Lecturer/Assessor - Electrical Apprenticeships
| Posting date: | 19 February 2026 |
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| Salary: | £29,810 to £40,572 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 05 March 2026 |
| Location: | Weston-Super-Mare, Somerset, BS22 8ND |
| Company: | Weston College |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | WREQ5804_1771502441 |
Summary
As one of the fastest-growing Colleges in the UK, delivering courses from entry level right up to Masters degrees, Weston College is an inspiring place to work. Why not join us as a Lecturer/Assessor - Electrical Apprenticeships?
This is a full-time role, working 37 hours per week.
A temporary Recruitment and Retention Premia of £3,500 per annum is attached to this post, which is a separate payment in addition to the normal salary. A review of market conditions will be carried out 6 months prior to the proposed end date to establish if the Recruitment and Retention Premia should continue.
Interviews for this role will take place on-site, at one of our college campuses in Weston-super-Mare.
Day to day duties of the role
- Providing high-quality, innovative teaching, learning, assessment, and internal moderation across a range of work-based learning courses from Level 2-6 in alignment with awarding organisations and/or IfATE standards.
- Produce bespoke apprenticeship Career Development Plans that include individual development and industry enrichment, ensuring employers are involved in creating and updating these through participation in reviews of progress.
- Identify the starting points of learners accurately and develop programmes that support individual growth, including the development of English and maths, wider skills.
- Prepare learners for End Point Assessment (EPA) by developing and delivering formative assessment throughout the program, ensuring engagement of their employer to support achievement at EPA.
Required skills and qualifications
- Relevant occupational experience and knowledge of the industry/sector.
- Experience of stakeholder management to evoke high levels of engagement, opportunity and productivity.
- Knowledge of work-based learning and apprenticeship provision.
- To be able to work unsupervised demonstrating self-management when under pressure and in demanding situations.
For full details about the role and its responsibilities, please view the job description and person specification attached above.
Benefits
- Generous holiday entitlement
- 2-week Christmas closure
- Potential for hybrid working opportunities
- Volunteering Days (Up to two days of paid volunteering leave per academic year)
- Flexible start and finish times outside of core hours, 9.30am - 3.00pm, Monday to Friday (only available during holiday periods for Academic staff)
- Dedicated staff welfare officer and wellbeing champions
- Generous pension scheme
- Local and national staff discounts
- Free parking across sites
- Various staff committees including Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, Autism and Menopause
- Focus on staff wellbeing
- Wellbeing@weston hub
- Eye care including free eye test and a contribution towards glasses
- Annual staff conference with guest speakers
- Employee assistance programme - available 24/7, 365 days a year
- Training and development opportunities with a focus on progression
Targeted Retention Incentives
If you're making the move into further education teaching, you may be eligible for the government's targeted retention incentive (formerly "levelling-up premium") payments, worth up to £6,000 for eligible FE teachers in their first five years and teaching certain shortage subjects.
Please note eligibility for the Targeted Retention Incentive varies by role, subject area and provider, they do not apply to every vacancy and is therefore not guaranteed.
Weston College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
We value equality, diversity and inclusion, and welcome applications from all backgrounds and communities. As a Disability Confident employer, we will support applicants who require reasonable adjustments at any stage of the recruitment process, please contact or 01934 411441.
Please note: this vacancy may close early if sufficient applications are received, so we encourage early applications.
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