Variable Hours Lecturer - English

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Job profile for Variable Hours Lecturer - English.

Variable Hours Lecturer - English

Location: Wycombe.

Closing date for applications: 13/10/2026.

Attachments JD-VHL~1.PDF Buckinghamshire College Group Recruitment Pack.pdf

Job details

Salary Unqualified: £26.00 per hour, plus Holiday payQualified: £29.50 per hour, plus Holiday pay. Contractual hours 0 Basis Variable Hours Region South Package Teachers Pension Scheme, Free Parking, Discounted Childcare in the Aylesbury Day Nursery, Discounted treatments in the Aylesbury Salon Intuition, Cycle to Work Scheme, Continuous Professional Development (CPD) Job category/type Academic Date posted 15/09/2026 Job reference REQ2296

Job description

Do you enjoy sharing your knowledge and expertise, have a desire to make a difference and want to be involved in educating young people and adult learners?

We are seeking to recruit a Variable Hours Lecturer for our English department , to join Buckinghamshire College Group based at our Wycombe Campus.

Working within our dedicated English department you will be promoting high levels of student ambition leading to positive progression and excellent employer satisfaction .

You will play a key role in inspiring and supporting a diverse cohort of students to build confidence and succeed in English, developing essential literacy, communication and employability skills needed for further study and the workplace. With a strong emphasis on inclusive teaching, high standards of student achievement, and continuous improvement, this is an excellent opportunity to make a meaningful impact while benefiting from the flexibility of a variable hours role within a collaborative and forward-thinking college environment.

The successful candidate will be required to:

• Have the ability to plan and prepare innovative schemes of work, lesson plans and assessment schedules which motivate students to achieve.
• Plan and deliver highly effective learning programmes for diverse groups or individuals in a safe and inclusive environment, whilst also ensuring students are stretched and challenged to reach their full potential.
• Address the English needs of students and work creatively to overcome individual barriers to learning, both within and outside of the classroom

We will encourage you to develop new skills and expand your opportunities within the college. We are also flexible and accommodating, allowing you to be as productive as possible.

Why join Buckinghamshire College Group?

We will encourage you to develop new skills and expand your opportunities within the College. We are also flexible and accommodating, allowing you to be as productive as possible.

Employee benefits include:

• Pension scheme – TPS (Teacher Pension Scheme)
• Generous annual leave entitlement plus Bank Holidays & additional leave purchase scheme
• Access to free training & continuous professional development
• A bespoke package of intensive induction and probation support
• Flexible working policy and a commitment to employee wellbeing
• Discounts in the Aylesbury Day Nursery & Aylesbury Hair & Beauty (HAB) Salon)
• 24/ 7 access to our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
• Cycle to work and local business employee corporate discount schemes

Buckinghamshire College Group is a Further Education college with three campuseslocatedin Aylesbury,Amershamand Wycombe. We are proud to be a skills-based college supporting over 5,000 learners each year to achieve their study and career goals and play a pivotal role in the Buckinghamshire community working with a wide range of employers for example, Pinewood Studios, NHS Trusts and Flannery Plant Hire to name but a few.

As a member of our team, you will have an unwavering passion for learning and for supporting students and staff to achieve more than they ever thought possible – while being innovative and comfortable with experimentation of new ideas and approaches including use of digital tools to enhance student engagement - we call this the Bucks College Factor!

If you have the Bucks College Factor, this sounds like a role for you and Buckinghamshire College Group sounds like a placeyou’dlike to be part of, thenwe’dlove to hear from you.

Taking Teaching Further

The College actively engages with the Education & Training Foundation’s Taking Teaching Further scheme to recruit industry professionals to teach within Further Education.

As industry professionals offer our students industry experience andinsightwe support our unqualified teachers to learn ‘on the job’.You will be given full support throughout your development to fully qualified teacher status. Whilst in employment you would be enrolled onto the Level 3 Award in Education and Training. After completion you can choose to move be onto our Level 5 Diploma in Education and Training qualification. This isa great wayfor experienced professionals to achieve a recognised teaching qualification whilst in employment.

Commitment to Safeguarding

BCG is committed to equal opportunities for all, safeguarding and promoting the welfare of students and staff alike; all posts are subject to enhanced DBS checks.

For more information about the role, please refer to the Job Description and Terms and Conditionslocatedin the job details above.

The closing date for applications is 13/10/ 2026 . Interviews are scheduled to take place on 21/10/ 2026 ; however, please note that these dates may be subject to change.

We reserve the right to close this vacancyearly, ifwe receive sufficient applications or source a suitable candidate. Therefore, if you are interested, pleasesubmityour application as early as possible.

Variable Hours Lecturer - English

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