New College Swindon have an exciting opportunity for an Animal Management Lecturer to join the team.

Location: North Star Campus, Swindon (SN2 1DY)

Hours: Full Time, Permanent

Salary: £25,158 - £41,919 per annum

Close Date: 15/09/24

About Us:

New College Swindon is a vibrant and dynamic institution, resulting from the merger of New College and Swindon College. Our mission is to provide exceptional teaching, facilities, and guidance support to our students, placing them at the heart of everything we do.

Additionally, we value the well-being of our dedicated staff, offering outstanding employment conditions, including competitive salaries, generous holidays, and comprehensive pension schemes.

Animal Management Lecturer – The Role:

Our Animal Management Team are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic and organised member of staff to further the development of the department. You should have the ability to deliver high quality, inspiring theory and practical teaching sessions, with strong industry links, to give our learners an exceptional learning experience.

You will be responsible for teaching and developing a range of courses within Animal Management from Level 2 to Level 5, with possible future course leadership opportunities.

We require someone with who can act as a role model for aspiring animal managers, possessing personal qualities, values, and high standards of animal welfare that students can aspire to.

Why work for us? We have the best animals around to learn from! Guinea-pigs, ducks, lambs, lizards, snakes, lorikeets, prairie dogs, racoons and more! This is an exciting time of expansion for this young department, and you can expect that our animal provision will grow.

Animal Management Lecturer - Key Responsibilities:

- Deliver high quality teaching and learning, providing students with a planned learning experience, managing the learning process, guiding and supporting learners

- Act as a personal tutor to a group of students offering pastoral care

- Provide assignment and assessment material appropriate to each specific programme

- Ensure effective co-ordination of curriculum involvement in all college activities

- Evaluate and assess the work of students in relation to the curriculum criteria

- Produce schemes of work and lesson plans in accordance with current best practice

- Set and assess work and provide opportunities for student feedback

- Engage with the management team to ensure high quality teaching and learning occurs

- Work towards and exceed, achievement objectives and success measures for your groups

- Attend programme area meetings and contribute to continual quality improvement

Animal Management Lecturer – You:

- Teaching qualification Level 5 or commitment to work towards during employment

- Minimum Level 4 qualification in related animal field

- GCSE in English & Maths

- Knowledge of assessment procedures

- Understanding of current developments in the subject area

- If you don't have a teaching qualification, New College Swindon will sponsor a successful candidate to gain qualifications alongside their teaching commitments.

Benefits:

- 47 holiday entitlement plus bank holiday

- 28.68% College pension contribution to TPS

- Health care cash plan

- Free car parking

- Discounted Hair & Beauty

- On-site gym

- Staff development & training

- Sodexo Retail Discount Scheme

- And more!

Safeguarding Statement

New College Swindon is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

If successful in being appointed to a post, you will be expected to apply for a disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) and other pre employment checks will be carried out before your appointment is confirmed.

Application Process

Please note that this vacancy may close before the published closing date if sufficient applications are received so if you are interested, please apply as soon as possible. To apply, you MUST have right to work in the UK.

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all sectors of the community.

To submit your application for this exciting Animal Management Lecturer opportunity, please click ‘Apply’ now