Teacher in Travel and Tourism 0.6 FTE

This role is available on either a full-time or part-time basis. 

Ready for your next challenge and looking to inspire the next generation of Travel and Tourism professionals?

We are seeking a passionate and motivated Teacher of Travel and Tourism to join our team and make a real difference to the lives and future careers of our learners. We have full or part time opportunities. Please state in your application your preference.

In this role, you will design and deliver engaging, high-quality learning experiences that inspire, challenge and support learners to achieve their full potential. Using a variety of innovative teaching approaches and learning strategies, you will create an inclusive and dynamic learning environment that meets the diverse needs of our students.

You will play a key role in shaping and developing the curriculum, monitoring learner progress, and providing meaningful feedback and assessment to help learners succeed both in college and during work-based learning opportunities. Working closely with colleagues and industry partners, you will support learners to achieve ambitious goals and develop the skills, knowledge and confidence needed for future success.

If you are committed to delivering outstanding education and want to help transform lives through learning,

Benefits: - As a teaching colleague you’ll go into the Teacher Pensions scheme and enjoy some really great benefits for example, a great holiday allowance of 45 days (pro rata for fractional contracts) which doesn’t include bank holidays (there on top), Costa Coffee on site, Free on-site Gym at Beaufort Road, onsite bakery products at Tameside One, The Restaurant at Tameside One to name but a few. Of course, we offer retail discounts, cycle to work and a saving club via Manchester Credit Union.

Here’s the standard bit: You’ll be responsible for planning, delivering and developing teaching/learning programmes using a flexible range of strategies and learning styles; taking responsibility for your quality of teaching and related curriculum development that meet learner needs, whilst assessing learners progress in college or on work experience and devise assessment processes against highly personalised progress targets. You will be experienced and be a strong team player with excellent communication skills.

What you’ll need: - Relevant experience in the travel and tourism sector is essential to the role.

Enthusiasm, resilience and highly motivated with Literacy and Numeracy to at least Level 2, you must have a Level 3 qualification or relevant NVQ (or equivalent).

Level 4 Teaching Qualification: Certificate in Education/ PGCE/Bachelor of Education or required to achieve Level 5 Diploma (DTLLS) or equivalent within 3 years of appointment, relevant assessment qualifications – IQA/A1/V1 and evidence of current Continuous Professional Development.

About us: Tameside College has an excellent reputation and this is a real opportunity for you to make a difference in people’s lives. We’re based in Ashton-Under-Lyne Greater Manchester in a diverse and vibrant further education college that offers a wide range of course including A level and advanced level vocational study programmes, Apprenticeships and adult courses up to degree Level. We aim to give all our students an exceptional experience.

We believe in excellence and we back that up with high expectations, a superb working environment (as part of the Vision Tameside £100 million+ accommodation strategy) and outstanding teaching. We also believe that attending college is about more than achieving a qualification, important though that is. This is why we aim to give learners every opportunity to develop their full potential in a supportive and friendly environment.

Tameside College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all learners and expects all staff to share this commitment. Employment at Tameside College is subject to an Enhanced DBS (Disclosure & Barring Service) Check via the Disclosure and Barring Service and any post in regulated activity will also be subject to an additional barred list check. Tameside College will meet the costs associated with this.

Please note Keeping Children Safe in Education 2024 guidance requires us to carry out an online search as part of our due diligence on shortlisted candidates. This is to enables us to identify any incidents or issues which we might want to explore at interview with you. Once shortlisting has taken place, this search will be carried out for all candidates who are invited to attend an interview.

Please note that due to the volume of applications we receive we are unfortunately not able to respond to each applicant. If you have not been called for interview within 3 weeks of the closing date, you should assume that on this occasion your application has been unsuccessful.

Come join us on our journey to outstanding!

Recruitment Agencies: We are not utilising the service of recruitment agencies for this vacancy and will accept direct applications only. Any CV’s forwarded for this vacancy will be treated as a gift and not subject to your terms and conditions.