Lecturer in Business

Merton College are now looking for a Lecturer in Business & IT/Digital Skills to deliver outstanding quality teaching, learning, assessment, and tutorial support to students, to maximise achievement and continuous improvement. You will play a key role in supporting the development of the curriculum, with employer engagement, and learner skill development central.

We’re looking for someone who holds a recognised teaching qualification (PGCE or equivalent) and who has proven recent experience of teaching Business and/or IT in an FE College or School. With a successful track record of tutoring and supporting learners, you will have strong working knowledge of current Business & IT BTEC framework for teaching, learning, assessment and quality assurance, and have strong evidence of effective employer engagement in curriculum design and delivery. We’d also like you to hold a degree (or equivalent) in Business or IT and be competent in programming languages, data modelling and website development.

Closing date for the return of completed applications is 23rd June 2022

South Thames Colleges Group is an equal opportunities employer and is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults.

The benefits package includes generous annual leave of 37 days plus up to 7 additional days over Christmas/New Year as well as an additional 5 days Wellbeing leave to enhance employees’ physical and mental health. There is an excellent pension scheme that receives a significant financial contribution from the employer (Teachers Pensions or Local Government Pension Scheme), subsidised sports facilities and professional development and training plus a salary sacrifice cycle to work scheme.

The South Thames Colleges Group is made up of Carshalton College, Kingston College, Merton College and South Thames College, which merged on 1 August 2017. South Thames Colleges Group is one of London’s largest providers of post-16 education and training and is an ongoing and significant contributor to its local communities. We aim to put students’ success at the heart of everything we do.

We are looking for hard-working and collaborative people who can join our team and help challenge our students to progress and achieve.

When you click on ‘Apply’, you will be forwarded to the application page which sits on a platform hosted by an external partner called Blue Octopus who support STCG throughout the recruitment process.