Job Description

Essential Skills Lecturer 0.4

Application Deadline: 29 May 2026

Department: Skills

Employment Type: Fixed Term - Part Time

Location: Pibwrlwyd Campus

Reporting To: Head of Curriculum

Compensation: £26,387 - £48,288 / year

We are seeking an enthusiastic and determined teacher to ensure learners are engaged with these areas and well prepared for assessment, using as appropriate, differentiated tasks and specialised strategies to motivate and sustain interest, and to develop learners’ confidence and self-esteem.

If you are looking for a career challenge, this opportunity promises to be both rewarding and fulfilling. In this role you will teach and support a diverse range of young people and adults to enable them to fulfil the next stage of their career or educational aspirations.

You will need exceptional communication skills and the ability to prioritise a challenging workload.

The successfully appointed Essential Skills lecturer will support learners who are following a wide range of Further Education courses at the college, to ensure that they have the appropriate skills to succeed in their learning.

Key Responsibilities

• Undertake the teaching and assessment of Essential Skills qualifications (Application of Number and Communication)
• Liaise with the Head of Lifelong Learning and Skills to ensure that Quality Assurance Internal Verification procedures are undertaken in an appropriate and timely manner
• Ensure that all successfully completed Essential Skills Qualifications are claimed for in a timely manner
• Report to the Head of Lifelong Learning and Skills regarding progress and completion.
  
  

Skills Knowledge and Expertise

Essential Criteria:

• Degree or equivalent qualification
• Teaching qualification (If you are not in possession of a teaching qualification as at the date of employment, you will be required to obtain a PGCE within 2 years of this date)
• GCSE English and Mathematics at minimum Grade C or O Level equivalent
• Documented evidence of appropriate Professional Development
• Good literacy/numeracy/digital literacy skills
• Excellent interpersonal and organisational skills
• Ability to work harmoniously with learners and colleagues
• Ability to work under pressure and to tight deadlines
• Excellent punctuality and ability to work flexibly
  
  

Desirable Criteria:

• Relevant teaching experience
• A good understanding of relevant issues in post 16 education
• A proven track record of high levels of learner attainment
• Awareness of key performance indicators
• Evidence of innovative teaching and learning activities
• Evidence of effective tracking and monitoring of learner performance
• Experience of actively participating in the pastoral care of young people

Welsh Language Requirements:

• Welsh Oracy (Listening/Speaking) - Level 0/1
• Welsh Literacy (Writing/Reading) - Level 0/1

See detailed language descriptions attached.

Persons are welcome to apply for posts in Welsh and applications made in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application made in English.

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Benefits

• You will receive 46 days holiday, plus bank holidays and five closure days which totals at 59 days holiday per year.
• Extremely generous pension scheme with employer contributions of 23.68%.
• Award-winning professional learning and development programme.
• Cycle to work scheme
• Free on-site car parking
• Online and instore retail discounts