Department: Health, Creative Industries, Digital & Protective Services
Location: Hugh Baird College - Main Campus
Compensation: £31,788 - £35,777 / year
Description
Job Title: Lecturer in Digital
Job Type: Full-time/ Permanent
Salary: £31,788-£35,777
We are looking for a dedicated and passionate Lecturer in Digital to join our team. As a Lecturer in Digital, you will play a crucial role in delivering high-quality teaching, learning, and assessment to ensure successful learner outcomes and help every student reach their full potential.
Your responsibilities will include delivering high-quality teaching, learning, and assessment services to ensure that each student achieves their desired outcomes. It would be desirable for candidates to have experience or a solid understanding of T-Level delivery requirements and DPDD (Digital Production, Design and Development).
If you are passionate about digital education, dedicated to the success of your students, and have experience in delivering high-quality education, we encourage you to apply for this exciting opportunity.
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!
New to Teaching?
For any new member of teaching staff, who join us direct from industry, we have a bespoke programme of support. This includes weekly support from both a mentor and an 'Advanced Teacher Practitioner' (ATP). Together the Mentor and ATP will support with the development of teaching, learning and assessment strategies, as well as supporting with navigating through the change from industry to education. To find out more about the support we can offer for teaching qualifications, please contact our HR department directly humanresources@HUGHBAIRD.AC.UK
If you have a passion for teaching and the ability to inspire and motivate students, we would love to hear from you! This is an exciting opportunity to join a supportive team in a dynamic and innovative college. 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.
Key Responsibilities
- Teach students enrolled in a range of digital courses
- Implement appropriate feedback and assessment systems to ensure learner progress
- Manage courses or parts of courses including administration and organisation
- Contribute to curriculum innovation, development, and implementation
- Maintain a professional learning environment in the classroom
- Update teaching expertise and skills to continually develop teaching practice
- Deliver teaching and learning that motivates and inspires learners to achieve
- Develop assessments and provide clear and constructive feedback to students
- Supervise practical activities, workshops, and work placements
- Facilitate learning by selecting material and methods appropriate to student needs
- Utilise technology, including virtual learning environments, effectively to enable independent learning
- Develop and use high-quality resources and teaching materials
- Embed career-related employability skills through teaching and learning
- Consistently challenge lateness and attendance concerns
- Establish and maintain relationships with individual students and groups to facilitate awareness of problems and difficulties
- Take part in reviews of course performance and contribute to curriculum development
- Participate in the development of external partnerships to enrich teaching and learning
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 including up to level 3
- Recent industry related experience relevant to the academic discipline
- Detailed knowledge of relevant course subject matter and examination and assessment requirements
- Understanding of value added and the use of progress performance measures
- Experience of developing and maintaining external partnerships to enrich teaching and learning.
Please see the person specification for the full criteria
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
- Flexible working options
- Discounted access to our fully equipped gym
- 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.
