No candidate will meet every single desired qualification / criteria. If your experience looks a little different from what we've identified and you think you can bring value to the role, we'd love to learn more about you!

If this role interests you apply below or you can send your cv to [email protected]

£26.58 - £34.45 per hour

Various hours per week

The working pattern is TBC, depending on candidate availability

Common Leys Campus

Permanent

We are recruiting an experienced agriculture lecturer to join the team at Common Leys Farm Campus.

This is an exciting post, giving the successful applicant the opportunity to work across the farm and wider estate.

You should be qualified to degree level in an agriculture or animal related subject and have recent experience of working in the sector or teaching agriculture within a college setting. Experience or interests within the following subjects would be advantageous; Estate Skills, Machinery Operations, Habitat Management, Grassland Management and Crop Production. You would predominantly be teaching on Level 2 and 3 City and Guilds Technical Diplomas in Agriculture to 16-19-year-olds. The hours and days can be flexible.

You would be part of a dedicated team of lecturers, instructors, technicians and support staff based at the farm.

Although a teaching qualification is an advantage, training opportunities exist within the College and we can support you in gaining your Award in Education and Training Level 3 Qualification (AET), within your first year of joining the college.

In return, Abingdon & Witney College offer excellent benefits to our employees including generous pension and holiday schemes (with potential Christmas closure days), continued professional development, flexible working options, corporate gym membership, cycle/tech scheme and much more.

Closing date: 4th August 2024 (Midnight)

*Abingdon and Witney College reserve the right to close all applications before posted closing date

AWC values diversity and encourages applications from all sections of the community. We are committed to safeguarding and expect all our employees and volunteers to share this commitment. We are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and all appointments are subject to satisfactory clearances including enhanced DBS checks.

Abingdon and Witney College are committed to safer recruitment practices. In addition to our pre-employment checks, we will conduct an online search. This includes checking Google main results feed as well as the 'News' and 'Images' tab. We will be checking for any publicly available information that suggests the applicant may not be suitable to work with children or young/vulnerable people or content that could potentially damage Abingdon and Witney College's reputation. This may include inappropriate posts, comments or images displaying evidence of offensive or inappropriate behaviour, jokes or language, discriminatory comments, inappropriate photos, drug or alcohol misuse.