British Sign Language Sessional Tutor

Bexley is an outer London Borough with the best of both worlds, located between the hustle and bustle of London and the Garden of England, Kent. Within the borough we have award winning parks, open spaces and listed heritage sites.  

The Learning & Enterprise College Bexley is a vibrant, financially secure adult education institution responsible for delivering high quality outcomes for students, residents and employers, while contributing to the strategic objectives laid out in Bexley Council’s corporate priorities for adult learning, employment and wellbeing.   

We are currently looking for a skilled practitioner to teach British Sign Language courses at the Learning and Enterprise College Bexley.

Courses are delivered face to face at our Brampton Road site.  

Please refer to the Job Description attached for more information. 

For an informal discussion about the role please contact jane.whitefield@lecb.ac.uk 

We will offer you in return a package that includes a competitive salary, an excellent pension scheme and generous annual leave plus bank holidays.

For more information on the benefits package on offer please refer to the Candidate Information document attached. 

We reserve the right to close adverts earlier than the closing date. 

Tutors should have proven success at delivering British Sign Language courses up to and including Level 3.

Applicants without a teaching qualification must be willing to undertake study to gain the minimum professional qualification for delivering teaching in an Adult Education setting. 

For the full list of essential and desirable criteria for this role then please refer to the Person Specification within the Job Description attached. 

Appointment to this post will be subject to the outcome of an Enhanced Disclosure obtained through the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) 

Use the ‘Apply for vacancy’ button. 

Anticipated Interview Date: W/C 04/03/2024 

Please note that the system has a one-hour time limit. We would advise you to prepare your answers separately and then copy and paste into the online form once finalised and have your CV and/or Supporting statement ready to upload. 

If any mandatory fields are missing, a pop-up box will appear at the top of the page advising which sections require completion. Please check your Junk email for any correspondence. 

Additional Information 
As a disability confident employer Bexley welcomes applications from people with all disabilities, including hidden disabilities and mental health conditions. We will interview any disabled applicant who meets the minimum criteria.

If you require reasonable adjustments to be made to any part of the recruitment process due to your disability, please contact us on  recruitment@bexley.gov.uk  

This authority is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. 

This post is considered by the authority to be a customer-facing position; as such it falls within scope of the Code of Practice on English language requirement for public sector workers. The council therefore has a statutory duty under Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016 to ensure that post holders have a command of spoken English sufficient for the effective performance of the j