Role: Lecturer - Hospitality and Catering

Location: Central Bedfordshire College - Dunstable Kingsway Campus

Salary/Benefits: Salary from £31,930 per annum (Pro-Rata) DOE and Qualifications, People's pension, Retail and Leisure Discounts, excellent professional and personal development opportunities, accessing college courses.

Hours/Weeks: 37 hours per week

Contract Type: Permanent - Part Time

About the role:

We are currently seeking a Lecturer in Hospitality and Catering to join our Hospitality department at The Bedford College Group.

As a Lecturer, you play an important role in the success of our students through:

• Purpose - Deliver effective, up-to-date, and stimulating learning opportunities, leading to learner success and progression; complete administrative duties and professional development timely.
• Preparation and Planning - Plan relevant learning programs and lessons, prepare learning resources, and plan work experience.
• Classroom Management - Manage learner behavior, ensure a safe learning environment, and manage learning resources.
• Teaching and Learning Delivery - Monitor attendance, set lesson objectives, engage learners, provide differentiated learning, facilitate contributions, give feedback, and adapt teaching based on feedback.
• Assessment - Conduct initial assessments, set and mark assignments, keep accurate records, monitor workplace learning, and liaise with internal and external bodies.
• Duties Underpinning Teaching and Learning - Attend meetings, contribute to course development, perform administrative and pastoral duties, supervise visits, promote courses, signpost learners to services, promote equality and diversity, and safeguard learners.
• Professional Values - Embrace development opportunities, maintain work-life balance, stay updated on relevant issues, and perform other duties as required.

About you:

• Qualifications - Teaching qualification equivalent to Qualified Teacher Learning and Skills (or willingness to work towards), Level 2 qualification in Maths and English, Assessor Award (or willingness to work towards).
• Experience - Up-to-date industry standard vocational skills, relevant industry experience, minimum of 3 years teaching experience, ability to teach across vocational areas and learner levels.
• Skills - Clear presentation, good personal and interpersonal communication, championing Quality Assurance, data analysis, problem-solving, motivating and inspiring learners, delivering courses using various learning modes, applying health and safety knowledge.
• Attributes - Good team player, motivated by learner success, commitment to personal and professional development, staying updated in field of specialism, reflective practitioner, good organizational and time management skills, flexible approach.

For a more detailed breakdown of the job role and the requirements, please see the Job Description attached to this vacancy.

Interviews to be held: 02 June 2025

Successful candidates must also be able to demonstrate alignment to our organisational VISION values:

• Valuing Teamwork - We are one team who by working together can achieve great things, respecting the opinion and valuing the contribution each of us makes.
• Improving Continuously - We challenge ourselves to always do better by trying new things, sharing knowledge, reflecting on practice and learning from others.
• Student Centred - At our heart is always doing what is best for our students. We consider students in all of our decision making to create positive outcomes and memorable experiences for every student.
• Inclusive - We celebrate differences and diversity, recognising that we can learn from each other.
• Open and Caring - We care about the wellbeing of our staff, our students, our community and wider society, creating an environment built on trust where we listen, engage with and support each other.
• Nurturing Education Excellence - We promote educational excellence by delivering programmes that challenge our students to achieve their ambitions.

About Central Bedfordshire College

Central Bedfordshire College (CBC) operates campuses across Central Bedfordshire. Offering a wide range of modern and professional facilities to prepare students for their chosen career pathway. CBC benefits from excellent transport links and town centre locations, enabling students to experience a high standard of education and training, alongside a thriving social experience.

About The Bedford College Group

The Bedford College Group was formed in 2017 following the merger of Bedford College and Tresham College and is now the largest provider of education in the South East Midlands, with over 15,000 students passing through our doors each year.

Today, the Group is made up of a family of colleges across Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire:"Bedford College, Central Bedfordshire College and"Tresham"College"in the towns of Bedford, Dunstable, Leighton Buzzard, Corby, Kettering and Wellingborough;"Shuttleworth"College,"a specialist land-based college; The Bedford Sixth Form, (the only dedicated sixth form in Bedford); The Corby Sixth Form, (opened in September 2023); and the National College for Motorsport"alongside"Silverstone"race circuit."To widen accessibility to education and training, the Group also has community-based Learning Centres in Bedford, Corby and Kettering which offer IT training.

Safeguarding our Students

The Bedford College Group is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to thorough vetting process which includes, an enhanced DBS check and satisfactory references.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. The Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the Exceptions Order 1975, provides information about which convictions must be declared during job applications and related exceptions and further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guide. The Bedford College Group's policy on Employment of Ex-Offenders is attached to this vacancy.

Candidates who are barred from working with children are reminded it is a criminal offence to apply for this post.