Uniformed Public Services Lecturer
Job Reference: UPSL / 07.2026
Salary: This is a part time role with an actual salary of up to £15,822.06 per annum, and a full-time equivalent salary of up to £32,633 per annum dependent on skills and experience.
Working Hours: 16 hours per week over 4 days, working one in four Fridays, 52 weeks per year.
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Public Services Lecturer to join our Health and Social Care department.
The purpose of the role is to demonstrate a high-quality professional practice within our quality assurance processes in relation to all duties associated with the post, providing high quality teaching and learning at a variety of levels. Contributing to the maintenance and development of the outstanding provision in all its forms for Learners.
The successful applicant must have:
- Experience of working in the Public Services sector
- An understanding of Btec units including Criminology, Crime and its effects, Major Incidents, Command and Control and Healthy living and lifestyles.
- Knowledge of assessment processes
- Vocational qualification/experience
- The ability to analyse information and situations and recommend ways forward
- Excellent listening and questioning skills
- The ability to prioritise and manage time
- The ability to articulate clearly and objectively via the spoken and written work
- The ability to work independently and to perform effectively as a team player
- The ability to be flexible in working arrangements and to perform under pressure
The roles main duties include:
- To undertake teaching to a high standard up to Level 3 on programmes as required in accordance with staff utilisation principles.
- To be an effective member of the team and work closely with colleagues from other areas.
- To provide general guidance to students including tutorial work, transition planning and liaising with external and partner agencies as required.
- To carry out administrative duties associated with teaching, including: maintenance of registers, schemes of work, reports, and course records to a high standard and within set deadlines.
- To assist in the recruitment of students, including interviewing, enrolment, open evening and other promotional events.
- To assist in the development of the curriculum.
- To assist with activities related to the programmes of study (e.g. residential, work experience/placements and cross-college work) as may be required.
- You may be required to act as mentor and/or appraiser in the College schemes.
- You may be required to become qualified as a College First Aider. If so, appropriate committee training and release from normal duties will be given.
- You may be required to undertake minibus training.
This role requires you to engage in regulatory activity in the FE sector. The full definition of regulatory activity is set out in the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 as amended by the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012. Regulated activity includes teaching, instructing, caring for or supervising children if the person is unsupervised.
Fancy a 4-day working week*?
Grantham College operate a 4-day working week. Staff benefit from working a full-time contract over four days. You will work core hours of Monday to Thursday, working a Friday morning once a month
Grantham College experience positive benefits from the 4-day week, including improvement to staff wellbeing and morale. We have also seen benefits in terms of reduced staff turnover leading to greater consistency of performance for our students and apprentices. The number of staff sickness absence days has reduced alongside the energy usage for the college and therefore its carbon emissions. We have also seen improvements in key quality indicators such as student attendance and retention and we are confident this will feed through into improved achievement rates and more positive outcomes for our students.
What we offer you in return:
- An excellent pension scheme :
- Teachers’ Pension: Employer Contribution 28.68%
- A continued professional development programme of up to £750 per academic year
- In addition to the 8 Bank Holidays a year, a generous annual leave allowance of:
- 7.4 Weeks for Academic employees,
- Generous occupational sick pay scheme after one years service
- Family friendly policies, including up to 5 paid occasions for time off for dependants within a 12 month period, after the first year of service
- Up to Five college closure days in December in addition to annual leave
The closing date for all applications will be Sunday 26 July 2026.
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Please note that due to the volume of applications we receive we will only be able to contact candidates who have been selected for interview. You are welcome to download a full application pack and return your completed application to [email protected]
Please note that we do not accept CV’s by way of application or online application via other websites, you must complete a Grantham College application form. Grantham College are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff to share this commitment. This employment offer is subject to a self-funded satisfactory enhanced DBS check. The successful applicant will have a deduction of £61.50 taken from payroll. We are committed to diversity, equity and inclusion and welcome applications from all sections of the community.
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