My career at Myerscough College – Inspiring Excellence
About the role
Would you like to be part of a team that helps shape a great learning experience for students?
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Adult Skills Team as an on demand Practical Lecturer in Horticulture.
As a Practical Lecturer in Horticulture, you will predominantly be involved in practical teaching with some classroom sessions to enable adult learners to succeed. We currently run Community Horticulture programmes and onsite RHS courses and are seeking to recruit staff to be able to provide short term cover for classes when needed. We aim to recruit staff who are willing to either cover our whole delivery area of Lancashire, Liverpool and Warrington or who can offer support in a specified more localised area. Tutors need to be experienced horticulturalists, some experience of delivery would be beneficial but is not essential.
We are looking for fantastic individuals who can deliver high-quality horticultural teaching at our Myerscough campuses at Preston, Liverpool and Warrington plus Community sites across Liverpool, Lancashire and occasionally Manchester, Warrington and Cumbria.
Why join us?
At Myerscough College and University Centre we have a nationally and internationally recognised Further Education, Higher Education, Adult Education and Apprenticeship provision. The Further Education provision is well established, the Higher Education provision has a well-recognised partnership with UCLan and the apprenticeship provision is operational nationally. We offer a rewarding and enjoyable working environment, where colleagues are inspired to make a positive difference to the educational experience and employability of our students. We are one of the top five largest land-based and sports colleges in the UK.
What We Offer:
We take care of our team just as we do our students. As an employee, you can enjoy a range of benefits, including:
Regular Continuous Professional Development (CPD) opportunities.
Hassle free parking at our Preston campus.
An Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) to provide wellbeing support in moments of need.
Membership of the Teacher’s Pension Scheme, with a remarkable 28.68% employer contribution rate.
We are flexible working friendly and happy to discuss interest in flexible working.
Visit our website for the full list of excellent benefits our college offers.
Please note that as part of our commitment to safeguarding our students, our background screening checks include limited online searches. Online searches will only be undertaken in respect of the successful candidate, as a pre-conditional term of our job offer.
Safeguarding our students is of paramount importance. Our recruitment process has been designed to keep students safe and to ensure that we appoint safe and suitable people.
All successful applicants will be required to undertake pre-employment background and safeguarding checks.
The successful applicant will be responsible for complying with all safeguarding policies and practices, and for ensuring student safety and wellbeing is at the forefront of everything they do.
This post is not exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.
We are an equal opportunity employer; we want all our candidates to have a fair and equal opportunity to secure employment with us. We encourage applications from all underrepresented groups: BAME applicants, disabled applicants, and LGBT+ applicants.
If you require any adjustments to the recruitment process, due to a disability, then please speak with a member of the People team.
As a disability confident employer, we commit to guaranteeing an interview for any disabled applicant who meets all of the essential criteria.
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