Lecturer – Business – Accounting

Role: Lecturer – Business – Accounting

Location: Bedford College – Cauldwell Street Campus

Salary/Benefits: Salary is between £31,930 and £36,878 per annum (Pro-Rata) DOE and Qualifications, 45 days annual leave (Pro-Rata) plus Bank holidays, Teacher’s pension, Retail and Leisure Discounts, excellent professional and personal development opportunities, accessing college courses. Salary and holiday entitlement based on a Qualified Lecturer.

Hours/Weeks: 14.8 hours per week – 52 weeks per year

Contract Type: Permanent – Part Time

About the role:

We are currently seeking a Lecturer in Business – Accounting to join our Business department at The Bedford College Group.

As a Lecturer, you play an important role in the success of our students through:

• Course Delivery & Assessment – Prepares, delivers, and assesses the T-Level Accounting course, ensuring students meet awarding body standards and receive high-quality, engaging instruction.
• Student Support & Progress Monitoring – Guides and supports learners to reach their full potential, tracks progress, provides feedback, and adapts teaching to meet individual needs.
• Curriculum Development & Innovation – Develops and reviews schemes of work, contributes to curriculum innovation, and ensures learning materials are current, inclusive, and effective.
• Collaboration & College Engagement – Works with colleagues across campuses, participates in open days and promotional events, and contributes to quality assurance and course reviews.
• Compliance & Professional Standards – Upholds safeguarding, equality, health & safety, and engages in continuous professional development in line with TBCG values and policies.

About you:

• Subject Expertise & Experience – Holds a relevant qualification at least one level above the course being taught, with recent experience delivering accounting education.
• Core Teaching Skills – Demonstrates excellent classroom management, communication, and organisational skills, with the ability to engage learners and support their academic success.
• Technical & Administrative Competence – Proficient in Microsoft Office, numeracy, and record-keeping, with the ability to handle sensitive data confidentially and meet deadlines under pressure.
• Professionalism & Teamwork – Builds strong professional relationships, contributes positively to team environments, and consistently upholds college values and policies.
• Flexibility & Safeguarding Commitment – Willing to travel across campuses and adapt working hours, with a clear understanding of safeguarding responsibilities and maintaining appropriate boundaries with learners.

For a more detailed breakdown of the job role and the requirements, please see the Job Description attached to this vacancy.

If you do not hold a recognised, qualified teaching qualification, please see attached PGCE CertEd information.

Interviews to be held: 11 September 2025

Successful candidates must also be able to demonstrate alignment to our organisationalVISION values:

• Valuing Teamwork – We are one team who by working together can achieve great things, respecting the opinion and valuing the contribution each of us makes.
• Improving Continuously – We challenge ourselves to always do better by trying new things, sharing knowledge, reflecting on practice and learning from others.
• Student Centred – At our heart is always doing what is best for our students. We consider students in all of our decision making to create positive outcomes and memorable experiences for every student.
• Inclusive – We celebrate differences and diversity, recognising that we can learn from each other.
• Open and Caring – We care about the wellbeing of our staff, our students, our community and wider society, creating an environment built on trust where we listen, engage with and support each other.
• Nurturing Education Excellence – We promote educational excellence by delivering programmes that challenge our students to achieve their ambitions.

About Bedford College

Bedford College has a number of sites across the town and surrounding areas, these include our main Cauldwell Street campus in the heart of the town, our hair and beauty salon on the High Street, the advanced automotive centre on Brunel Road and the gas and technology plumbing centre in Kempston.

About The Bedford College Group

The Bedford College Group was formed in 2017 following the merger of Bedford College and Tresham College and is now the largest provider of education in the South East Midlands, with over 15,000 students passing through our doors each year.

Today, the Group is made up of a family of colleges across Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire: Bedford College, Central Bedfordshire College and Tresham College in the towns of Bedford, Dunstable, Leighton Buzzard, Corby, Kettering and Wellingborough; Shuttleworth College, a specialist land-based college; The Bedford Sixth Form, (the only dedicated sixth form in Bedford); The Corby Sixth Form, (opened in September 2023); and the National College for Motorsport alongside Silverstone race circuit. To widen accessibility to education and training, the Group also has community-based Learning Centres in Bedford, Corby and Kettering which offer IT training.

Safeguarding our Students

The Bedford College Group is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to thorough vetting process which includes, an enhanced DBS check and satisfactory references.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. The Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the Exceptions Order 1975, provides information about which convictions must be declared during job applications and related exceptions and further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guide. The Bedford College Group’s policy on Employment of Ex-Offenders is attached to this vacancy.
Candidates who are barred from working with children are reminded it is a criminal offence to apply for this post.

Documents

TBCG Ex-Offenders Policy.pdf

Accounting JD new.docx

Part-time CertEd-PGCE factsheet for TBCG staff 2025-26 start.docx