Lecturer in Animal Care

Location:

Dearne Valley College, Rotherham

Salary:
From A GBP 29,455 (unqualified) to A GBP 33,487 (qualified) per annum plus benefits

Vacancy Type:
Permanent, Full time (37 hours per week, all year round)

Closing Date:
Friday 17 th July 2026

Transform your animal expertise into a rewarding teaching career and shape the next generation of animal care professionals.

Share your passion and industry knowledge with motivated students across Levels 1:3 and Higher Education.

• Inspire:
  Deliver engaging practical, theoretical, and digital lessons.
• Mentor:
  Guide students through their courses and help them launch their careers.
• Connect:
  Build industry links to secure rewarding student work placements.
• Grow:
  Design creative learning resources and track student success.
• Collaborate:
  Work within a supportive, motivated team to hit educational goals.

• Bring Expertise:
  Level 5 or higher vocational qualification in an animal:related field.
• Skills:
  
  Strong communication skills and a team:focused mindset.
• Qualifications:
  
  Teaching qualification and assessor award (or willingness to gain them with us).
• Basics:
  Level 2 (or equivalent) in English and Maths (or willingness to work towards).

No teaching experience? We will support you to gain your teaching and assessor qualifications on the job.

Make an impact:
Move out of the field and directly influence the future of animal care.

You will work as part of the curriculum team at Dearne Valley and you will also closely work with and take direction from our Curriculum Team Leaders. You will be line managed by the Curriculum Manager.

• Access to teachers pensions scheme
• Up to 50 days annual leave per year (35) including closure during Christmas period
• Access to our gyms, restaurants and salons
• Staff health and wellbeing and benefits schemes including in-house Occupational Health service
• Full, part time and flexible working hours available in many roles
• Parking available at all of our sites
• Fantastic career development opportunities including funding for teacher training, apprenticeships and various other industry recognised qualifications
• New FE teachers can also apply for grants of up to A GBP 6,000 in STEM subjects (conditions apply) through the levelling up premium payments initiative
• Recruitment Referral Scheme for all employees, worth A GBP 200 per referral made

RNN Groups main goal is to be an outstanding education and training provider and this is at the heart of everything that we do. To help us achieve this we are looking to recruit highly motivated, innovative and dynamic individuals to join our existing teams. To be a part of the team at RNN Group we will expect you to be committed to our values too.