Lecturer in Personal Development


Bath College
Company 
Location 

Bath

Employment Hours 

New Jobs

Employment Type 

Permanent

Salary 

£30,348.15 - £40,015.50 a year

Job Highlights
  • You will deliver engaging group tutorials and support enrichment activities for learners aged 16-19 at the City Centre Campus.
  • The ideal candidate will have strong facilitation skills, experience in supportive roles, and a willingness to grow within a values-driven team.
  • The position offers a permanent contract with full-time hours, based in Bath, including a competitive salary and opportunities for professional development.
Job Requirements/Description
Permanent contract, 37 hours per week, 52 weeks per year
Monday to Thursday 8:30 am - 5 pm
Friday 8:30 am - 4:30 pm.

Unqualified Lecturer Salary (P25-P27 £30,348.15 - £32,186.70)
Qualified Lecturer Salary L5 and above (P27-P35 £32,186.70 - £40,015.50)

Interview: Week of 19th of October

We are looking for an enthusiastic and inclusive Personal Development Lecturer to deliver high-quality, preventative group tutorials for learners within our curriculum areas at the City Centre Campus. This role is central to ensuring consistent, compliant and engaging Personal Development delivery across one of our key vocational pathways.

You will teach group tutorials, contextualise centrally produced PD materials, and support enrichment, campaigns and wider PD activity. The role also includes agreed weekly enrichment support, helping to strengthen learner participation, wellbeing and inclusion.
This position is ideal for someone with strong facilitation skills and a background in youth work, pastoral support, counselling, mentoring or other holistic roles, or someone ready to develop within a supportive, values-driven team.
What you’ll do
  • Deliver engaging, inclusive group tutorials for our 16-19 provision at the City Centre Campus
  • Contextualise centrally produced PD resources for vocational learner groups
  • Facilitate sensitive topics using preventative, trauma-informed approaches
  • Complete safeguarding documentation, tracking and follow-up in line with policy
  • Support enrichment, campaigns, events and wider PD activity
  • Contribute to PD resource creation for additional learner groups
  • Build positive relationships with learners and promote inclusion and participation
  • Work collaboratively with curriculum, welfare, safeguarding, enrichment and Student Voice teams

Why join us?
You’ll be part of a supportive, preventative-focused team committed to learner empowerment, Learner Voice, safeguarding and high-quality Personal Development. Your work will directly shape the experience and progression of learners across the wider college.
Bath College is an inclusive education and training community, providing learning for people with a wide range of abilities from a far-reaching area, from entry level to Level 5 programmes. We are committed to meeting the needs of all our students. This is a very exciting time to join the College.


The job posting can close as soon as sufficient applications have been received.
Application Deadline
October 04, 2026
Department
PDE - Personal Development and Enrichment Team
Employment Type
Permanent - Full Time
Location
Bath, England
Workplace type
Onsite
Compensation
£30,348.15 - £40,015.50 / year
Reporting To
Liv Styles

What you'll bring

Essential


  • Level 5 teaching qualification (DET/DTLLS) or willingness to work towards one
  • GCSE English and Maths (Grade C/4 or above)
  • Strong written English and confident group facilitation skills
  • Experience delivering learning or group-based support in an educational, youth, community or pastoral setting
  • Understanding of safeguarding, Prevent and inclusive practice
  • Ability to work with diverse learner groups, including SEND and foundation learning
  • Strong organisational skills and commitment to ongoing CPD

Desirable
  • A background in ESOL
  • Experience in youth work, counselling, mentoring, pastoral or community roles
  • Experience creating learning resources
  • Experience delivering PSHE, RSE, wellbeing or employability content
  • FE experience (16–19, apprenticeships, adult or community learning)
  • Confidence supporting enrichment or student-led activity
  • Understanding of restorative and early-intervention approaches
  • Experience using digital platforms such as SharePoint or Grofar

Please see attached for the full Job Description and Person Specification

Staff Benefits


  • Generous paid holiday entitlement of 40 days, exclusive of College closure days and public holidays. Pro rata for part time roles.
  • One Selfie Day per year
  • Contributory salary pension scheme (Teachers Pension)
  • Continuing Professional Development for all staff
  • Laptop Salary Sacrifice Scheme
  • Cycle to Work Scheme
  • Private Healthcare Scheme
  • £500 Refer a friend and earn a reward
  • Subsidised cafes - at both campuses
  • Employee Assistance Programme – Staff have access to this programme. It is a free and strictly confidential short-term counselling and support service (up to six meetings after an initial assessment session with a qualified counselor)
  • The College offers an eye sight test for anyone who meets the criteria as described within the Health and Safety (Display Screen Equipment) Regulations.
  • Progressive family friendly policies (exceeding statutory requirements) that supports a health work/life balance, all staff are entitled to request flexible working.
  • Discounted treatments at the Academy, Bath Campus
  • Free parking at the Somer Valley Campus in Radstock

About Bath College

Welcome to Bath College, a vibrant and successful College with two campuses, one in the centre of Bath and one in the rural setting of Radstock.

We pride ourselves on providing training for the region’s future workforce by offering courses in both vocational and traditional academic subjects to students from across Bath, Bristol, Somerset, Wiltshire and beyond.
Bath College
Company 
Location 

Bath

Employment Hours 

New Jobs

Employment Type 

Permanent

Salary 

£30,348.15 - £40,015.50 a year

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