With strong leadership, management, and organisational skills, the candidate will be able to inspire, champion, and develop sports students within the area.
Key facts
- Full-time, permanent
37 hours per week - Salary
£28,643 to £36,198, depending on qualifications and experience
Closing date
Sunday 5th January 2025Interview date
w/c 13th January 2025
Are you experienced in delivering practical indoor and outdoor sports activities and uniformed public/protective services? The successful applicant will be able to teach individual and team sports and have an active knowledge of fitness.
With strong leadership, management, and organisational skills, the candidate will be able to inspire, champion, and develop sports students within the area. This is an exceptional opportunity to work as part of a very successful team that strives to maximise the students’ potential in reaching their targets.
The successful candidates will themselves be educated to a degree level or equivalent and capable of sharing their knowledge with our students in an engaging and informative manner that benefits their passion for the subject.
Teaching experience is desirable, but we are looking for someone who is confident in sharing their experience and knowledge with our students. We would support you in gaining a formal teaching qualification alongside your work with us.
Summary of responsibilities
- To develop a stimulating and exciting programme for learners
- To manage and provide good quality teaching and learning to support student achievement
- To seek to ensure that student retention and achievement targets are met
- To contribute towards the college’s strategic objectives
- Provide a safe and healthy environment in which to work and learn
- Ensure a high quality of adequate resources and materials are provided to enhance learning, thereby enriching the opportunity and experience of learners
- Safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults
See the Job Description for full details.
Why choose us?
Set within the Lake District's breathtaking UNESCO World Heritage site, Kendal College is an FE college that consistently punches above its weight on the national stage. Under the leadership of our new Principal, the college is embarking on a series of bold steps to grow the college and remain a top-notch education provider for Cumbria and the North West region. Our students focus on their learning, achieve high levels of attainment and consistently give us high satisfaction ratings. The college recognises the wellbeing of its staff as a priority, as well as ensuring that excellent work is appropriately identified and that a healthy work-life balance is maintained.
What we offer
- Great career progression opportunities
- A generous holiday entitlement
- Excellent pension schemes for all staff
- Seven efficiency days per year (pro rata) and your hard-earned holiday allocation
- A college committed to helping every student reach their full potential, irrespective of their ability
- Excellent CPD opportunities to grow and develop
- Employee Assistant Program
- A comprehensive staff awards, rewards, and wellbeing scheme
- Membership options to other discounting/saving providers
- A full range of hairdressing and beauty therapy treatments
- Discounts in the college restaurant
- Enhanced maternity pay
- Enhanced absence pay
- Blue Light card eligibility
- Free will writing
- Discounted eye teats and winter flu vaccine
- Access to discounted gym membership
What we're looking for
As a college employee, you will be expected to embrace college values and implement college policies and procedures by:
- Seeing learners as our priority
- Embracing equal opportunities and respecting diversity
- Working cooperatively with colleagues
- Respecting and valuing the work of all our stakeholders
- Striving for continuous improvement
- Adhering to college policies and procedures
- Promoting the welfare of children, young people, and vulnerable adults
Qualifications
| Essential | Desirable |
|---|---|
| A recognized teaching qualification or be willing to obtain within 2 years of appointment | |
| A degree or equivalent qualification in the related discipline | |
| First aid | |
| Sports/fitness based NGB qualification | |
| English & Maths at level 2 (GCSE A* to C or equivalent) |
Experience
| Essential | Desirable |
|---|---|
| Recent experience of teaching in an educational environment | Recent experience of teaching in an FE/HE environment |
| Recent experience of delivering practical indoor and outdoor sports activities | Experience of teaching BTEC or other AO uniformed public/protective services |
| Employment or volunteering within a protective service/sport or outdoor |
Knowledge & Skills
| Essential | Desirable |
|---|---|
| Effective communication skills | |
| Effective presentation skills | |
| Effective use of ILT to promote teaching and learning and monitor learning | |
| Good general knowledge of health and safety at work in an educational and the relevant vocational environment | |
| Ability to provide high quality pastoral care to learners | |
| Effective classroom management skills | |
| Comprehensive current technical knowledge and skills commensurate with the required vocational delivery |
Right to work
All applicants must be eligible to live and work in the UK. Documented evidence of eligibility and a photo ID will be required from candidates at the interview as part of our standard recruitment process.
Safeguarding statement
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all learners and expect all staff to share this commitment. Employment at the college is subject to an enhanced DBS check via the Disclosure & Barring Service, and any post in regulated activity will also be subject to an additional barred list check.
