Responsibilities

We are looking to recruit an experienced Technician Electrical for our Skilled Service Industries department in Aylesbury.

The successful candidate will be required to:

• To support and teach at all levels, appropriate to qualifications and experience, within the relevant Team and elsewhere within the College as required.
• To manage the workshops through liaison with the lecturer and HOD to ensure they are equipped and ready for planned practical sessions.
• To ensure that students are abiding by the College Code of Conduct and their behaviour is appropriate.
• To support & supervise & instruct students whilst on self-directed study, both in the presence and absence of the tutor.
• To ensure records of student achievements are maintained as required by the Sector and relevant external bodies.
• To keep accurate and up to date registers of classes taught of learner attendances, lateness and marks.

If you're ready to take on this challenging yet rewarding role, apply now and join us in our mission to empower every student to reach their full potential!

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.

While working at Buckinghamshire College Group you can also take advantage of a host of employee benefits including:

• Pension scheme - LGPS (21% employer contribution)
• 30 days holiday entitlement plus Bank Holidays & Additional annual leave purchase scheme
• A wide range of learning - 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
• 24hrs/7days a week 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 campuses located in Aylesbury, Amersham and Wycombe. We are proud to be a skills-based college supporting over 5000 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.

You will have an unwavering passion for learning and for supporting learners and staff to achieve more than they ever thought possible – 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 place you’d like to be part of, then we’d love to hear from you.

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.

Only completed applications will be considered for this role. All applicants will need to complete an application form via our College Website, a member of the team will contact you once you have submitted your CV with details on how to complete this.

For more information on the role please contact HR directly.

Closing date for applications is the 10th September 2024. Interviews will be scheduled as soon as we receive sufficient applications or identify a suitable candidate.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early, if we receive sufficient applications or source a suitable candidate. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

Person Specification

Essential:

Formal Qualification

• Level 2 qualification in relevant subject area.
• Level 3 qualification in relevant subject area
• Teaching qualification/ or willingness to obtain designated teaching qualification within specified time.
• Maths and English qualification to Level 2 or higher
• Certificate in Assessing Vocational Achievement (CAVA) or willingness to work towards
• Certificate in Leading the Internal Quality Assurance of Assessment Process and Practice (CLIQA) or willingness to work towards.

Knowledge

• An in-depth and practical knowledge of relevant subject.
• Knowledge of current qualification structure.
• Knowledge of issues affecting Further Education.
• An understanding of, and demonstrable commitment to, Safeguarding Children and Young People (Every Child Matters) and Vulnerable Adults.

Experience

•  Relevant, successful experience of instructing and demonstrating or teaching.
• Recent successful professional experience in the relevant area.

Skills

• Ability to communicate with a range of students on both theoretical and practical aspects.
• Ability to lead students to the successful completion of their course.
• Able to manage an instructor/technician (where appropriate).
• A skills ability to teach a range of subjects.
• Good organisational and administrative skills
• Ability to use full ICT facilities supporting the learning process

Desirable:

Other Specific Qualities: 

• Ability to demonstrate values and behaviours suitable to work with children and young people
• Prepared to be actively involved in the development of courses.
• Excellent communicator.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality
• Able to work as a team player.
• Able to work under pressure with changing priorities.
• Very strong commitment to equality and diversity, showing a desire to challenge inequality and promote diversity.
• Ability to promote and deliver outstanding customer service