Job Title: Lecturer: Foundation & Community Learning (Princes Trust) (1464)
Type of Vacancy: Teaching
Type of Employment: Full Time
Location: Chaffron Way Campus/Bletchley Campus, Milton Keynes
Salary Range: £17,316 - £31,314 per annum
Closing Date: 08/02/2012
Interview Date: TBC

Hours: 37 hours per week, 52 weeks per year

A Leading Employer

Milton Keynes College is a leading Further Education College providing vocational, academic, and professional higher education courses across four Milton Keynes based campuses. The College also holds the contract to deliver the Offenders' Learning and Skills Service at various prisons and young offenders institutions.

An Exciting Opportunity

The Foundation & Community Learning Department delivers Entry level and Level 1 programmes to a range of learners 16 to 25 years from diverse backgrounds, some with learning disabilities. Courses include Functional Skills English, maths and ICT, Personal Development and Employability Skills. Programmes are designed to meet the individual needs of students to ensure they are successful and their time at College is rewarding.

You might be working in a secondary school as a teaching generalist, or in a training environment. You will need to be flexible in your subject knowledge and be able to deal with challenging behaviour.

As the successful candidate you will:

• Have proven leaderships skills and be a role model for young people.
• Hold a minimum of GCSE Maths and English (grade C or above) or equivalent.
• Have proven experience of teaching or training on successful programmes of learning.
• Ideally have proven experience of working with challenging your people and successfully delivering learning programmes.
• Ideally hold a teaching qualification (DTTLS, PGCE, Cert Ed).
• Demonstrate good communication and organisation skills and be able to work in a team and under your own initiative.
• Have proven experience and a commitment to developing the potential of young people.
• Be knowledgeable about the local community, its employers, voluntary organisations, and referral agencies.
• Be able to teach creatively, adapting to the needs of a variety of students and be willing to explore new teaching and learning strategies.

Closing date for applications: Wednesday 8th February 2012