Community Learning and Numeracy Skills Lecturer
Job Description
Job title: Community Learning and Numeracy Skills Lecturer
Company: Association of Colleges
Job description: £31,950 – £41,395 per annum
3 7 hours per week
The working pattern is Monday to Thursday 7.5 hours per day, Friday 7 hours per day
52 weeks per annum
Abingdon Campus
Permanent
Oxfordshire Adult Learning (OAL) are recruiting for a Community Learning/ Multiply
Lecturer to join our teaching team on a full-time, permanent basis.
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. We offer a wide range of courses including GCSE and Functional
Skills in English and Maths, ESOL, Community Learning, and leisure learning
courses at a variety of venues throughout Oxfordshire.
The ideal candidate for this role will be enthusiastic about supporting learners in the
community to improve their confidence, enabling them to make progress towards
personal or employability goals. You must have the ability to engage and connect
with learners with diverse needs and backgrounds.
You will teach on a wide range of community learning courses such as employability
skills, basic digital skills and everyday practical numeracy skills, e.g., building
confidence with numbers, money and budgeting, as part of the Multiply programme.
Multiply is part of the UK Shared Prosperity Fund offer that focuses on improving
adult numeracy skills.
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.
This role may be eligible for the ‘Taking Teaching Further (TTF)’ programme, which supports professionals as they move into teaching in the further education sector. Support from the TTF programme can include an initial reduction in teaching workload and enrolment onto teacher training.
In return, Abingdon & Witney College offer excellent benef its 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: 3rd March 2024
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!
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.
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We reserve the right to bring forward the closing date of the adverts should we receive a sufficient level of interest!
Expected salary: £31950 – 41395 per year
Location: Abingdon, Oxfordshire
