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,

dependant on level of teaching qualification

Various hours per week

The working pattern is TBC, depending on candidate availability

Various weeks per annum,

Various Campus

Fixed term until September 2025

Calling all Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Italian and Spanish teachers. We are inviting applications for language teacher to join our extraordinary team of Hourly Paid Lecturers.

Oxfordshire Adult Learning (OAL) is a large, award winning faculty of Abingdon and Witney College. We aim to maximise access to learning for adults in Oxfordshire, widening participation and transforming the health, social and economic wellbeing of individuals, families and their communities.

Our provision is diverse and includes an extensive range of leisure learning courses, community learning courses, family learning courses and accredited courses which lead to recognised qualifications. Our courses are delivered at our campuses in Abingdon and in Witney, as well as in community venues across Oxfordshire.

We are currently recruiting inspirational teachers in the following language courses starting in September 2024:

Arabic Beginners - Thursday evenings from 18.45pm to 20.45pm at our Abingdon campus

Chinese Beginners - Tuesday evenings from 18.30pm to 20.30pm at our Abingdon campus

French Beginners - Monday evenings from 19.00pm to 21.00pm at our Abingdon Campus

French Beginners - Tuesday evenings from 18.00pm to 20.00pm at our Witney campus

German Beginners - Tuesday evenings from 19.00pm to 21.00pm at our Abingdon Campus

French Beginners - Wednesday evenings from 18.45pm to 20.45pm at Cheney School, Oxford

German Improvers - Monday evenings from 19.00pm to 21.00pm at our Abingdon Campus

German Higher Intermediate - Thursday evenings from 18.15 to 20.15pm at our Abingdon Campus

Italian Beginners - Monday evenings from 19.00pm to 21.00pm at our Abingdon Campus 17.30pm at our Witney Campus

Italian Beginners - Thursday evenings from 18.45pm to 20.45pm at our Witney Campus

Italian Higher Intermediate - Thursday afternoons from 15.30pm to 17.30pm at our Witney Campus

Italian Developing Conversational Fluency - Wednesday afternoons from 13.00pm to 15.00pm at our Witney Campus

Italian Developing Conversational Fluency - Wednesday afternoons from 15.30pm to 17.30pm at our Witney Campus

Spanish Beginners - Tuesday evenings from 18.30pm to 20.30pm at Gosford Hill School, Kidlington

Spanish Improvers -Thursday evenings from 18.30pm to 20.30pm at Cheney School, Oxford

Hourly Paid Lecturers are responsible for planning courses, delivering engaging lessons, keeping records of their learners' progress and participating in development activities to enhance their own teaching, learning and assessment skills. The College offers a comprehensive staff development programme to support teachers in developing their practice.

You do not have to be a qualified teacher but must be knowledgeable and passionate about your subject area. Opportunities also exist to gain a recognised teaching qualification.

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: 5 th 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.