requirements and best practice as set out within Keeping Children Safe in Education statutory guidance. All successful applicants will be required to complete mandatory pre-employment checks which include an enhanced DBS check, online checks and must have two satisfactory references. Please be aware that it is a criminal offence to apply for this post if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity in connection to children.

EQUALITY, DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION

We recognise, value and champion diversity & Inclusion. As we engage with a diverse student population we want to ensure we reflect that in our staff population too. For us diversity is about building happy teams, full of people that want to learn and be inspired by each other, by our different experiences and backgrounds. It is important to us that both staff and students achieve their full potential.  Diversity is important to us, but inclusion is equally, if not more important. It’s not just about having the representation but also providing the people we recruit with opportunities and valuing everyone’s contributions and perspectives.

For further information about the role please visit the vacancies section of our website via the apply link.