Lecturer​/Trainee Lecturer - Early Years and Childcare

Role: Lecturer / Trainee Lecturer – Early Years and Childcare

Location: Bedford College – Cauldwell Street Campus

Salary/Benefits: Salary is between £33,048 and £38,169 per annum DOE and Qualifications, 45 days annual leave plus Bank holidays, Teacher’s Pension, Retail and Leisure Discounts, excellent professional and personal development opportunities, accessing college courses.
Note – Salary and annual leave entitlement is for that of a Qualified Lecturer - salary for a Trainee Lecturer is between £26,651 and £31,982 per annum DOE and Qualifications, 35 days annual leave plus Bank holidays.

Hours/Weeks: 37 hours per week – 52 weeks per year –
part time applicants will be considered

Contract Type: Permanent – Full / Part Time

This is a UK based contract, and you are required to have the Right to Work in the UK. Unfortunately, we’re unable to offer sponsorship and any offer of employment will be subject to evidence of your Right to Work in the UK.

We are currently seeking a Lecturer in Early Years and Childcare to join our Health, Social Care and Childcare department at The Bedford College Group.

As a Lecturer, you play an important role in the success of our students through:

• Teaching & Learner Experience – Deliver high‑quality teaching, assessment and verification across Early Years, Primary Education and Health & Social Care programmes, ensuring an inclusive and engaging student experience.
• Curriculum Design & Innovation – Develop up‑to‑date schemes of work and learning materials that meet awarding body requirements, support innovation and reflect strong curriculum intent and implementation.
• Assessment, Progress & Quality – Assess learner work to required standards, track and report progress, contribute to internal quality assurance and continuous improvement, and support departmental KPIs.
• Employer Engagement & Vocational Learning – Work collaboratively with employers to secure and enhance meaningful industry placements, enrichment activities and vocationally relevant learning experiences.
• Professional Practice & Compliance – Maintain current sector knowledge through CPD, promote positive behaviour, complete administrative duties accurately, and uphold safeguarding, EDI, health & safety and college‑wide responsibilities.

• Qualifications & Sector Experience – Level 4+ qualification in Early Years or Primary Education, GCSE English and maths (or willingness to achieve Level
  2), with current or recent professional sector experience and strong performance history.
• Teaching Excellence & Learner Progress – Demonstrated effective teaching across a wide range of ages, abilities and levels, with the ability to plan high‑quality schemes of work, manage behaviour and track learner progress.
• Professional Practice & Organisation – Highly organised, reliable and resilient, able to prioritise workloads, meet deadlines, work calmly under pressure and use Microsoft Office and Teams confidently.
• Communication, Relationships & Collaboration – Strong interpersonal and communication skills, able to engage learners, colleagues and employers, contribute positively to teams and enhance vocational relevance.
• Values, Safeguarding & Flexibility – Student‑centred and inclusive, committed to College values, safeguarding and health & safety, reflective in practice, open to continuous development and flexible to work across sites.

For a more detailed breakdown of the job role and the requirements, please see the Job Description attached to this vacancy.

If you do not hold a recognised, qualified teaching qualification, please see attached PGCE Cert Ed information.

Interviews to be held: TBC

Successful candidates must also be able to demonstrate alignment to our organisational VISION values:

• Valuing Teamwork
  - We are one team who by working together can achieve great things, respecting the opinion and valuing the contribution each of us makes.
• Improving Continuously
  - We challenge ourselves to always do better by trying new things, sharing knowledge, reflecting on practice and learning from others.
• Student Centred
  - At our heart is always doing what is best for our students. We consider students in all of our decision…