Lecturer in Computing

Job Title: Lecturer in Computing

Salary: From £25,908 - £36,957 per annum, subject to a progression criteria

Contract: MC Lecturer, Full-Time, Permanent

Hours: 37 per week

Teaching Hours: 864 per annum

Annual Leave: 45 per annum plus statutory Bank Holidays

Pension: Teachers’ Pension

About the College

Do you want to be part of a forward thinking, dynamic, successful, and caring organisation, Middlesbrough College Group:

• Is the largest and top performing GFE College in the Tees Valley.
• Is commitment to staff development and long-term career planning.
• Offers excellent non pay benefits
• Is commitment to staff wellbeing.
• Has excellent facilities and working environment.
• Is financially strong with ambitious ongoing staff and campus expansion and development plans.
• Offers job satisfaction - creating opportunity for all.
• Has happy staff - 9 out of 10 staff would recommend working here!

About the role

To plan and deliver a wide range of challenging, relevant learning and work experiences that ensure all learners can develop and apply the skills, knowledge, behaviours, and attitudes required for the 21st Century learning, life, and work.

The successful candidate will have:

• To hold a relevant qualification at Degree level.
• To be a qualified Teacher or must be prepared to commence an appropriate teaching qualification on appointment to the post.
• Personal commitment to keeping your professional knowledge up to date and improving your capabilities.
• Grade C or above in Maths and English (or equivalent) or willing to work towards it.
• Current experience and / or knowledge of teaching IT/Computing programmes.
• Relevant experience in a teaching position in Further Education or Secondary Education or within a professional environment around Networking Technologies and / or Technical Support.
• Current experience and / or knowledge of one or more fields of IT Technical support, Troubleshooting, Cyber Security, and networking technologies – Desirable.
• Knowledge of career opportunities for 16 - 18 and 19+ students in IT/Computing.
• Knowledge of delivering various awarding body frameworks.
• Good oral and written communication skills with a capacity to deal effectively with staff, students, parents, employers, and others.
• To have good time management and organisational skills.
• Evidence of disseminating own good practice effectively.

Safeguarding our students

Middlesbrough College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, as well as vulnerable adults. We expect all staff and volunteers to be suitable to work with these groups and share this commitment. The college will ensure that all children, young people, and vulnerable adults who access the college facilities feel safe and will put in place college-wide procedures and staff training to achieve this.

As a member of teaching / curriculum staff, your role will engage with children on a regular basis for teaching, instructing, caring, or supervising. Therefore, this role is defined as being within ‘regulated activity’. At Middlesbrough College , we pride ourselves on our dedication to safeguarding all students, to do so we follow a strict vetting process whereby any offer of employment will be subject to the appropriate checks, including an Enhanced DBS Check.

Before applying for a role with Middlesbrough College, it is important to note that it is an offence to do so if you believe you are a persons whom is barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.

To read more information in relation to the DBS Code of Practice please follow this link: Revised Code of Practice for Disclosure and Barring Service Registered Persons (publishing.service.gov.uk)

Want to know more?

For any queries regarding the post, please email Nicola Loughran, Associate Director – Digital – and someone from the team will get back to you.

Middlesbrough College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

As a College we are committed to Equality, Diversity & Inclusion, and welcome applications from all sections of the community.

Applicants must demonstrate in their application the ability to meet the key responsibilities, qualifications / skills and experience detailed within the job description. Salaries are based on skills, qualifications, and experience.

We reserve the right to close this advert early if we are able to appoint to the vacancy before the advertised closing date. We therefore encourage applicants to submit their applications as soon as possible.