Working Hours: 29.6 Hours per week (4 days)

Contract Type: Part-Time, Permanent

Closing Date: 14th February 2025

Interviews: Tuesday 18th February 2025This position is to teach on the following courses:Level 2 and Level 3 Teaching Assistant Courses

This role is subject to -

Qualification -

- Hold a teaching qualification- Hold a degree and/or a Vocational related qualification in the subject area (essential)
- Hold GCSE A* - C / 9 - 4 in English or equivalent (essential)
- Hold GCSE A* - C / 9 - 4 in Math's or equivalent (essential)
- Hold Assessors qualifications (desirable) or willingness to achieve
- Hold IQA qualifications (desirable) or willingness to achieve

DBS (Disclosure and Barring Service) clearance - this post is covered by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (amended in 2013). Appointable candidates will be required to apply for an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. Information provided by you or the DBS will be dealt with in a confidential manner and in accordance with the DBS Code of Practice which can be viewed here. We have a policy on the Employment of Ex-Offenders and it is available upon request.

Manchester Adult Education (MAES) has an exciting opportunity for a passionate industry expert to join our Vocational and Employer Responsive team as a Lecturer. The role will involve the planning, delivery, assessment and moderation of part-time adult courses from Level’s 1 to 4.

Courses within the curriculum area:
- Health & Social Care/Adult Social Care
- Early Years/Education/STLS
- Health and Well-Being pathways (Mental Health, Well-being, Counselling)
- Team leading/Mentoring/Leadership
- Professional development pathways such as; Supporting Individuals with Learning Difficulties, Supporting Behaviour, Mental Health Awareness and Substance Misuse
- Apprenticeship from September 2024

As a Lecturer you should:

- Hold a teaching qualification- Hold a degree and/or a Vocational related qualification in the subject area (essential)
- Hold GCSE A* - C / 9 - 4 in English or equivalent (essential)
- Hold GCSE A* - C / 9 - 4 in Math's or equivalent (essential)
- Hold Assessors qualifications (desirable) or willingness to achieve
- Hold IQA qualifications (desirable) or willingness to achieve
We welcome applications from those working in the industry, as well as newly or recently qualified teachers.

You should be able to demonstrate:

- Professional and academic competence / qualifications to teach on the qualifications. - Experience of adopting a range of teaching and learning strategies
- Use of e-learning platforms such as Equal, Google Classroom and others or the willingness to learn  - Time management skills to show how you manage the priorities of planning of lessons and assessing learner work

Key Accountabilities:

- To deliver teaching and learning to at least a consistently good or outstanding standard
- To assess accurately learners work, both formative and summative, against appropriate awarding body criteria to ensure learners achieve their qualifications, which may include work placement visits
- To teach online lessons (where appropriate) as well as teaching in our centres, including outreach across the city as needed, this may involve the occasional evening class
- To have excellent digital skills to support learners to actively engage in their programme of learning and develop key workplace digital standards- To take some course leadership responsibilities
- To take part in team meetings and working groups - To comply with the services quality assurance procedures - To comply with the services policies and procedures
- To take personal and professional responsibility for keeping up to-date in the subject area.

You will be joining a committed and supportive team of teachers who are passionate industry specialists who work together to support the adult learners in the community achieve their goals and secure employment or advance to higher education.
See attached Role Profile for more information.

We’re the local government authority for Manchester, and have teams across the city helping to make this a great place to live for everyone. We’re proud to do local government differently, in a city with an international reputation for diversity, creativity, culture and passion.

When you join us, you’re joining a team of over 7,000 council staff helping to make our ambition for Manchester a reality. Whatever your role, you’ll be supporting our residents and communities to be the best they can be, and helping to build a Manchester that's fairer for everyone who lives, works, volunteers, studies or plays here.

To make our ambition a reality, every person we recruit needs to play their its part. It takes a certain type of behaviour, attitude and way of working to get Manchester where it wants to be. Our people and partners have agreed five ‘behaviours’ – the grounding for how we must work together and treat one another:

We take time to listen and understand
We work together and trust each other
We show that we value our differences and treat each other fairly
We ‘own it’ and we’re not afraid to try new things
We’re proud and passionate about Manchester

A career with us means you can be yourself, thrive, and build the career your talent and ambition deserve.

Creating an inclusive team at Manchester City Council

At Manchester City Council, we strive to create a fair and inclusive workplace that is as diverse as the communities we serve. We want to further increase the diversity of our workforce, in particular the number of Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic staff and disabled staff at all levels of the Council. This advert is open to all applicants, and we would particularly encourage applications from candidates identifying with one or both of those characteristics.

If you want to find out more about the role, our ways of working, flexible arrangements or any workplace adjustments, please let us know by emailing jobs@manchester.gov.uk. If you are invited to interview, we will ask you if you require any adjustments for you to best demonstrate your suitability for the role in the interview process.

Guaranteed Interview Scheme

As part of our commitment to inclusion, we offer guaranteed interviews for specific groups of people. To qualify, you'll need to meet the minimum requirements for the role, and identify with one of the below criteria:

Members of the Armed Forces and veterans
Are currently in care, or have previously been in care
If you consider yourself to be disabled or if you have a long-term health condition

Accessibility

As a Disability Confident Employer, we provide support for employees with physical or mental-health conditions, a disability or neurodiversity. Our workplaces are accessible by design, and we make workplace adjustments including providing aids, adaptations and equipment. These, combined with our flexible working policies such as disability-related leave, enable our employees to perform their role, thrive and be their authentic selves in work.

We’ve also included some useful tips on how to submit the best application.

When you join us

We want everyone to be able to be themselves at work and give their best. If you need additional support to undertake the duties of the role, we’ll make every effort to source any necessary aids, adaptations or equipment. If, however, any task proves to be unachievable, we will look at redesigning parts of the role.

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