Uniformed Protective Services Teacher
Salary: Up to £31,472.28 (£39,340.35 FTE), depending on experience
Hours: 28 hours per week
Weeks Per Year: Full Year
Contract Type: Permanent
Site: Nelson & Colne College and Accrington & Rossendale College
Closing Date: Sunday 8th December - midnight
Interview Date : TBC
‘Would you like to be part of a team that aims to create the extraordinary?’
Our Organisation
Accrington and Rossendale College has a proud history of delivering high quality vocational courses and technical training, apprenticeships and higher education provision to the communities that we serve. We excel in providing people with a platform to progress into fantastic employment opportunities with rewarding career prospects.
Nelson and Colne College has a national reputation for educational success that generations of families have benefited from. We pride ourselves on our individual approach to learning, where students receive outstanding teaching and support, extensive extracurricular opportunities and fantastic facilities.
The Exciting Role
A new and exciting opportunity has become available for a uniformed protective services teacher on a permanent basis, working 28 hours per week. A part time hourly paid position will also be considered.
You will be part of a highly successful team of dedicated vocational staff within out Law, Justice and Protective Services section and responsible for delivering uniformed protective services at L2 and L3 to our Law, Justice and Protective Services students at Nelson and Colne College and Accrington and Rossendale College.
In particular, the vocational programme aims to:
* Provide a curriculum that has close links with employers to enable students to aim high and achieve the extraordinary.
* To ensure the provision of a high-quality vocational offer to support learners into exciting and high achieving careers via higher education or employment.
* To ensure a strong focus on adding value, realising aspirations and equipping students with the knowledge, skills and behaviours needed to progress onto their next steps.
* To provide students with the opportunity to develop wider skills including communication, teamwork, leadership and awareness as a global citizen.
The successful candidate will be primarily based at Nelson but will be required to travel to our Accrington site to deliver lessons.
This post could suit an experienced practitioner looking for their next challenge, a newly qualified teacher looking to make their mark within an Outstanding organisation, or a talented aspiring trainee teacher looking for support with their teaching qualification, especially those coming from relevant industry such as the police or armed forces.
If you are applying as a trainee teacher, the College’s Trainee Teacher programme will include funding for your teaching qualification, as well as mentoring support and coaching from our experienced team. You can find out more about what it is like to Teach in FE by visiting and there is information about how to become a further education teacher at Alternatively, please call a member of our HR team if you would like to find out more.
What You Will Be Doing:
* Plan, deliver and assess Uniformed Protective Services at L2 and L3.
* Support learners in their academic journey and also as a pastoral tutor.
* To develop the wider knowledge, skills and behaviours for their next steps
* To widen their cultural capital via extra-curricular opportunities such as trips, fitness or visiting speakers.
What We Are Looking For:
* An enthusiastic and knowledgeable uniformed protective services lecturer who can deliver outstanding teaching, learning and support to learners.
What We Offer in Return:
* Eligibility to join the Teachers' Pension Scheme
* Generous annual leave allowance including a two-week closure over the Christmas period
* Enhanced occupational sick pay scheme and access to family friendly policies and benefits
* A range of health and wellbeing benefits and support
* Staff recognition scheme, including long service awards
* Free on-site parking on all College sites
Further Questions?
Please contact our friendly HR Team h.resources@nelsongroup.ac.uk
*Please note we only accept applications submitted via our website*
All of our posts are subject to an enhanced DBS check due to working with vulnerable adults and children. Should you wish to discuss this further, please get in touch with the HR team.
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