Catering & Travel & Tourism Lecturer

The Role

We are seeking a motivated and skilled Catering & Travel & Tourism Lecturerto join our Service Industries department at our Hammersmith campus.

This role is 36 hours a week, Term Time Only, on a Permanent Contract.

You will be responsible for delivering high-quality teaching, learning and assessment across Catering, and Travel & Tourism programmes, supporting learners to achieve their full potential. The role involves classroom, practical and industry-based delivery, learner support, assessment, and contribution to curriculum development, ensuring provision remains current, industry-relevant and aligned with awarding body requirements.

Where appropriate, you may also take responsibility for leading a study programme or course, including curriculum design, quality assurance and learner outcomes.

The ideal candidate will:

• Deliver engaging and effective teaching, training and assessment across Catering, Hospitality and Travel & Tourism programmes.
• Plan and deliver engaging theoretical, practical and industry-focused sessions that develop learners' knowledge, skills, confidence and employability.
• Prepare lesson plans, schemes of work and high-quality teaching and learning materials in line with College and awarding body requirements.
• Deliver practical catering sessions, where required, ensuring high standards of food preparation, presentation, service and professional practice.
• Support learners to develop industry-relevant skills in areas such as food preparation, culinary techniques, customer service, hospitality operations, travel, tourism and destination knowledge.
• Act as a Personal Tutor, providing academic and pastoral support and delivering the College tutorial programme.
• Monitor learner attendance, progress, behaviour and achievement, taking appropriate action where required.
• Integrate English and Maths into vocational teaching and support delivery of GCSE and/or Functional Skills where required.
• Act as an internal assessor and internal verifier, where required.
• Promote employability and professional skills, including communication, teamwork, customer service, problem-solving and professional standards.
• Contribute to practical activities, enrichment, events, educational visits, industry projects and other experiences that enhance learner development.
• Contribute to learner recruitment activities, including open evenings, interviews, taster sessions and course promotion.
• Support work experience, industry engagement activities, external visits and employer partnerships across the catering, hospitality, travel and tourism sectors.
• Develop and maintain effective links with employers, hotels, restaurants, tourism organisations, travel companies, airlines, visitor attractions and other relevant industry partners.
• Promote high standards of health and safety, food hygiene, safeguarding, equality, diversity and inclusion.
• Ensure practical learning environments are maintained to appropriate professional, food safety and health and safety standards.
• Contribute to quality improvement processes, including self-assessment, course review, learner feedback and evaluation.
• Maintain up-to-date vocational and industry knowledge and meet minimum occupational competence requirements.
• Support learners in preparing for progression into employment, apprenticeships, higher education or further study within the catering, hospitality, travel and tourism sectors.

Safeguarding of Children and Vulnerable Adults

In line with Keeping Children Safe in Education All employment offers are subject employment checks. These include (some of which are dependent on the role and the individual): Enhanced DBS including Children's Barred List check, DfE teaching/management Barred List check, on-line searches, overseas criminal record check, evidence of identity and Right to Work in the UK, satisfactory references, confirmation of medical fitness, evidence of relevant qualifications and a check of previous employment history.

The College is committed to safeguarding and promotes the welfare of all learners and expects its staff to share this commitment. You will be required to become familiar with the College's policies, and comply with the requirements to safeguard and protect the welfare of children and young people and vulnerable adults. All staff are asked to complete mandatory training in relation to KCSIE and other key areas, and to read the relevant policies.

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

The College has a strong commitment to working towards the implementation of equality of opportunity in both service delivery and employment. The College's mission and strategic objectives directly support this aim. All employees are required to actively support the development, dissemination and implementation of this aim and related policies and programmes.

Recruitment Process

The email account you use to apply will be used for all recruitment communication. Please ensure that you use an email account that you regularly monitor.

All application forms must be fully completed, including a full record of education and employment history. Incomplete applications will not be considered for shortlisting.

The salary for this position is inclusive of London weighting. Please note that we advertise our salaries on a range to indicate the trajectory of progression that can be made. Appointments are usually made at the start of the salary range.

We may close this vacancy early if we receive enough applications, so we encourage you to submit yours promptly. If you don't hear from us within 2-3 weeks after the closing date, please know that, unfortunately, you have not been shortlisted this time. We truly appreciate your interest and hope you'll consider applying for future opportunities with us.

Please note that we do not accept CVs