Main Grade Lecturer - Aviation and Travel

Main Grade Lecturer
- Aviation and Travel (Full Time and Part Time)

Final date to receive applications: 1 July 2026

Department: Business & Travel

Employment Type: Permanent
- Full Time

Location: Barnet Campus (Wood Street)

Compensation: £35,849 - £47,299 / year

Do you have a background in aviation or travel and a genuine enthusiasm for the industry? Do you want to pass that knowledge and passion on to learners who are taking their first steps towards a career in one of the world's most exciting sectors? If so, we would love to hear from you.

Aviation and Travel Lecturers sit at the heart of the Business, Travel and IT team at Barnet and Southgate College. Based at our Barnet campus, you will work with learners aged 16 and above across a broad range of qualifications and levels, from Level 1 through to Level 6, helping them build the knowledge, skills and industry awareness they need to progress into employment, apprenticeships or higher education.

What makes this role distinctive is the genuine connection to industry. You will have the opportunity to work with external aviation partners and agencies as part of the role, keeping your own expertise current while bringing authentic, real-world experience directly into your teaching. You will also have the flexibility to work across aviation, travel and business areas, giving both you and your learners real breadth of experience.

You will be joining a high-performing, supportive team that consistently achieves some of the strongest attendance, achievement and success rates in the college. Both full time and part time roles are available. Please indicate your preference in your application.

We change lives, empower individuals and connect communities.

We are an ambitious, forward-thinking further education college in North London, proud to serve diverse communities across Barnet, Southgate and beyond. Our 2030 Vision is bold: to be a leading provider of learning and skills development, fostering exceptional educational experiences, driven by innovation, collaboration and excellence.

The Business, Travel and IT team is one of the most cohesive and consistently high-performing departments in the college. The Aviation section brings an added dimension — strong links to external aviation partners and agencies that keep teaching grounded in the realities of the industry. If you are looking for a place where your sector experience is valued, your development is supported and your contribution genuinely matters, this is it.

What You'll Be Doing

Here is a flavour of what you will be getting involved in:

• Outstanding teaching: Deliver high-quality, innovative teaching, learning and assessment across Aviation and Travel programmes from Level 1 to Level 6, using digital and ILT strategies to increase learner participation, confidence and independent learning.
• Learner success: Enable diverse learners aged 16 and above to achieve strong pass rates and progress into employment, apprenticeships or higher education, developing real-world aviation and travel industry skills along the way.
• Pastoral support: Act as a personal tutor, supporting the highest levels of attendance and actively improving retention, motivation and progression through targeted support, coaching and intervention, including engagement with parents where appropriate.
• Industry partnerships: Work with external aviation partners and agencies to enrich learning, keep your own knowledge current and open up pathways and experiences for learners that go beyond the classroom.
• Employer engagement: Support employer engagement and enrichment activities that raise aspirations and create access to aviation and travel careers learners may not previously have considered.
• Team contribution: Play an active role in a collaborative, evolving department, working flexibly across aviation, travel and business areas as required and contributing to the team's continued strong performance.
• CPD and growth: Commit to your own professional development, working with employers and external agencies to keep your subject knowledge current and your teaching industry-relevant.