Job Reference: ACL/11.2024 Salary: This is a part time role with an actual salary of up to £25,878.40 and a full-time equivalent salary of up to £32,358 per annum. Working Hours: 26.4 hours per week over 4 days, working one in four Fridays, 52 weeks per year. An exciting opportunity has arisen for an Animal Care Lecturer to join our Animal Care department. The purpose of the role is to demonstrate a high quality professional practice and provide quality teaching and learning at a variety of levels. Contributing to the development of outstanding provision The successful applicant must have: · Recognised teaching qualification – PGCE or equivalent · Qualified to a minimum of Level 3 in animal study / science based subjects · Experience in Vet Nursing and Animal Husbandry · V1 or a willingness to acquire · Minimum 2 years practical experience gained within the relevant setting · Have experience of working with domestic animals and actual teaching experience outside teacher training routes full or part time · Good communication skills and the ability to be a team player, flexible and pro-active · Managing planning, communication and administrative duties · Ability to work flexibly and to tight deadlines · Relate to students and to set appropriate standards of punctuality, attendance and conduct · To teach across a range of subjects including animal feeding and nutrition, animal accommodation, veterinary nursing and animal health The roles main duties include: · Teaching, using an appropriate mix of traditional, e-learning and blended learning approaches, on a range of courses within Animal Care curriculum area and support cross college initiatives. · Taking responsibility for specific areas of work within the curriculum area including Course Leader role including supervision of the animal centre. · Provide support and guidance to students. · Operating as an effective member of relevant course teams and to work closely with other areas. · Carrying out administrative duties associated with teaching, including maintenance of registers, schemes of work, assessments, reports, course records and course evaluations to a satisfactory standard and within established deadlines · Ensuring safe working practices are observed by yourself and others (including students) for whom you are responsible. · Providing such returns or reports as may from time to time be required by the Head of Curriculum or College. · Assisting in the recruitment of students, including interviewing and enrolements. · Assisting in the marketing of the College provision through attendance at Careers Conventions, Open Days and other promotional events. · Assisting in the development of curriculum support materials · Assisting with programmes of work experience and/or industrial and commercial liaison, including the organisation and monitoring of work experience placements. This role requires you to engage in regulatory activity in the FE sector. The full definition of regulatory activity is set out in the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 as amended by the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012. Regulated activity includes teaching, instructing, caring for or supervising children if the person is unsupervised. Fancy a 4-day working week*? Grantham College operate a 4-day working week. Staff benefit from a reduction in working hours with full pay. You will work core hours (based on a full-time equivalent contract) of Monday to Thursday, working a Friday morning once a month. Grantham College experience positive benefits from the 4-day week, including improvement to staff wellbeing and morale. We have also seen benefits in terms of reduced staff turnover leading to greater consistency of performance for our students and apprentices. The number of staff sickness absence days has reduced alongside the energy usage for the college and therefore its carbon emissions. We have also seen improvements in key quality indicators such as student attendance and retention and we are confident this will feed through into improved achievement rates and more positive outcomes for our students. What we offer you in return: · An excellent pension scheme : o Teachers’ Pension: Employer Contribution 28.68% · A continued professional development programme of up to £750 per academic year · In addition to the 8 Bank Holidays a year, a generous annual leave allowance of: o 7.4 Weeks for Academic employees, · Generous occupational sick pay scheme after one years service · Family friendly policies, including up to 5 paid occasions for time off for dependants within a 12 month period, after the first year of service · Up to Five college closure days in December in addition to annual leave The closing date for all applications will be Sunday 08 December 2024. Please note that due to the volume of applications we receive we will only be able to contact candidates who have been selected for interview. You are welcome to download a full application pack from our website www.grantham.ac.uk Please note that we do not accept CV’s by way of application or online application via other websites, you must complete a Grantham College application form. Grantham College are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff to share this commitment. All employment offers are subject to a self-funded satisfactory enhanced DBS check. The successful applicant will have a deduction of £49.50 taken from payroll. We are committed to diversity, equity and inclusion and welcome applications from all sections of the community. Job Type: Part-time Pay: Up to £25,878.40 per year Expected hours: 26.4 per week Benefits: Canteen Company pension Cycle to work scheme Employee discount Free parking On-site gym On-site parking Work Location: In person Application deadline: 08/12/2024Reference ID: ACL/11.2024
