Lecturer and Team Leader – Creative Industries

The Commercial, Creative and Professional School at Carshalton College is seeking a dedicated Lecturer and Team Leader to plan, organise, assess and teach on L1-L3 Creative Arts programmes. As Team Leader, you’ll be responsible for L1, L2 and/or L3 UAL Creative Media Production, Games Development and Art & Design courses, involving Interval Verification, curriculum development. assessment, evaluation and other administrative duties relating to the post.

You’ll embed the development of skills (Digital, English and Maths) in teaching practice at all levels and ensure the effective and efficient use of innovative resources allocated to the programmes contributing to the future direction and planning on site and online. As a member of the School Management Team supporting the Deputy Head and Head of School, the Team Leader will support colleagues in the curriculum team to raise the quality of education for all provision and forge links with the industry for visiting speakers and work experience.

As our Lecturer and Team Leader, we’d like you to hold a degree or relevant professional qualifications in an appropriate subject, hold a teaching qualification (or willing to work towards) and have excellent current teaching skills, recognised as a good or better teacher. You’ll have a proven track record of successful curriculum design, implementation and development in the curriculum area with experience of teaching L1 to L3/4 Creative Media Programs, including BTEC and UAL syllabus.

With a strong vision for the improvement and development of the curriculum area, you’ll have a thorough understanding of quality assurance and improvement processes and how these can be used to enhance the student experience with a track record of successfully monitoring and supporting “at-risk” learners to achieve or exceed their potential. With good general IT skills, including familiarity with Word, Excel, PowerPoint and email, you’ll have industrial experience in Adobe Premiere Pro, digital cameras and sound recorders.

This post is primarily based at Carshalton College however, you may be required to travel to or work from any of the South Thames Colleges Group sites.

The successful candidate will be eligible for any increase in salary as a consequence of the annual cost of living review that will be implemented in the new academic year.

Closing date for the return of completed applications is 1st July 2025. 

The benefits package includes generous annual leave of 40 days plus up to 8 additional days over Christmas/New Year as well as an additional 5 days Wellbeing leave to enhance employees’ physical and mental health. There is an excellent pension scheme that receives a significant financial contribution from the employer (Teachers Pensions or Local Government Pension Scheme), subsidised sports facilities and professional development and training plus a salary sacrifice cycle to work scheme.

As part of our due diligence checks on prospective employees, successful candidates will be subject to an enhanced DBS check, satisfactory references, an online search and proof of eligibility to work in the UK.

As outlined in the Public Sector Equality Duty of the Equality Act 2010, we are committed to equality of opportunity for all staff and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.

The South Thames Colleges Group is made up of Carshalton College, Kingston College, Merton College and South Thames College, which merged on 1 August 2017. South Thames Colleges Group is one of London’s largest providers of post-16 education and training and is an ongoing and significant contributor to its local communities. We aim to put students’ success at the heart of everything we do.

We are looking for hard-working and collaborative people who can join our team and help challenge our students to achieve and progress.