British Sign Language Teacher - West London College : Job Details

Hours: Variable (provisionally Friday morning - two hours per session)

Time: potentially 9:00 - 11:00

Starting: January 2025

Salary: Hourly-paid

Closing Date: 25th November

Location: Off-site (Westminster)

About us:

At West London College, we are committed to championing innovation and creativity, and we invite you to join us on this journey. We welcome applicants who can share our values of Ambition, Innovation, Accountability and Inclusion. We have three college sites across West London: Ealing, Hammersmith, and Southall. By bringing your skills to the College, you will have a wonderful opportunity to make a difference in our students’ education and future.

As a diverse College in the UK, we offer an exciting, innovative and stimulating work environment with a wide variety of employment opportunities and a culture focused on Fairness, Respect, Equality, Diversity, Inclusion & Engagement.

For further information about the College, please visit our website.

About the role:

You will be delivering two BSL courses at an off-site location to a cohort of adult learners. One course will be an introduction to BSL with six sessions. This will be followed by a programme helping students to prepare for and pass the BSL Level 1 exam. This course will include some online study, which you will be involved in the design and delivery of.

Your experience of teaching BSL will be invaluable to the College not only in the successful delivery of the programme but also in the potential development of further programmes.

A security check will be required by our partner for the delivery of the programme on their premises, so you will need to be willing to comply with this requirement on their behalf, too.

To be eligible to apply for this role, you must possess the relevant qualifications listed in the Person Specification. For more information please have a look at the Job Description which outlines the role and person specification in further detail.

What we offer:

Our team are important to us, and we offer a wide range of benefits to recognise the hard work put into supporting our learners. As a Teacher, you will receive:

- Eye care vouchers

- Cycle to Work scheme

- Interest-free loans for Season tickets; Computers

- Contributory average salary with Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS)

- Continuous Professional Development Events (CPD)

- Access to Perkbox, our rewards and discount platform

- Access to the Colleges Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)

- Discount at the College's on-site hair and beauty salon.

Important Information:

The safety and welfare of our learners and staff are extremely important to us, and this is why we pride ourselves on our safeguarding procedures. As part of our commitment to safeguarding, successful candidates will be subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check. Please note it is an offence to apply for this role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activities relevant to children.

For further information about our Safeguarding and Prevent policy, please view the documents attached.

We encourage and welcome applications from individuals, regardless of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender reassignment or identity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnership.

To apply, please complete an application form before the closing date specified, as CVs will not be accepted. Please ensure you also include a supporting Statement as part of your application where you need to address how you fit the Person Specification detailed in the Job Description attached to be considered for the position.

In submitting your application for this position, you are strictly prohibited from using any form of AI (artificial intelligence) tools or automation. By applying, you confirm that all content is your own and not generated or assisted by AI.

We reserve the right to close the submission deadline earlier than expected, so please ensure you submit your application as soon as possible.