Lecturer Functional Skills English

Overview

18 hours per week

About the role

At Hammersmith & Fulham, we are ambitious in reforming the council to ensure this is a place for everybody. Within the Economy department, we aim to be efficient in everything that we do. We believe our residents deserve a place that is safe, clean and green, with high quality services they can rely on.

We are seeking to recruit an enthusiastic and committed Functional Skills (FS) English Lecturer to join Hammersmith and Fulham Adult Learning and Skills Service. This 0.5 role will support the continued development and delivery of our English provision across the borough, ensuring adults gain the literacy skills they need for life, learning and work.

• Deliver engaging and inclusive teaching and learning, ensuring high standards across planning, delivery and assessment.
• Work within government funded adult education frameworks and contribute to maintaining excellence across Ofsted, audit and compliance requirements.
• Produce high quality lesson plans, schemes of work and Individual Learning Plans (ILPs), and deliver accredited Functional Skills English qualifications (Entry 1 to Level
  2).
• With GCSE delivery being desirable, maintain a sound understanding of awarding body processes and quality assurance expectations.
• Support learners to develop reading, writing and communication skills while building confidence, resilience and independence.
• Work particularly closely with less able and disadvantaged learners, ensuring teaching approaches are adaptive, supportive and accessible.
• Participate in interviews, initial assessments, ongoing reviews and curriculum development to align our English offer with community needs and local priorities.

• Minimum Level 4 teaching qualification.
• Strong background in teaching Functional Skills English to adults aged 19+ within government funded settings.
• Demonstrated effective teaching practice and commitment to high quality adult learning.
• Understanding of sector-wide quality standards and awarding body processes.

The post holder will work with our Skills for Life team. The role supports the continued development and delivery of our English provision across the borough.

Closing date: 12 July 2026.

Interview date:
Week Commencing 20 July 2026.

At H&F you will have access to a comprehensive total reward package as well as joining a flexible working employer; all staff can request flexible working. More details are available.

We believe an inclusive workplace is about the visibility and representation of our local diverse community - it is about open and transparent decision making co-produced with staff and residents. It is about respect for diversity and a shared identity that seeks to encourage fair and transparent recruitment, retention, and career progression. We take a proactive approach to equity, diversity, and inclusion so that it becomes part of the fabric of the Council with a shared understanding of the role all colleagues play in realising the inclusivity of the workplace.

At H&F, our workplace ensures that everybody has equitable access to opportunities.

In order to combat discrimination, no unnecessary conditions or requirements will be applied which could have a disproportionately adverse effect on any one group. All sections of the population will have equitable access to jobs. No applicant or employee will receive less favourable treatment because of their age, disability, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, marriage or civil partnership and pregnancy or maternity, unless a Genuine Occupational Qualification (GOQ) applies.

We are a Disability Confident Employer - committed to ensuring that our recruitment and selection process is inclusive and accessible.

Asking for Adjustments:
We are committed to removing barriers in the workplace and this includes adjustments throughout the recruitment process. If you would like to discuss any adjustments or request the application form in a different format, please contact us at or by post to The Town Hall, King Street,…