Lecturer - Maths

'The only way to learn mathematics is to do mathematics' – Paul Halmos

As a teacher, tutor or practitioner who’s delivered Maths, you’ll know its value is beyond the classroom.

Sheppey College is at the heart of its community, whilst being part of the East Kent College Group.

You’ll focus on the futures of the students, enabling their maximum potential.

As an ‘Outstanding’ Ofsted rated provider, you’ll be part of an organisation which leads in standards of teaching, whilst focusing on your development and wellbeing. If you’re not a qualified teacher, we offer support and training through our Teacher Academy.

Could you deliver Maths to Functional Skills and GCSE level?

As a Lecturer of Maths with us, you will teach, train, and assess students in a variety of learning environments, ensuring a high-quality learning experience. Your role will also include providing support to learners to enable them to achieve their maximum potential and to lead as appropriate on designated study programmes and/or courses, with a key responsibility for ensuring the design, delivery, and evaluation of programme.

We focus on you, and here are just some of the benefits when working with us:

• Competitive holiday entitlement (50+ days per year).
• Free Parking and close to train links.
• Store, retail, restaurant, grocery, and gym discounts.
• Cycle to work, car leasing and technology schemes. 
• Opportunity to progress, train and develop - we have a fantastic teaching programme.
• Generous teaching pension scheme (28% employer contribution).
• Laptop and equipment provided.
• My 10 days – bid for up-to 10 days off to pursue volunteering.

Outstanding Ofsted Provider

East Kent Colleges Group is an Ofsted Outstanding rated provider. It is proud to be the first General Further Education college organisation in the country to have received the Outstanding grade against each of the strands under the new Ofsted inspection framework. An inclusive provider, our colleagues place our students and the communities we serve at the heart of everything they do across EKC Group and this is illustrated in our ‘Strong’ skills grading by Ofsted.

Commitment to Safeguarding

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and we ensure that all staff are aware of their responsibilities for upholding these principles.

As a designated establishment, we are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore have an obligation to carry out checks to ensure that staff are suitable to work with children and vulnerable adults. These checks include conviction/caution self-declaration, Enhanced DBS check and obtaining sufficient referencing.

It is a criminal offence to apply for a post which involves engaging in regulated activity relevant to children if you are barred from doing so.

If you are successful in being shortlisted to interview, your suitability to work with children and vulnerable adults will be explored as part of the interview process.

Commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

East Kent Colleges Group is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all members of our communities. We are particularly keen to increase the diversity of our staff body and encourage applications from candidates where there is underrepresentation in our workforce.

We are proud to hold the Positive About Disability Award and are a Disability Confident Employer. This confirms our commitment to interviewing all applicants who declare that they have a disability and who meet the essential criteria outlined in the person specification. With any successful candidate, we will explore any reasonable adjustments to a role due to a health needs or disability.

Similarly, we have a commitment to Care Leavers (Care Covenant Pledge) and to current or previous Armed Forces personnel (Armed Forces Covenant Pledge) with a commitment to interview applicants who meet the positions essential criteria and who have declared this on their application. 

We welcome applications from anyone wishing to work flexibly and those considering a return to work from a career break.

We do not engage with agencies for permanent staff and have an in-house recruitment team.