VACANCY - Peripatetic Lecturer in Arboriculture

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Peripatetic Lecturer in Arboriculture-Primarily Trees & Timber Apprenticeship

Salary: £18,523 - £33,231 plus £1,871 (if qualified)

 

Capel Manor College are looking to recruit a Lecturer in Arboriculture-Primarily Trees & Timber Apprenticeship.

 

The vacancy is full time & peripatetic but will focus on our sites at Crystal Palace and Horsenden in West London in the first instance.

 

About the College

 

Capel Manor College in Greater London, is a vocational college delivering Arboriculture and Countryside, Animal Care and Saddlery, Floristry and Balloon Artistry, Garden Design and Horticulture.

 

Key Duties:

 

• Participate in the teaching, administration and assessment of arboriculture courses offered by the College.

• Co-ordinate practical elements of course provision.

• Undertake course management as required, prepare work schedules, co-ordinate assessment procedures and prepare course reports and statistics as required by the College.

• Developing and teaching apprenticeship/short courses to meet the needs of employers.

• Assist in the development and establishment of flexi-study and Distance/Open Learning courses.

• Participate in the development, organisation and delivery of new educational and curricular initiatives undertaken by the College as appropriate.

• Working within prescribed budgets.

• Maintain an up-to-date catalogue of schemes of work and lesson plans for each course.

• Prepare a work schedule for students and co-ordinate all assessment procedures.

• Liaise as necessary with the appropriate Course Manager concerning individual student progress and development.

 

For a full list of duties please refer to the College job description.

 

Essential Criteria:

 

• Experience of working in or with the Arboriculture & Countryside industrial.

• Experience of inspecting/surveying trees.

• Proven experience in supervision and motivation of people.

• National Diploma in Arboriculture or related award (minimum).

• Teaching qualification (or working towards).

• Assessor awards (training will be provided to achieve these).

• Familiarity with ILT applications.

• Well organised and able to manage and organise self and others effectively to meet deadlines.

• Excellent administrative skills.

• Ability to work on own initiative within agreed strategic guidelines.

• High degree of personal presentation and customer care skills.

• An understanding of and commitment to Diversity & Equality as it applies to a supportive service and in the workplace.

• An understanding of safeguarding and a commitment to creating a safe learning environment.

• A clean driving licence with category D1/E1.

 

Hours: 36 per week

 

Start date: ASAP

 

Closing date: 03.02.14

 

These posts are subject to an enhanced DBS disclosure and barring list check as they are within regulated activity due to Capel Manor College being defined as a ‘specified place’.

 

Capel Manor College aims to employ a workforce which reflects the community it serves. Therefore applications from minority groups are welcomed. The College is a Two Ticks Employer (Positive About Disabled People) and therefore where applicants indicate they have a disability and meet the essential criteria in the person specification, they will be short-listed for interview.

 

Capel Manor College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff to share this commitment.

 

It is anticipated that candidates who progress from the application stage will be asked to attend the College for an interview within three weeks of the closing date. Therefore, if you do not hear from the College within that time you may assume that your application has been unsuccessful.

 

To apply, in the first instance, please send a copy of your CV along with covering letter to: [email protected] Please note, if you are successful in the selection process you will be required to complete a College application form before the advertised close date. A CV will not be accepted on its own.