Lecturer Catering

About The Role This role is focused on delivering an outstanding catering provision for post-16 students, creating an exceptional learning and student experience that supports high-quality achievement outcomes and positive progression destinations. The postholder will play a key part in maintaining high standards across the catering provision while fostering an environment in which students can develop their skills, confidence, and employability. In addition, the role involves undertaking a range of administrative and developmental responsibilities that contribute to continuous improvement, helping to enhance standards, raise achievement, and enrich the overall student experience. Through effective organisation, collaboration, and commitment to quality, the postholder will support the ongoing success and development of the provision. Key Responsibilities

• Deliver consistently high-quality, engaging teaching that inspires, challenges, and motivates all students to achieve their potential and more.
• Teach complex and challenging concepts skilfully, using a range of methods to link new and prior knowledge and skills, supporting students to secure long-term understanding and confident application.
• Take ownership of delivering excellent student outcomes, including attendance, achievement, high grades, value-added, and preparation for high-quality destinations such as first-class university entry, competitive careers, or advanced study.
• Be ambitious for all students, providing opportunities to excel beyond the taught curriculum through external showcases and competitions.
• Make available high-quality schemes of work, assessment plans, and teaching resources that are maintained, and updated.
• Conduct and use effective initial assessments to identify starting points and plan inclusive, adaptive teaching that responds to SEND needs and individual barriers, placing students at the centre of teaching and learning decisions.
• Produce and maintain strategic student profiles, and track, analyse, and act on performance data, setting and reviewing individual SMART targets to support improvement, retention, and achievement.
• Use formative and summative assessment effectively to guide students and refine teaching practice, providing clear, timely, and developmental feedback that supports learning and achievement.
• Support students to develop positive behaviour and wellbeing, providing timely, structured support and challenge when expectations are not met.
• Build and maintain industry, community, and employer links to enhance learning and employability, and to inform updates to curriculum content based on student needs and sector developments.
Skills & Expertise
• Up-to-date subject and industry knowledge, informed by current practice, research and employer requirements.
• Ability to design and deliver high-quality and well-sequenced curriculum using effective pedagogy, coherent schemes of work and authentic assessment - including use of digital technologies
• Experience and/or understanding of Professional Cooking at Level 1 - 3.
• Relevant industry experience aligned to the subject area and qualification requirements.
Qualifications & Training
• Relevant subject qualification at or above the level taught.
• Recognised teaching qualification (PGCE/Cert Ed/DTLLS) or commitment to achieving one.
• GCSE (or equivalent) English and Maths at Grade C/4 or above, or a commitment to obtain Level 2 Functional Skills alongside the post.
• Any additional specialist qualifications where appropriate (e.g., Masters, technical certificates). (Desirable)
  
  Up-to-date subject and industry knowledge, informed by current practice, research and employer requirements.
• Ability to design and deliver high-quality and well-sequenced curriculum using effective pedagogy, coherent schemes of work and authentic assessment - including use of digital technologies
• Experience and/or understanding of Professional Cooking at Level 1 - 3.
• Relevant industry experience aligned to the subject area and qualification requirements.
Qualifications & Training
• Relevant subject qualification at or above the level taught.
• Recognised teaching qualification (PGCE/Cert Ed/DTLLS) or commitment to achieving one.
• GCSE (or equivalent) English and Maths at Grade C/4 or above, or a commitment to obtain Level 2 Functional Skills alongside the post.
• Any additional specialist qualifications where appropriate (e.g., Masters, technical certificates). (Desirable)