Animal Management Lecturer (Hourly Paid)

Job description

No candidate will meet every single desired qualification / criteria. If your experience looks a little different from what we've identified and you think you can bring value to the role, we'd love to learn more about you!

Salary: £33.06 - £42.83 per hour

Hours per week: up to 20 hours

Weeks per Annum: Various

Working pattern: Monday - Friday between 8:30am - 5:00pm

Location: Common Leys Campus

Are you passionate about animal care and management and keen to inspire the next generation of industry professionals? Do you have the knowledge, enthusiasm, and practical experience to bring learning to life? If so, we would love to hear from you.

Abingdon & Witney College is seeking an enthusiastic and knowledgeable Hourly Paid Lecturer in Animal Management to join our successful Land-based team at our beautiful Common Leys Farm Campus on the outskirts of Witney. This is a fantastic opportunity to share your expertise, support learner success, and contribute to one of the region's leading land-based education environments.

About the Role

You will teach and support students studying Animal Management programmes from Level 1 through to Level 5, helping them develop the practical skills, industry knowledge, and professional behaviours required for successful careers within the animal care and management sector.

Working with motivated learners, you will deliver engaging and inclusive lessons across a range of animal management subjects, combining classroom-based theory with practical, hands-on learning experiences. You will play a key role in helping students achieve their qualifications, progress to higher levels of study, and prepare for employment within the industry.

Key Responsibilities

• Plan, deliver, assess and evaluate high-quality, inspiring learning opportunities.
• Deliver engaging theory and practical sessions across Animal Management programmes.
• Support learners to achieve excellent outcomes and reach their full potential.
• Adapt teaching methods to meet the needs of diverse learner groups.
• Provide effective tutorial, pastoral and academic support.
• Monitor learner progress and provide timely, constructive feedback.
• Develop creative learning resources that enhance the student experience.
• Promote equality, diversity, inclusion, safeguarding and student wellbeing.
• Contribute to curriculum development and continuous improvement activities.
• Work collaboratively with colleagues to deliver an outstanding learning experience.

What We're Looking For

Essential

• Passion for Animal Management and learner success.
• Degree-level qualification (or equivalent) in a relevant subject area.
• Teaching qualification, or willingness to work towards one.
• Experience teaching or training within the Animal Management sector.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Commitment to high-quality teaching, learning and assessment.
• Knowledge and understanding of safeguarding and learner welfare.
• Level 2 English and Maths (or willingness to achieve).

Desirable

• Assessor and/or Internal Verifier qualification.
• Experience teaching within a post-16 or Further Education environment.
• Established industry links within the animal care and management sector.

Why Work with Us

Excellent benefits for our employees including generous pension and holiday schemes (with potential Christmas closure days), continued professional development, flexible working options, corporate gym membership, cycle/tech scheme and much more.

*Abingdon and Witney College reserve the right to close all applications before posted closing date.

Any successful candidates will be required to complete a structured training pathway, unless they already hold the relevant qualifications. This includes a two-week teacher induction (must be completed within probation), followed by the Award in Education and Training (AET) including Assessor is required, and then the Level 5 Learning and Skills Teacher (LST) apprenticeship. Completion of this structured learning programme is expected within 3 years. Furthermore, there is the option to pursue Qualified Teacher Learning Status (QTLS).

AWC values diversity and encourages applications from all sections of the community. We are committed to safeguarding and expect all our employees and volunteers to share this commitment. We are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and all appointments are subject to satisfactory clearances including enhanced DBS checks.

Abingdon and Witney College are committed to safer recruitment practices. In addition to our pre-employment checks, we will conduct an online search. This includes checking Google main results feed as well as the 'News' and 'Images' tab. We will be checking for any publicly available information that suggests the applicant may not be suitable to work with children or young/vulnerable people or content that could potentially damage Abingdon and Witney College's reputation. This may include inappropriate posts, comments or images displaying evidence of offensive or inappropriate behaviour, jokes or language, discriminatory comments, inappropriate photos, drug or alcohol misuse.