Lecturer in Sports
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Position Overview & Specifications
Location: Bury, Greater Manchester
Salary: £29,109 - £33,739 pa (£25,873 - £28,265 pa for NTs) Pay award pending
Expiry date: 26/05/2023
Hours: 37 hours per week
Contract Length: Permanent
About This Position
Are you passionate about teaching and learning, keen to share your experience, skills, and knowledge with others?
Can you be a positive and inspirational role model for learners? If so, this could be the perfect role for you!
Here at Bury College, we are seeking a Lecturer to deliver excellent and inclusive teaching, learning and assessment on our Sports courses, inspiring learners to succeed and progress.
You will plan delivery so schemes of work, lesson plans and individual learning plans support learner programmes and undertake ongoing high-quality formative and summative assessment of learners’ work, both in class and through regular out of class activity to monitor progress.
About You
We’re looking for someone who holds a degree or equivalent in Sport (or a related subject area) and who has previous teaching experience on Sport (or related) courses (or teaching practice for NQT’s). Your experience will include producing effective schemes of work and lesson plans, and mean you are able to integrate high-quality formative assessments into classroom delivery.
A teaching qualification or professional recognition in learning and skills is not essential, however we do ask that you are working towards this.
About Us
Bury College is a Further Education College offering a wide range of courses to over 5,000 full time students and over 5,650 part time students each year.
Dedicated to providing the communities we serve with a broad choice of learning options, Bury College offers a range of A Level courses, vocational programmes, and apprenticeships. In addition to this, we have higher level courses available at Bury College University Centre, as well as courses for adults.
And the benefits of working for us?
- 45 days annual leave plus bank holidays and Christmas closure
- Occupational sick pay (up to 6 months full pay followed by 6 months half pay)
- Teachers or Local Authority Pension Fund
- Flexible working
- Foster Family Friendly Policy
- Special Leave of Absence
- Paid leave for religious festivals
- Up to two weeks paid bereavement leave
- Sabbaticals
- Comprehensive induction and on-going training
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Occupational Health Service
- Onsite gym
- Cycle to Work Scheme
- Onsite nursery (places not guaranteed)
- Free onsite parking (spaces not guaranteed)
- Bury College is committed to ensure equality of opportunity, celebrating diversity, safeguarding its learners and expects all staff to share these commitments.
Please note that new guidance in Keeping Children Safe in Education 2022 requires us to carry out an online search as part of our due diligence on shortlisted candidates. This to enable us to identify any incidents or issues which have happened and are publicly available online which we might want to explore at interview. Once shortlisting has taken place, this search will be carried out for all candidates who will attend an interview.
Candidate Selection & Onboarding Process
Application & Resume Screening
Submit your tailored CV/Resume directly to the talent acquisition portal.
Technical & Competency Interviews
Virtual interviews with the hiring manager and multidisciplinary team.
Formal Offer & Benefits Negotiation
Written agreement outlining compensation, equity, retirement vesting, and relocation allowances.
Onboarding & Corporate Integration
Equipment provisioning, team orientation, and commencement of duties.
United Kingdom Right to Work & Skilled Worker Visa Guide
Employment in the United Kingdom requires legal Right to Work verified under the Home Office Points-Based Immigration System:
Sponsoring employers must hold an active Home Office A-rated Sponsor License and assign a valid Certificate of Sponsorship (CoS). Role must meet the general minimum salary threshold (£38,700) or occupation going rate.
Continuous employment under Skilled Worker status establishes eligibility for Indefinite Leave to Remain (ILR) after 5 continuous years, leading to British Citizenship.
Candidate Preparation Blueprint: Colleges & Universities
Based on transatlantic hiring benchmarks for Lecturer in Sports roles across Bury College's corporate sector, successful applicants typically excel across three core dimensions:
Demonstrated portfolio evidence, architecture/system design case studies, or validated professional certifications directly applicable to Colleges & Universities.
STAR method competency responses highlighting cross-functional leadership, conflict resolution, and delivering measurable enterprise ROI under tight timelines.
Total compensation expectation aligned within the benchmarked £25,873 - £28,265 bracket, including retirement vesting and health parity.
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