Role: Games and Animation Lecturer
Location: Weston Super Mare
Hours of attendance: Full-time, 37 hours per week.
Teaching contact hours: 828 hours per annum.
Annual leave: 355.5 hours per annum, inclusive of statutory bank holidays and college closures.
SALARY Lecturer Scale, Points 1-6 : £28,360.00 - £36,039.00 per annum
JOB PURPOSE
As the Lecturer in Game & Animation Production, you will deliver high-quality teaching, learning, assessment, and internal moderation across a range of Creative & Digital programmes. You will be expected to devise schemes of work, lesson plans in compliance with College procedures, complete course reviews, assessments, internal verification, etc.
KEY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
As post-holder, you will be responsible to your line manager and ultimately to the Head of Area, for the following:
• Providing high-quality teaching, learning, and assessment across several programmes as agreed with the Head of Area.
• Tutorship of students, showing sensitivity to their needs and encouraging the highest possible standards.
• For meeting targets with reference to student progress on programme, for their attendance and retention.
• Providing advice and guidance to students in their progression to either employment or other courses within the College.
• Producing all relevant reports and progression data in a timely manner for college and employers.
• Contributing to the development of programmes, courses, and training materials as appropriate.
• Liaising with employers and external agencies including awarding bodies and managing agents with the object of improving programmes of learning and forging partnerships.
• Be prepared to arrange and/or carrying out work-based assessments related to the area as needed.
• To take part in recruitment activities and be able to offer information, advice, and guidance to those looking to follow a career path or associated subject area.
• Organising and arranging with other staff appropriate visits and trips for students that will help contextualise the topics being studied
GENERIC TASKS AND DUTIES
In addition to the requirements of the post above, all representatives of the academic staff are required to meet the following responsibilities:
• Liaising with external moderators and awarding bodies.
• Completing all associated organisational / administrative work, preparation, and marking.
• Dealing with immediate student disciplinary and welfare problems.
• Keeping and maintaining specified student and class records.
• Planning, preparing, developing, and evaluating courses and course materials, and supervising course provision, where appropriate.
• Assisting with administration, enrolment, pre-enrolment counselling, and identification of customer requirements.
• Participating in programme / school / college activities as requested, including parents’ evenings.
*Participating and undertaking Staff Appraisals and in-service training, based upon an assessment of individual service needs.
• Meeting the requirements of the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 and the College’s Health and Safety Policies.
• Undertaking individual or collaborative research and consultancy work agreed by College management as part of the lecturers’ current duties.
• Being prepared to operate on a flexible year as required; representatives of the academic staff will normally be expected to work not more than two evenings per week on average.
• Complying with Information Security requirements in line with College.
• Undertaking such other duties as may be reasonably required, commensurate with the grade of the appointment.
SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITY
None.
SUPERVISION RECEIVED
From line manager
HEALTH AND SAFETY
All representatives of staff have a duty to maintain the safe and clean conditions of their workplace area and to co-operate with Weston College on matters of health and safety. This will include assisting with risk assessments and carrying out appropriate actions as required. Staff are required to refer to Weston College’s Health and Safety Policies in respect to their specific duties and responsibilities.
PERSON SPECIFICATION
The College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and vulnerable adults, and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment