Permanent, Part Time (0.7)
The School of Science, Technology, Engineering and Professional at Kingston College is seeking a Lecturer to teach both HE and FE vocational courses related to Engineering within the school, for full time, access and apprenticeship students. You’ll be responsible for the delivery, conduct and progress of students on these courses in line with College and School policies and procedures, ensuring the provision for these students is of a high quality.
Your main responsibility will be to teach on Level 4/5 HNC and HND Engineering courses, teaching on units such as Engineering Design and Thermo Dynamics. The STEP school also runs Access courses for 19+ learners, such as Access to Engineering and Access to Computing. On the Access to Engineering course, you will deliver units such as Motion, Energy & Forces, and Thermal Properties of Matter.
You will also teach Mathematics on a range of programmes to mainly adult and 18+ learners, this could be on Access to Engineering and Access to Computing courses, which have mathematics specialist units, such as numerical methods, algebra, trigonometry, and maths for computing. You will also teach on FE vocational courses relating to Engineering, teaching Further Mathematics units to our BTEC Level 3 Engineering students.
As our Lecturer, we would like you to hold a relevant degree or higher-level academic qualification (eg. HND) in an appropriate subject, hold professional industry qualifications and/or experience in a related industrial environment and have experience of delivering training in an engineering environment or taught engineering in an educational setting. With knowledge in areas of engineering and mathematics relevant to the curriculum offer of the section, you will hold a teaching qualification (or willing to work towards), taught engineering at level 3 and participated in recent and relevant continuous professional development.
Able to use new technologies to enhance teaching and learning to support students, you will have an awareness of academic quality standards and be receptive to new ideas and initiatives with a creative approach to problem solving. With good planning, preparation, organisational and administrative skills and good attention to detail, you will have high personal standards and expectations with good general IT skills, including familiarity with Word, Excel, PowerPoint and email.
The successful candidate will be eligible for any increase in salary as a consequence of the annual cost of living review that will be implemented in the new academic year.
Closing date for the return of completed applications is 27th June 2025.
The benefits package includes generous annual leave of 40 days plus up to 8 additional days over Christmas/New Year as well as an additional 5 days Wellbeing leave to enhance employees’ physical and mental health. There is an excellent pension scheme that receives a significant financial contribution from the employer (Teachers Pensions or Local Government Pension Scheme), subsidised sports facilities and professional development and training plus a salary sacrifice cycle to work scheme. The benefits package will be pro-rated for part time staff.
South Thames Colleges Group is an equal opportunities employer and is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults.
As outlined in the Public Sector Equality Duty of the Equality Act 2010, we are committed to equality of opportunity for all staff and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.
As part of our due diligence checks on prospective employees, successful candidates will be subject to an enhanced DBS check, satisfactory references, an online search and proof of eligibility to work in the UK.
The South Thames Colleges Group is made up of Carshalton College, Kingston College, Merton College and South Thames College, which merged on 1 August 2017. South Thames Colleges Group is one of London’s largest providers of post-16 education and training and is an ongoing and significant contributor to its local communities. We aim to put students’ success at the heart of everything we do.
We are looking for hard-working and collaborative people who can join our team and help challenge our students to progress and achieve.
