HMP Isle of Wight – Parkhurst have an exciting opportunity for a maths lecturer to join the education department in the prison.
As a dynamic and highly motivated individual with excellent maths skills, you will use your knowledge and experience to support and inspire learners to develop confidence, skills and experience and achieve maths qualifications, which learners can then use to help them engage more fully within their community.
This is an amazing opportunity, which will be both challenging and highly rewarding. As a maths lecturer, you will be delivering maths, up to level 2, to a diverse group of learners within the prison.
As a valued member of the Milton Keynes College Prison Education team, you will also help to develop strong personal development and behaviour targets that meet the needs of the learners, prison and Milton Keynes College.
This is an exciting opportunity for a dedicated lecturer to deliver high learner success, through effective teaching and delivery in maths. This vacancy would suit a highly motivated individual, with a can do approach to education. The ideal candidate will be a passionate and creative lecturer, who can offer skills & knowledge to our learners and guide them throughout their courses.
Location: HMP Isle of Wight - Parkhurst
Hours: 11.766 hours per week (0.3180), 52 weeks per year
Salary: £18,015 - £32,578 pro rata
Closing date: Monday 16th September 2019
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About HMP Isle of Wight:
HMP Isle of Wight was opened in April 2009; it was formed by the clustering of three former establishments HMP Parkhurst, HMP Albany and HMP Camp Hill. In March 2013 the Camp Hill site was decommissioned as part of an ongoing programme to modernise the prison estate and further reduce the costs of prison. HMP Isle of Wight's present role is a category B male training prison. The prison holds approximately 1100 prisoners on two sites with a central administration.
Parkhurst: Originally, a military hospital, HMP Parkhurst became a prison in 1863, holding young male prisoners. In 1968, it became one of the first dispersal prisons for maximum security prisoners. Later it was designated a category B training prison. In 2010 it integrated its population and now holds vulnerable prisoners/sex offenders and ordinary prisoners in mixed units.
As a successful candidate, you will:
• Hold a relevant qualification (level 3 or above).
• Hold a recognised teaching qualification (DTLLS, PGCE, Cert Ed) or willing to work towards
• Hold relevant assessor/verifier awards.
• Have teaching/training or vocational experience in relevant subject area and relevant up-to-date knowledge.
• Have a proven track record of managing and supporting diverse groups of learners through nationally accredited programmes.
• Have experience of identifying, developing and sharing innovative and creative teaching resources
• Have experience of working with students who may have little experience of education and training (desirable).
• Have knowledge of current curriculum and accreditation developments within Further Education and specific subject area(s).
• Have the ability to teach creatively, adapting to the needs of a variety of learners and willing to explore new teaching and learning strategies.
• Have good IT skills and willing to develop further.
• Show accuracy and precision in written presentation.
• The requirement of this role is to work across the whole prison estate, on all wings where education is delivered.
More about the College:
Milton Keynes College is proud to be an open and inclusive general Further Education College welcoming learners of all levels and delivering an exceptional educational experience. The College offers a broad range of qualifications with more than 3,000 16 – 18-year-old full-time students studying vocational courses, apprenticeships and Higher Education at our campuses in Milton Keynes. In addition, the College delivers employability and skills training programmes to 3,000 people in local community learning centres. For nearly 30 years, we have worked with offenders in both custody, and the wider community and currently work with 19 prisons across England; this includes 13 prisons, which make up the Long Term High Security Estate, and 6 category B, C & D men’s prisons.
Milton Keynes College is a committed safer recruitment employer in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education. We take extreme care in ensuring the safety and welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. All positions therefore undergo a thorough on boarding process to include DBS. In addition, security clearance is required for all prison services positions.
Milton Keynes College has been officially recognised for its commitment and approach to equality, diversity and inclusion. It has been awarded the much sought-after Leaders in Diversity accreditation from the National Centre for Diversity. The award recognises the College’s clear ethos and values and a belief in the importance of diversity.
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