Lecturer in Biology (Environmental Science)
Strode College
Somerset
- New
- Salary:
- £23,506 - £31,169 pro rata per annum
- Job type:
- Part Time, Fixed Term
- Start date:
- TBC
- Apply by:
- 28 August 2024
Job overview
0.6 FTE - Fixed Term Maternity Cover
Are you an ambitious, enthusiastic, and highly motivated teacher of Biology and EVS who is committed to developing the skills and expertise of our Biology/EVS experts? If so, we would love to hear from you.
You will have excellent subject knowledge and enthusiasm to teach A Level Biology and A Level EVS and be passionate about supporting students secure knowledge and practical field/laboratory skills to progress into EVS/Biology related employment and higher study. The successful candidate should be a highly motivated with the ability to engage and enthuse learners to work productively.
It is essential that you have experience of teaching at A Level, and you must possess a genuine interest in the subject areas and be committed to providing pastoral support for our students. You will join an experienced and high performing A level Mathematics and Science team, which includes technical support team who are generous with their time and enjoy sharing resources and expertise.
Strode College has a local and national reputation for excellence due to the outstanding quality of our teaching and support and the resulting high levels of student aspiration and achievements. We help students realise their potential, maximise their results and achieve success at college and in the future.
Contractual Details
Rate of Pay or Salary: £23,506 - £31,169 pro rata per annum depending on qualifications.
Working Time: 828 hours per annum of teaching and equivalent professional duties over 198 days, for full time posts and pro rata for part time posts. You will be expected to be on site for 34 hours per week pro rata during the whole academic year.
Contract Type: Fixed Term
Pension: Teachers’ Pension Scheme
Leave entitlement: 38 days per year plus bank holidays (pro-rated for part time) plus additional discretionary days at Christmas.
How to Apply
Please visit the vacancies section of our website https://www.strode-college.ac.uk/college-info/working-at-strode/current-vacancies
If you require any further information or would like a confidential informal discussion about the role please contact Petrina Rochester prochester@strode-college.ac.uk
Closing Date for applications: 9.00am Wednesday 28th August 2024
Interviews will be held on: TBC
Strode College 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 applicant will be required to undertake an Enhanced DBS check.
About Strode College
Welcome to Strode College and thank you for taking an interest in our College.
We believe that every individual, no matter what their starting point, has the potential to achieve great things. We encourage all our students to be ambitious and believe they can succeed. We help them to realise their potential, maximise results and achieve success. This ethos runs through everything we do.
Highest quality further education
We are an Ofsted Good College located in Street, Somerset, offering a wide range of high quality education and training to the local community. Our Sixth Form has an outstanding reputation nationally for the exceptional progress that our students make. This means they are well prepared for future success, and we are incredibly proud of what our students go on to do after Strode College. In fact, we are one of the best performing colleges nationally for delivering outstanding student progress.
Highest quality university level education
We also offer high quality, local and affordable Higher Education. This quality has been recently externally validated by the Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education with a Silver Award in Teaching Excellence Framework, and we achieved the highest possible rating in our recent external quality review.
Adult courses for career development and leisure
As a local College, focused on supporting its community, we also provide a wide range of Adult courses. These include professional programmes for people looking to upskill within their current place of work or seek new skills for future careers and job opportunities. In addition, we offer leisure courses which you may want to take as a stepping stone onto a professional programme or just because it’s something you’re interested in!
Specialist work-based training
And finally, the College provides specialist work based training in the form of Apprenticeships and work related professional qualifications. Our dedicated Employer Engagement team works closely with local businesses to support them to meet their workforce development needs, translating this into a comprehensive training programme and also helping source new apprentices.
Enjoy an exceptional education
To sum up Strode College, it’s an amazing place to learn, with exceptional staff who are 100% committed to ensuring you achieve fantastic results, with an outstanding reputation locally and nationally; validated by our students’ achievements.
I’d like to invite you to come and see for yourself, so do please get in touch, we’ll be happy to show you around our fantastic college.
John Revill, Principal
View Strode College's latest Ofsted report
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