Role: Lecturer - Catering & Hospitality Lecturer
Location: Corby
Salary/Benefits: Salary from £31,000 DOE and Qualifications, 45 days of annual leave plus bank holidays, Teachers pension, Retail and Leisure Discounts, excellent professional and personal development opportunities, accessing college courses.
Working Pattern: 37hrs per week (1.0 FTE)
Contract Type: Permanent - Full Time
About the role: We are currently seeking a Catering & Hospitality Lecturer to join The Bedford College Group at The Manor House, Corby.
As a Catering & Hospitality Lecturer, under the direction of the Centre Manager (Hospitality), you will be required to carry out the duties and responsibilities with the role in an efficient and effective manner, including:
- Assisting with curriculum design and development.
- Assisting with the production of learning resources.
- Planning, delivering and assessing sessions in catering and hospitality. Ensuring that delivery of instruction remains up-to-date.
- Being responsible for the supervision of learners in the kitchens and restaurant including commercial restaurant sessions taking place in the Manor House Restaurant.
- Monitoring the progress of learners and carrying out competence-based assessment and/or assessment to standard formats. Monitoring and report learners' progress.
- Carrying out first-line supervision and discipline of learners.
About you: Ideal candidates will have:
- Hold a minimum of a Level 3 qualification in a Catering or Hospitality discipline
- Good level of education to include maths and English to GCSE (Grade A - C) or equivalent (level 2)
- Good practical experience of recent industrial/commercial employment
- Demonstrable knowledge of Equality and Diversity
- Experience and skills of training and demonstrating
- Good organisational skills
- Good communication and interpersonal skills
- Able to work evenings as required to support in commercial restaurant sessions
- Hold a driving licence
Interviews to be held on 13th September 2024 Successful candidates must also be able to demonstrate alignment to our organisational
VISION values:
- Valuing Teamwork - We are one team who by working together can achieve great things, respecting the opinion and valuing the contribution each of us makes.
- Improving Continuously - We challenge ourselves to always do better by trying new things, sharing knowledge, reflecting on practice and learning from others.
- Student Centred - At our heart is always doing what is best for our students. We consider students in all of our decision making to create positive outcomes and memorable experiences for every student.
- Inclusive - We celebrate differences and diversity, recognising that we can learn from each other.
- Open and Caring - We care about the wellbeing of our staff, our students, our community and wider society, creating an environment built on trust where we listen, engage with and support each other.
- Nurturing Education Excellence - We promote educational excellence by delivering programmes that challenge our students to achieve their ambitions.
About Tresham College Tresham College has three main sites in Corby, Kettering and Wellingborough, each with impressive modern buildings. Across our sites we offer a range of subjects including art & design, construction, engineering, motor vehicle, hairdressing and beauty therapy and more in support of our local communities.
About The Bedford College Group The Bedford College Group was formed in 2017 following the merger of Bedford College and Tresham College and is now the largest provider of education in the South East Midlands, with over 15,000 students passing through our doors each year.
Today, the Group is made up of a family of colleges across Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire:"Bedford College, Central Bedfordshire College and"Tresham"College"in the towns of Bedford, Dunstable, Leighton Buzzard, Corby, Kettering and Wellingborough;"Shuttleworth"College,"a specialist land-based college; The Bedford Sixth Form, (the only dedicated sixth form in Bedford); The Corby Sixth Form, (opened in September 2023); and the National College for Motorsport"alongside"Silverstone"race circuit."To widen accessibility to education and training, the Group also has community-based Learning Centres in Bedford, Corby and Kettering which offer IT training.
Safeguarding our Students The Bedford College Group is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to thorough vetting process which includes, an enhanced DBS check and satisfactory references.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. The Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the Exceptions Order 1975, provides information about which convictions must be declared during job applications and related exceptions and further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guide. The Bedford College Group's policy on Employment of Ex-Offenders is attached to this vacancy.
Candidates who are barred from working with children are reminded it is a criminal offence to apply for this post.