Application Deadline: 16 February 2025
Department: Building Services, Digital, Engineering & Business
Location: Hugh Baird College - Main Campus
Compensation: £33,000 - £41,108 / year
Description
Job Title: Lecturer in Electrical Installations
Salary: Up to £41,108plus additional market supplement available for exceptional candidates
Hugh Baird College is looking for a highly motivated Lecturer in Electrical Installations to join our Building Services Team. We're seeking an experienced electrical professional who is passionate about developing and inspiring the next generation of electricians. If you're looking for a new challenge in Further Education, we invite you to apply and become part of our team.
As a Lecturer, you'll be responsible for delivering high-quality teaching, learning, and assessment to ensure that our students achieve successful learning outcomes and progress to their chosen destinations. While previous teaching experience and/or a recognised teaching qualification are desirable, we also welcome applicants with a passion for the electrical industry and a commitment to fostering the growth of future professionals.
You'll use your professional expertise to deliver engaging and effective teaching across our electrical programmes up to level 3. This role caters to 16–18 year-old learners, apprentices, and adult groups. Your responsibilities will encompass the entire educational spectrum, including planning and preparation, marking, day-to-day communication with students, and administration tasks such as admissions, enrolment, registration, and attendance tracking.
This is an exciting opportunity to join a supportive team in a dynamic and innovative college. If you have a passion for teaching and the ability to inspire and motivate students, we would love to hear from you.
At Hugh Baird, we hold high expectations of ourselves and each other, and as a value-driven candidate, you will champion excellence, lead with integrity, welcome accountability, and look for ways to collaborate and be innovative across your areas of work.
Interested candidates are advised to apply early, as the vacancy will close once the right candidate is found.
Levelling up premium payments for FE teachers
Attention all eligible FE teachers! Are you looking to level up your career and earn more while teaching specific courses? You may be eligible to claim a levelling-up premium payment for teaching courses in building and construction, chemistry, computing, early years, engineering and manufacturing, maths, and physics. The payment ranges from £2,000 to £6,000 depending on your provider and the number of hours you teach. If you're in your first 5 years of teaching in FE and spend at least half of your hours teaching eligible FE courses at level 3 or below, you may be eligible. Don't miss out on this opportunity to level up your career!
Key Responsibilities
- Teach students enrolled on a range of courses as assigned by your line manager
- Implement appropriate feedback and assessment systems to accurately check learning, adapting teaching as required to ensure learner progress.
- Operate within the Quality Assurance framework.
- Manage courses or parts of courses as required including administration and organisation.
- Contribute to curriculum innovation, development and implementation.
- Maintain a professional learning environment in the classroom consistently implementing the College's behaviour management processes as required.
- Maintain and update teaching expertise and skills to continually develop your teaching practice and deliver the best outcomes for learners.
Essential Criteria
- Possess a minimum of a relevant Level 3 vocational qualification
- Possess a PGCE/Certificate of education or equivalent teaching qualification
- Track record of successful teaching experience across a range of levels
- Recent industry-related experience relevant to the academic discipline
- Detailed knowledge of relevant course subject matter and examination and assessment requirements
- Ability to inspire, motivate and raise the aspirations of learners through high quality teaching
- Ability to provide clear, direct and constructive written and verbal feedback
Please refer to the person specification for further details.
Benefits
Rewards and Benefits at Hugh Baird College
We value our employee's contribution to our organisation, that is why we provide a range of benefits and rewards to help and support them, including:
- Generous Holiday Allowance
- Membership to the Teachers' Pension Scheme
- Medicash
- Discounted access to our fully equipped gym
- We offer flexible working options depending on the business need, which can provide a better work-life balance for our employees.
- Discounted rail travel or bus travel
- Free onsite parking
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Mental Health Support
- Cycle Benefit Scheme
- Interest-free season ticket loans
- Cashback and Retail discounts
- College celebration events
For more information on these particular benefits or the other benefits of working at Hugh Baird visit our staff benefits page.
