Teacher of Media

Proposed Interview Date: w/c 20^th January 2025

Derby College Group (DCG) are recruiting an exciting and rare opportunity for a part-time Teacher to join our Digital Media team at Joseph Wright Centre delivering our fantastic Creative Media curriculum. The department offers vocationally based qualifications at level 1, 2 and 3. We are looking for a dedicated and motivated professional who is ready to deliver an outstanding experience to our students. If you would like to visit the site and meet the team before applying, please reach out to us at hrrecruitment@derby-college.ac.uk.

The Role

Within this role you’ll be pivotal to the success of the Media provision at the College which delivers to students from across the East Midlands. You’ll be joining a dedicated teaching team who are passionate about the subject.

Through the delivery of engaging teaching, learning and assessment, you will ensure they gain an in depth understanding of topics such as:

• Media Language; Representation, Industry and Audiences
• Advertising and Marketing
• Scriptwriting/ Storytelling
• Media Ethics
• News and Current Affairs

For a full explanation of the roles and responsibilities, please see the Job Description below. 

About you

You’ll have teaching experience in Media or an industry related area and be a forward thinking and innovative teacher with students at the heart of your work. You’ll have practical expertise that encompasses how media products such as videography, animation, audio production, pre-production (scriptwriting, etc.), video production and media marketing. You’ll be well versed in how to take students through the different stages of production.

You’ll be fully confident with Adobe Creative cloud’s suite of products (focusing on Premiere Pro and Audition – After Effects would be a bonus), and able to demonstrate these skills through highly effective planning, outstanding teaching, learning and assessment.

For a full explanation of the Person Specification, please see the Job Description below. 

The Benefits

• Salary of £27,690 Non-qualified teacher; qualified teacher £31,035 to £41,683 per annum (pro rata)
• 35 days holiday plus 8 bank holidays and 6 closure days where these occur (pro rata)
• Membership of the Teachers’ Pension Scheme with a 28.68% employer contribution
• Discount at our Ofsted rated ‘Outstanding’ onsite Little Explorers Nursery
• TOTUM discount card (aka NUS/Student Discount Card) / discounted Tastecard
• Discounts on East Midlands Railway Annual Season Tickets
• Microsoft Office for FREE with 1TB of OneDrive cloud storage
• Discount on treatments at SENSI our onsite salon at the Roundhouse
• Flint Bishop Solicitors – free will writing, 1-hour free consultation with family department, 10% discount on Conveyancing services
• Continuous development and progression opportunities
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Cycle to Work Scheme

Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging

We are committed to creating an inclusive workplace which promotes and values diversity. We welcome all talent irrespective of age, disability, neuro-divergence, sex, gender identity and gender expression, race, ethnicity, religion, belief, sexual orientation or other personal circumstances. We ensure that our policies and procedures treat all applicants consistently and fairly during our recruitment process.

If you have any questions about the recruitment process, reasonable adjustments, or about the role, please contact us at hrrecruitment@derby-college.ac.uk.

Safeguarding statement

DCG is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and all successful applicants will be subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.  An online search of the preferred candidate is completed to help to identify any incidents or issues that have happened, and are publicly available online, which the college may need to explore with the candidate further. Please be advised that it is an offence to apply for this position if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.

Recruitment Agencies - We have a PSL of trusted partners to assist us when required and do not acknowledge any speculative CVs or unsolicited candidate introductions from agencies not on this list.

Job Description