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Maths Lecturer - HMP Hewell

Reference: JAN20171478
Expiry date: 2017-01-25 23:59:00.000
Location: Redditch, Worcestershire
Salary: £18,015.00 - £32,578.00 Per Annum
Benefits: Excellent Benefits, holidays and pension
Attachments: MathsLecturerJobDescripton.docx
OffenderLearningLecturerMathsAdvert.docx

We are looking for an experienced Functional Skills Maths lecturer to deliver Functional Skills Maths to a diverse group of learners within the prison. As part of our offender learning team you will help to develop a strong Maths programme that meets the needs of the learners, prison and Milton Keynes College.

This is an exciting opportunity for a dedicated education professional to deliver high learner success, through effective teaching and delivery in Functional Skills Maths. This vacancy would suit a highly motivated Maths teacher, with a can do approach to education. The ideal candidate will be a passionate and creative lecturer, who can thrive upon working within a challenging yet rewarding environment, who can offer skills & knowledge to our learners and guide them throughout their courses.

This is an exciting time to be involved with Offender Learning. Here at Hewell we are looking for innovative and creative teachers to join our enthusiastic team who are committed to making a difference to the lives and prospects of our learners. We are in the process of developing a curriculum to increase the opportunities for our learners and support them on release in order to reduce reoffending.

Are you a newly qualified teacher or a teacher who would like to have the freedom no longer enjoyed in mainstream education? If so, Offender Learning is an area of education which will reward you on a daily basis.

As a successful candidate you will have:

  • Hold a degree or relevant qualification (level 3 or above) in Maths.
  • 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 Maths 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.

Location: HMP Hewell

Hours: 37 hours per week, 52 weeks per year

Salary: £18,015 - £32,578 per annum

Closing Date: 25th January 2017

More about the rewards

As well as having 35, flexible, days holiday per year you will also get 3 additional days to be taken over Christmas and of course all of the bank holidays. We offer a car allowance scheme “Just add fuel”, but if you prefer a more environmentally friendly approach to travel we also offer a cycle to work scheme. As part of Milton Keynes College you are entitled to apply for an NUS student discount card with offers in plenty of local restaurants and high street shops. Child care vouchers are available and of course the option of being part of Teachers Pension Scheme. For more about our benefits please visit the MK College website.

More about the College

Milton Keynes College deliver an exciting and varied curriculum in 28 of Her Majesty’s Prisons and Young Offenders Institutes. We also have a successful Employment Academy model which works with employers and stakeholders to enhance our learners’ chances of re-entering society successfully, to find employment upon release and to live fulfilling lives.