Education Lecturer

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!

Salary: £28.62 - £37.08 per hour depending on teaching qualifications

Hours per week: Approximately 6 hours per week

Weeks per Annum: Various

Working pattern: Wednesday and Thursdays

Location: Abingdon Campus

Contract type: Fixed term until September 2026

Are you passionate about child development and experienced in early years education? Do you enjoy supporting adult learners to achieve their potential? We are looking for an enthusiastic Hourly Paid Lecturer to deliver high-quality teaching on our Undergraduate Level Programmes.

• Plan, deliver, and assess engaging learning opportunities.
• Provide tutorial and pastoral support to help learners achieve their goals.
• Prepare learning materials using both traditional and digital methods.
• Adapt teaching to meet diverse learner needs and promote equality and inclusion.
• Maintain accurate records of learner progress and provide constructive feedback.
• Level 4+ qualification in a relevant subject.
• Qualified Teacher (or for exceptional candidate, willing to qualify).
• Teaching experience with excellent delivery skills.
• Knowledge of safeguarding and child protection.
• Level 2 literacy and numeracy.
• Commitment to learner success and ability to work with diverse groups.
• IT skills (Level 2 or equivalent).
• Experience teaching in post-16 or higher education settings.
• Links with employers in the early years sector.

Excellent benefits for 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.

* Abingdon and Witney College reserve the right to close all applications before posted closing date.

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.