Lecturer in A-Level Psychology

Role Information:

Reference: REQ001090
Location: Filton Campus
FTE Salary: up to £38,718.00 (Salary is dependent on qualifications and experience)
Actual Salary: £26,788.67
Contract Type: Permanent, Part-Time
Working Hours: 25.6 hours per week

SGS is an Equal Opportunities and Disability Confident employer and welcomes applications from all sectors of the community.

Financial Rewards and Benefits:

• Opportunity to make a positive impact within the community and on learners’ lives
• Competitive Pension Scheme- Academic roles benefit significantly by their access to the teachers’ pension scheme (TPS), with a generous employer contributions of over 23%
• Generous Annual leave entitlement plus the 8 bank holidays- 39 days academic plus additional college agreed inset development days and 6 self-elected development days (Full-Time Equivalent).
• Two weeks leave during the Christmas closedown period largely supported by the discretionary closure days provided by the College.
• Extensive professional development with ongoing support for your personal & professional development, including 25% tuition discount for immediate family of SGS employees.
• Family friendly policies and a proven commitment to supporting flexible working practices
• Access to ‘My Lifestyle’ discounted shopping benefits, cycle to work scheme and a Technology Salary Sacrifice Scheme
• Free Annual Eye test
• All staff members can buy a TOTUM card(formerly known as NUS Extra cards), as part of being an affiliate member of the Students' Union 
• Staff have access and supported to be part of inclusive or sustainable staff networks and communities
• Free car parking at all campuses (Except Queens Road Art School)
• Access to a wide variety of external health and wellbeing resources
• Subsidised onsite catering services including Starbucks Coffee

South Gloucestershire & Stroud College has an excellent reputation for delivering further education and work-based programmes in a range of subjects – from business to sport, construction to media, GCSE’s and A Levels to Honour Degree level programmes.

Our experienced and passionate staff work hard to help students and colleagues achieve their personal challenges and career goals. We are proud of SGS and committed to making the College the best it can be. We are currently working hard to achieve “Outstanding” status after being classified as “Good” in our last inspection. For more information, please visit https://www.sgscol.ac.uk/

Psychology is a consistently high performing subject that continues to grow each year. With achievement rates that sit above national benchmarks we are looking for passionate teacher who cares deeply about the development of students to complement our fantastic team and be able to teach across both our first and second years on the AQA specification.  

There are many benefits to working at SGS Sixth. As a post-16 Sixth Form you will be able to focus your teaching and practice on A Levels and in some roles GCSEs. Teaching at this level also allows you to build a different type of supportive and positive relationship with our learners when compared to a school. Sixth Form teaching also finishes in early July, meaning that the academic year also finishes earlier compared to a school. Through our Sixth Form academies (enrichment) programme, there are also fun and interesting opportunities for you to also pass on some of your own subject specialisms or outside interests onto our learners.

Key Tasks and Responsibilities

• To undertake all forms of pedagogic work which may include classroom teaching, tutorial work and associated outreach duties, residential, open and distance learning courses and student placements.
• To ensure the associated organisational and administrative work, preparation and marking is undertaken.
• To undertake an annual teaching workload of contact hours for category ‘A’ duties of 828 maximum to 761 minimum (pro rata for part-time) as detailed in the College workload agreement.
• To conduct curriculum development work including identification of consumer requirements, planning, development and evaluation of courses and course materials.

Beneficial Skills & Qualifications

• Educated to degree level or equivalent or have substantial relevant subject experience.
• PGCE or qualified teacher status
• Possess excellent interpersonal and organisational skills.
• Working within a HE/FE environment

Please apply online by: Friday 5^th July 2024

Expected Interview Date: To be confirmed

If you have any queries please contact [email protected]

SGS College is committed to safeguarding children and vulnerable adults and any offer of employment will be subject to a number of conditions including a requirement for providing satisfactory references. In line with KCSIE and having regard to all relevant guidance, a range of checks and online searches will also be conducted for successful candidates, and a satisfactory DBS Enhanced Disclosure will need to be obtained as a requirement of the job.