Job Description

Role:

Lecturer - Electrical Installation

Location:

Bedford College - Cauldwell Street Campus

Salary/Benefits:

Salary is between 31,930 and 36,878 per annum DOE and Qualifications, 45 days annual leave plus Bank holidays, Teacher's pension, Retail and Leisure Discounts, excellent professional and personal development opportunities, accessing college courses.

Hours/Weeks:

37 hours per week - 52 weeks per year

Contract Type:

Permanent - Full Time

About the role:

We are currently seeking a Lecturer in Electrical Installation to join our Construction department at The Bedford College Group

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As a Lecturer, you play an important role in the success of our students through:

Teaching & Learning Delivery

- Prepares, delivers, assesses, and verifies subject specialisms across a range of courses and levels, ensuring engaging, inclusive, and high-quality learning experiences.

Student Support & Progress Monitoring

- Provides tutorials, tracks progress, maintains records, and supports students in achieving their potential through tailored guidance and vocational opportunities.

Curriculum & Quality Development

- Leads curriculum innovation, develops schemes of work and learning materials, and contributes to course reviews, quality assurance, and programme improvement.

Collaboration & Administration

- Works with teaching teams, manages support staff in sessions, completes administrative tasks (e.g. registers, enrolments), and participates in meetings and employer reviews.

Compliance & Promotion

- Upholds safeguarding, EDI, and health and safety standards, engages in training and development, and supports marketing activities such as open days and student recruitment.

About you:

Qualifications & Industry Experience

- Holds a Level 3 qualification in Electrical Installation and a minimum Level 3 teaching qualification, with either recent teaching experience or a strong background in the UK electrotechnical industry.

Knowledge & Professional Standards

- Demonstrates up-to-date knowledge of UK Building Services, health and safety, and inclusive teaching practices, with a commitment to promoting equality, diversity, and safeguarding.

Organisational & Interpersonal Skills

- Highly organised, meets deadlines, and communicates effectively across all formats, building strong relationships with colleagues and students.

Values & Student Focus

- Aligns with college values such as student focus, high performance, and respect, consistently creating a welcoming and supportive learning environment.

Flexibility & Development

- Willing to work across college locations, adapt to changing needs, and engage in continuous professional development to maintain high-quality teaching standards.


For a more detailed breakdown of the job role and the requirements, please see the attached to this vacancy.

If you do not hold a recognised, qualified teaching qualification, please see attached PGCE CertEd information.

Interviews to be held:

02 November 2025



Successful candidates must also be able to demonstrate alignment to our organisational

VISION

values:

Valuing Teamwork

- We are one team who by working together can achieve great things, respecting the opinion and valuing the contribution each of us makes.

Improving Continuously

- We challenge ourselves to always do better by trying new things, sharing knowledge, reflecting on practice and learning from others.

Student Centred

- At our heart is always doing what is best for our students. We consider students in all of our decision making to create positive outcomes and memorable experiences for every student.

Inclusive

- We celebrate differences and diversity, recognising that we can learn from each other.

Open and Caring

- We care about the wellbeing of our staff, our students, our community and wider society, creating an environment built on trust where we listen, engage with and support each other.

Nurturing Education Excellence

- We promote educational excellence by delivering programmes that challenge our students to achieve their ambitions.

About Bedford College

Bedford College has a number of sites across the town and surrounding areas, these include our main Cauldwell Street campus in the heart of the town, our hair and beauty salon on the High Street, the advanced automotive centre on Brunel Road and the gas and technology plumbing centre in Kempston.

About The Bedford College Group

The Bedford College Group was formed in 2017 following the merger of Bedford College and Tresham College and is now the largest provider of education in the South East Midlands, with over 15,000 students passing through our doors each year.



Today, the Group is made up of a family of colleges across Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire: Bedford College, Central Bedfordshire College and Tresham College in the towns of Bedford, Dunstable, Leighton Buzzard, Corby, Kettering and Wellingborough; Shuttleworth College, a specialist land-based college; The Bedford Sixth Form, (the only dedicated sixth form in Bedford); The Corby Sixth Form, (opened in September 2023); and the National College for Motorsport alongside Silverstone race circuit. To widen accessibility to education and training, the Group also has community-based Learning Centres in Bedford, Corby and Kettering which offer IT training.

Safeguarding our Students

The Bedford College Group is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to thorough vetting process which includes, an enhanced DBS check and satisfactory references.



This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. The Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the Exceptions Order 1975, provides information about which convictions must be declared during job applications and related exceptions and further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guide. The Bedford College Group's policy on Employment of Ex-Offenders is attached to this vacancy.

Candidates who are barred from working with children are reminded it is a criminal offence to apply for this post.