Lecturer - Mechanical Engineering

Benefits: Teacher’s Pension, Retail and leisure discounts, excellent professional and personal development opportunities, accessing college courses.

About the Role:

We are looking for a Lecturer - Mechanical Engineering to join us Bedford College Campus. As a  Lecturer - Mechanical Engineering you will play a pivotal role in the success of our students through:

• Teaching and developing a range of Mechanical Engineering subjects to include Engineering Mathematics, Mechanical Principles and Heat Transfer. Ability to teach CAD, CNC and/or Pneumatics and Hydraulics would be an advantage
• Preparing, delivering, assessing and verifying subject specialisms on a range of courses and levels
• Supporting and guiding students to achieve success and realise their potential
• Managing students’ learning and provide a high quality learning experience
• Contributing pro-actively to developments in the Centre in curriculum development and innovative teaching.
• Participating in marketing and promotion activities to support a range of programmes and learning opportunities.

About you:

• Degree/HND in a relevant Engineering discipline
• Certificate in Education or equivalent in line with the Statutory Instrument or willingness to achieve
• English and mathematics or similar at GCSE grade A-C or equivalent or willingness to achieve English and mathematics Level 2 within one year
• Experience of working effectively with people from diverse backgrounds
• Ability to communicate effectively and confidently face to face, on the telephone and in writing
• Responsibility for promoting and safeguarding the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and for raising any concerns

Successful candidates must also be able to demonstrate alignment to our organisational values:

• Student centred - At our heart is always doing what is best for our students. We consider students in all of our decision making to create positive outcomes and memorable experiences for every student.
• Educational excellence - We promote educational excellence by delivering programmes that challenge our students to achieve their ambitions.
• Teamwork - We are one team who by working together can achieve great things, respecting the opinion and valuing the contribution each of us makes.
• Continuous improvement - We challenge ourselves to always do better by trying new things, sharing knowledge, reflecting on best practice and learning from others.
• Caring - We care about the wellbeing of our staff, our students, our community and wider society, creating an environment built on trust where we listen, engage and support each other.
• Inclusive - We celebrate differences and diversity, recognising that we can learn from each other.

Further details of the safeguarding requirements and essential criteria for the post can found within the Job Description.

The Bedford College Group is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to thorough vetting process which includes, an enhanced DBS check and satisfactory references.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. The Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the Exceptions Order 1975, provides information about which convictions must be declared during job applications and related exceptions and further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guide. The Bedford College Group's policy on Employment of Ex-Offenders is attached to this vacancy.

Candidates who are barred from working with children are reminded it is a criminal offence to apply for this post.

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