AddressApprenticeship Lecturers - Leadership and Management
4 Positions Available
£38,000 - £44000 Per year plus excellent benefits (30 days holiday etc)
Remote working with very occasional travel to study centres for internal meetings.
Perm / Full time
Click here for the full job description
The Opportunity:
As an Apprenticeship Lecturer, you will be teaching the MBA or CMDA to a variety of Senior Executives within small tutorial groups, which will be up to 16 hours of teaching each week.
At Arden University, we pride ourselves on being true innovators, disruptors and pioneers, our focus is to promote life-long learning and ensure that everyone, everywhere can access higher education. We are currently recruiting for 4 Apprenticeship Lecturers to join our Leadership and Management teaching here at Arden.
We have grown from 200 to 1400 employees over the last 5 years, and continue to have aggressive growth plans. This means we are able to offer fantastic progression and learning opportunities for our lecturers. In fact, a majority of our School's senior leadership team members started with Arden as associate lecturers and subsequently progressed to senior roles.
As an Apprenticeships Lecturer, you will also represent the University and its values, promoting the School of Leadership and Management and the Faculty of Business at external and internal events. The growth of the school in terms of increasing student enrolments and the validation of new, innovative programmes means that we need to recruit excellent lecturers to ensure ongoing success.
About You:
You'll be experienced at teaching degree apprentices at levels 4-7 in Leadership and Management within the UK, with particular expertise in at least one of the following; Finance, HR, Marketing, Strategy, Project Management. You will be able to demonstrate your ability to deliver a learner-centred delivery style.
Ideally you will have a teaching qualification or be prepared to work towards one. In addition, you will hold a minimum of a Master’s Degree in a relevant discipline and possess industry experience in management or leadership roles.
Candidates holding professional body membership or qualifications, such as from CMI, CIPD, APM, CIMA, CIM, are particularly welcome to apply.
Demonstrable industry experience will highly enhance your application.
It is desirable for you to possess knowledge of relevant IfATE Apprenticeship Standards and the demands of apprenticeship teaching, including the requirements of Ofsted’s Education Inspection Framework and the Further Education and Skills Handbook.
As our apprenticeship teaching is delivered online, experience of delivering workshops and supporting students in an online learning environment would be desirable, in addition to prior exposure to virtual learning environments, and other online tools to support student learning (e.g. Moodle, Blackboard or similar).
You'll be happy to pass an enhanced DBS check when offered the role.
DBS statement:
In our commitment to ensuring a safe and secure environment for all members of our community, we have established a policy that mandates the completion of a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check for all new staff members joining roles that involve working with apprentices. This precautionary measure is in place to safeguard the well-being of our apprentices and maintain the highest standards of security.
To streamline the onboarding process and adhere to our safeguarding principles, it is imperative that the DBS check for any relevant new starter be initiated and completed before their scheduled start date.
Why Arden:
At Arden, you will become a part of a passionate and dedicated team who are committed to removing unnecessary barriers to learning and making education more accessible. Our people work hard to ensure our students journeys are the best they can possibly be, as such we want to reward our people with fantastic benefits. Employees benefit from:
- 30 days holiday, add the bank holiday on top, and we even throw in Christmas closure
- A generous Aviva pension plan, our contributions start at 7%
- PMI or Healthcare Cashback (dependent on role grade)
- Study any Arden course for free, with generous discount for all family and friends
- Our ‘Golden Ticket’ which allows you to gift anyone in your life a free Arden education
- Plus, other competitive benefits!
Arden’s values:
Stand out, Progressive, Accessible, Resourceful, Kindness, reflect who we are as an institution, a team and as individuals. If they also reflect you and you are excited by the chance to be the driving, creative force within a growing business, we want to hear from you.
There has never been a more exciting time to join Arden University, as we expand into new disciplines and locations. For the full job description, click here, or to start your journey with us, click apply!
Closing Date - Tuesday 26th March
We reserve the right to close this vacancy before the specified closing date should we receive sufficient applications or in order to respond to business needs. In order to avoid missing an opportunity to apply please submit your application as early as possible.
As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we recognise, and studies confirm, that often underrepresented candidates in the work place are less likely to apply to roles unless they meet all skills and experience of the position. At Arden we celebrate diversity and are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace, therefore we make sure that our recruitment and selection processes never discriminate based upon age, race, religion, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, or pregnancy, and actively welcome applications from all groups.
So, if you want to be part of Arden and our journey, but you feel that you’re missing some of the skills or experience the role requires, then we encourage you to apply anyway as you may make a great candidate for this role or others!
