Lecturer in Animal Care
Hours; Full time (37 hours per week, all year round)
Duration; Permanent
Salary; From £29,455 (unqualified) to £33,487 (qualified) per annum plus benefits
Location; Dearne Valley College, Rotherham
The Opportunity
Transform your animal expertise into a rewarding teaching career and shape the next generation of animal care professionals.
Share your passion and industry knowledge with motivated students across Levels 1–3 and Higher Education.
- Inspire: Deliver engaging practical, theoretical, and digital lessons.
- Mentor: Guide students through their courses and help them launch their careers.
- Connect: Build industry links to secure rewarding student work placements.
- Grow: Design creative learning resources and track student success.
- Collaborate: Work within a supportive, motivated team to hit educational goals.
You will…
- Bring Expertise: Level 5 or higher vocational qualification in an animal-related field.
- Skills: Strong communication skills and a team-focused mindset.
- Qualifications: Teaching qualification and assessor award (or the willingness to gain them with us).
- Basics: Level 2 (or equivalent) in English and Maths (or willingness to work towards).
Why Apply? No teaching experience?
We will support you to gain your teaching and assessor qualifications on the job.
Make an impact: Move out of the field and directly influence the future of animal care.
Department Info
You will work as part of the curriculum team at Dearne Valley and you will also closely work with and take direction from our Curriculum Team Leaders. You will be line managed by the Curriculum Manager.
Our excellent benefits and rewards package:
- Access to teachers pensions scheme
- Up to 50 days annual leave per year (35) including closure during Christmas period
- Access to our gyms, restaurants and salons
- Staff health & wellbeing and benefits schemes including in-house Occupational Health service
- Full, part time and flexible working hours available in many roles
- Parking available at all of our sites
- Fantastic career development opportunities including funding for teacher training, apprenticeships and various other industry recognised qualifications
- New FE teachers can also apply for grants of up to £6,000 in STEM subjects (conditions apply) through the levelling up premium payments initiative
- Recruitment Referral Scheme for all employees, worth £200 per referral made
What is the RNN Group?
RNN Group’s main goal is to be an ‘outstanding’ education and training provider and this is at the heart of everything that we do. To help us achieve this we are looking to recruit highly motivated, innovative and dynamic individuals to join our existing teams. To be a part of the team at RNN Group we will expect you to be committed to our values too;
- We are Inclusive,
- We have Integrity,
- We Deliver,
- We are One Team.
We are OFSTED ‘Good’ (November 2022)
We celebrate diversity and are proud to have been recognised as Investors in Diversity for our commitment to the FREDIE (Fairness, Respect, Equality, Diversity, Inclusion and Engagement) Model. This means that you’d be working in a supportive environment that encourages, recognises and celebrates effort, achievement and cooperative attitudes. We welcome applications from everyone regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, sexuality, faith or disability. We are also proud to be part of the Disability Confidence Scheme.
The RNN Group is proud to be part of the South Yorkshire Institute of Technology (SYIoT).
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, vulnerable adults and young people. All new employees will be required undertake a DBS check and other associated checks in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education Guidance.
All candidates must have the legal right to work in the UK.
Closing date: Monday 6th July 2026 at 12:00 Noon – if you are shortlisted for this post, you will be contacted within a week of the closing date.
Provisional Interview Date – Friday 17th July 2026
To find out more about the RNN Group, and how to apply visit our website - https://www.rnngroup.co.uk/working-with-us-for-everyone/careers/
If you require further information about this vacancy, please contact the HR department on 01709 722750 or recruitment@rnngroup.ac.uk
