Associate Lecturer in Health and Social Care

About Us

At The Sheffield College, we’re proud to be a large, vibrant and inclusive further education community — recognised nationally for our commitment to equality and inclusion — including a 2026 Investors in Diversity Gold award and 3rd ‑ place ranking in the National Centre for Diversity’s 2025 Top 100 Most Inclusive UK Employers.

At The Sheffield College, we’re proud to be a large, vibrant and inclusive further education community — recognised nationally for our commitment to equality and inclusion — including a 2026 Investors in Diversity Gold award and 3rd ‑ place ranking in the National Centre for Diversity’s 2025 Top 100 Most Inclusive UK Employers. Everything we do is driven by our mission to transform lives through learning and to meet the skills needs of our city and region.

As part of this commitment, our subsidiary company Sparks Teaching Services provides high quality teaching staff to support outstanding learning experiences for our students.

Working for our subsidiary company Sparks Teaching Services, you will provide support on a specified module or modules, including the preparation and delivery of Lectures, Workshops and Practical Sessions to Health and Social Care students. This is a zero hour contract with regular working hours to be confirmed at interview stage.

• Formal scheduled delivery of learning and teaching
• Preparation of teaching materials
• Assessment and moderation
• Curriculum and assessment design as appropriate
• Responsibility for administration relevant to the post
• Student Support
• Independent Studies supervision
• Attendance at Meetings e.g. Programme Committees and Subject/Team Meetings
• Participation in Continuous Professional Developmentli>
• Participation in student monitoring and reporting, course review and evaluation process.
• Participation in quality assurance and controls procedure

If you want to find out more about the role please contact Joshua Nodder, Academy Director

As the successful candidate, you will be offered an hourly rate of between £13.45 - £20.52 depending on duties performed. Please note this is a zero hour contract.

• Enhanced Pension contributions scheme with NEST
• Annual leave - 20 Days (148 hours) + 8 Bank Holidays (59.2 hours)- this includes a discretionary Christmas closure period
• Health and wellbeing, we offer
• Employee assistance programme through Bupa
• Occupational Health through PAM
• Free eye tests for VDU users
• Free Parking is available at the majority of our campuses

Further information can be found on our Benefits and Career Development pages.

We are a Disability Confident employer and are committed to removing barriers for applicants with a disability during our recruitment process, upon appointment and as an employee. Please review our Recruitment Guidelines for Disabled Candidates which provides further information on reasonable adjustments and how the Disability Confident scheme works in practice. If you require any reasonable adjustments or any support at any point throughout the process, please contact

As part of our commitment through the Armed Forces Covenant, we’re pledged to support the Armed Forces Community. Recognising the value Personnel, Veterans and military families contribute to our community and country.

We are an employer who is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of students. Successful applicants will be required to have an enhanced DBS check and will be subject to safer recruiting procedures. Further details on our safer recruiting procedures, including the employment of ex-offenders can be found here Safeguarding

As a Leader in Diversity employer, we encourage applications from everyone and value diversity in our workforce.

18th September 2026

Please be aware – If we have a high number of applications, we may decide to close the vacancy earlier.