Travel & Tourism Lecturer

North Warwickshire and South Leicestershire College • Full-time • Wigston, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom • £11,489 - £16,857 / year • 1d ago

Unqualified £11,489 - £12,929, Qualified- 28-36 £13,314 - £16,857

Contractual hours 15

The Position: We’re looking for a Part Time Travel & Tourism Lecturer - 15 hours per week

Are you passionate about Travel and Tourism and excited about sharing your industry knowledge? Whether you're an experienced educator or looking to transition into teaching, we’re seeking individuals with a strong understanding of the travel, tourism and aviation sectors. As a Travel and Tourism Lecturer, you’ll have the opportunity to apply your professional expertise and play a key role in developing learners, from entry-level students through to advanced programmes. Delivery may include a range of qualifications across full-time, part-time and evening provision, supporting the growth and employability of our learners. The range of qualifications may include Level 1 through to Level 3 Travel and Tourism programmes, aligned with awarding body requirements and our section’s development plan.

What skills are we looking for:

Travel & Tourism Industry Knowledge: Strong applied understanding of the travel and tourism sector, including destinations, customer service, sustainable tourism, tour operations, aviation, hospitality, and relevant legislation.
Passion for Teaching: Genuine enthusiasm for teaching travel and tourism subjects and inspiring learners’ interest in global travel, cultures, and industry careers.
Student Guidance and Support: Ability to mentor and support students from diverse backgrounds and abilities, promoting confidence, progression, and employability skills. • Collaboration and Teamwork: Willingness to work closely with colleagues to enhance the travel and tourism curriculum and contribute to programme development.
Adaptability and Innovation: Openness to innovative teaching approaches, digital learning tools, and keeping up to date with current industry trends and developments.
Organisational Skills: Effective organisation of lessons, assessments, resources, and learning activities, including trips or guest speakers where appropriate.
Problem-Solving and Critical Thinking: Ability to use real-world tourism scenarios to develop students’ analytical, decision-making, and problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities for the role:

You will be responsible for lecturing on a variety of topics with reference to travel and tourism, aviation and cabin crew.
You will be responsible for developing resources for teaching and learning.
You will be responsible for supporting learners through the teaching and tutorial processes.
You will be responsible for marking learners’ work and carrying out quality assurance activities, including assessment standardisation, internal verification and ensuring assessment practice meets awarding body and organisational requirements.
Accurate and secure record keeping, tracking learners’ attendance, behaviour and progress. GDPR compliance
Keeping up to date with developments in the travel and tourism industry and continuing with your professional development.

The Location: The site is based at Wigston

If you would like to have an informal chat about the role, please contact Tariq Arif to arrange a quick call by emailing: tariq.arif@nwslc.ac.uk

Why Should You Apply?

The pay range we’re offering is Unqualified £11,489 - £12,929, Qualified- 28-36 £13,314 - £16,857
Annual leave of 16 days, plus bank holidays and up to 5 additional closure days
Access to Teacher pension scheme with with generous Employer Pension contribution
We offer great staff development opportunities
Family friendly policies and procedures

**As part of the application process, you’ll be asked to complete a series of shortlisting questions. To strengthen your application, we recommend linking your answers directly to the person specification outlined in the job description.**

Equality, diversity, and inclusion are integral to everything that we do. We are committed to these values, and they are central to our mission. We’re committed to finding reasonable adjustments* for candidates with specific needs or have a disability during our recruitment process, and all applicants will be considered fairly and equally. We do not tolerate discrimination of any kind. *If you’d like to request a reasonable adjustment, please contact the recruiting manager.

We aim to support our employees in achieving a healthy work-life balance. We recognise that many of our employees have responsibilities and are committed to providing support for our employees. We are working hard to support flexible and new ways of working where possible and offer a wide range of benefits.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to an enhanced DBS check and satisfactory references’.

'Please apply as soon as you can as we reserve the right to close this advertisement early if we receive a suitable number of applications.'

Shortlisting Process -

Each question is scored by a minimum of 2 people on the interview panel. Those applicants with the highest overall score and meet the essential criteria for the role, will progress through to the interview stage and then their application form will be considered too

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