VARIABLE HOURS LECTURER - CHILDCARE AND HEALTH & SOCIAL CARE (MATERNITY COVER)

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Aylesbury
19/08/2025
Variable Hours Lecturer - Childcare and Health & Social Care (Maternity Cover)
The job requirements are detailed below. Where applicable the skills, qualifications and memberships required for this job have also been included.
Job details

REQ1877

Job description
Are you looking for a new challenge within the education sector? We are looking for part time Variable Hours Lecturer in Childcare and Health and Social Care (Maternity Cover) to join our dedicated and dynamic team of lecturers at Buckinghamshire College Group, based at our Aylesbury Campus.
As a Variable Hours Lecturer – Childcare and Health and Social Care you will be educating and engaging our students, preparing them for careers in a variety of work-related areas such as supporting someone during palliative care, helping families or supporting the development of children. The skills and knowledge that you teach the students have a real impact on the health and education sectors as most students progress onto further study or careers within these sectors. You will be part of a passionate and innovative team where you be supported to achieve your goals in a collaborative, respectful and inclusive environment.

The successful candidate will be required to:

• Plan and deliver high quality teaching in the subject areas required, using up to date vocational knowledge and expertise to ensure the curriculum delivered develops students’ employability, life and learning skills.
• Motivate and inspire students and raise their aspirations through own enthusiasm and subject knowledge.
• Support students to take responsibility for their own learning by helping them to set goals that stretch and challenge them.
• Manage and promote positive student behaviour.
• Monitor and record student progress
• Adhere to college policies and procedures

We will encourage you to develop new skills and expand your opportunities within the college. We are also flexible and accommodating, allowing you to be as productive as possible.

While working at Buckinghamshire College Group you can also take advantage of a host of employee benefits including:

• Pension scheme – TPS (28.68% employers’ contribution)
• 35 days holiday entitlement plus Bank Holidays & Additional annual leave purchase scheme
• A wide range of learning - access to free training & continuous professional development
• A bespoke package of intensive induction and probation support
• Flexible working policy and a commitment to employee wellbeing
• Discounts in the Aylesbury Day Nursery & Aylesbury Hair & Beauty (HAB) Salon
• 24hrs/7days a week access to our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
• Cycle to work and local business employee corporate discount schemes

Buckinghamshire College Group is a Further Education college with three campuses located in Aylesbury, Amersham and Wycombe. We are proud to be a skills-based college supporting over 5,000 learners each year to achieve their study and career goals and play a pivotal role in the Buckinghamshire community working with a wide range of employers for example, Pinewood Studios, NHS Trusts and Flannery Plant Hire to name but a few.
As a member of our team you will have an unwavering passion for learning and for supporting students and staff to achieve more than they ever thought possible – while being innovative and comfortable with experimentation of new ideas and approaches including use of digital tools to enhance student engagement - we call this the Bucks College Factor!
If you have the Bucks College Factor, this sounds like a role for you and Buckinghamshire College Group sounds like a place you’d like to be part of, then we’d love to hear from you.

COMMITMENT TO SAFEGUARDING

BCG is committed to equal opportunities for all, safeguarding and promoting the welfare of students and staff alike; all posts are subject to enhanced DBS checks.
For more information on the role please for the job description and for Terms and conditions.

For more information on the role please contact HR directly.
Closing date for applications is the 18/08/2025, with interviews taking place from 02/09/2025.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early, if we receive sufficient applications or source a suitable candidate. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.
Variable Hours Lecturer - Childcare and Health & Social Care (Maternity Cover)