Hours: Full Time (36 hours per week)
Contract: Permanent
Salary: £34,157 - £47,073 FTE per annum (pro-rata)
Closing Date: Tuesday 9th June 2026, Hammersmith and West London College
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, Collaboration and Inclusion.
We have three College sites across West London at 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:
We are seeking a motivated and skilled Lecturer in Foundation Learning to join our Foundation Learning department at Ealing campus.
You will be responsible for delivering high-quality teaching, learning and assessment across Foundation Learning programmes, supporting learners to achieve their full potential. The role involves classroom and workshop-based delivery, learner support, assessment, and contribution to curriculum development, ensuring provision remains industry-relevant and aligned with awarding body requirements.
Where appropriate, you may also take responsibility for leading a study programme or course, including curriculum design, quality assurance and learner outcomes.
The ideal candidate will:
- Deliver engaging and effective teaching, training and assessment across Foundation Learning programmes.
- Prepare lesson plans, schemes of work and high-quality teaching materials in line with College and awarding body requirements.
- Act as a Personal Tutor, providing academic and pastoral support and delivering the College tutorial programme.
- Monitor learner attendance, progress, behaviour and achievement, taking appropriate action where required.
- Integrate English and Maths into vocational teaching and support delivery of GCSE and/or Functional Skills where required.
- Act as an internal assessor and internal verifier as required.
- Contribute to learner recruitment activities, including open evenings, interviews and course promotion.
- Support work experience, industry engagement activities, external visits and employer partnerships.
- Promote high standards of health & safety, safeguarding, equality, diversity and inclusion.
- Contribute to quality improvement processes including self-assessment, course review and evaluation.
- Maintain up-to-date vocational knowledge and meet minimum occupational competence requirements.
- Programme Leader responsibilities (where applicable):
- Lead curriculum planning and programme delivery to meet learner and local skills needs.
- Coordinate delivery teams and ensure compliance with awarding body requirements.
- Monitor learner progress, behaviour and outcomes, including English, Maths and work experience.
- Lead internal verification and liaise with awarding bodies and validating institutions.
Our learners are at the heart of our college, so to motivate and support our learners, having a passion for delivering student success and having the ability to use inspiring teaching methods and produce engaging teaching materials is essential.
We aim to recruit the best staff possible and to deliver first-class teaching to our learners. If you are driven, enthusiastic and committed to ensuring an outstanding experience for the learners we serve, we would love to hear from you. For more information, please 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:
40 days Holiday Allowance, plus bank holidays (8) and college closure days at Christmas (3)
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.
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.