Come and work for Bromley Adult Education College
Head of Bromley Adult Education College
Head of Bromley Adult Education College
Hours: Full-time (36 hours per week)
Contract: Permanent
Salary: up to £69,904 (MG6)
Looking for your next exciting adventure in Education? Passionate about outcomes for adult learners? Look no further!
Bromley Adult Education College (BAEC) is the adult education service for the London Borough of Bromley and provides courses for adults in a wide variety of subjects, from arts and crafts to English, maths, digital skills and ESOL. The most recent Ofsted inspection, October 2024, finds that BAEC continues to be a GOOD provider.
The college is committed to providing an amazing student experience through the delivery of consistently high-quality education and training.
About the Head of BAEC role:
The post holds high level strategic and operational management responsibilities, including strong oversight of the day-to-day expenditure of the budget. The post holder will be responsible for the overall management and delivery of the local authority’s adult education offer, as well as review service needs to inform strategic and operational planning.
The successful candidate should have excellent knowledge of current developments relating to adult learning, including funding methodology in the adult education sector.
We are looking for a Head of BAEC that has:
• effective management & leadership experience in a post-16 educational environment
• strong experience of budget management
• excellent experience of managing senior managers, undertaking appraisals and performance management measures
• excellent experience of managing resources well, providing value for money, efficient and effective services for BAEC’s learners
Although this post will be based at one of the service’s own sites, the post holder will be required to work flexibly in centres, community venues and other local authority sites.
Please see the job description and person specification for more information about the skills, abilities and knowledge required to fulfil this role. These should all be addressed in your application.
For an informal discussion about this opportunity, please contact Elena Diaconescu, elena.diaconescu@bromley.gov.uk
Closing Date: 12th December 2024
Interviews: w/b 16th December 2024
Click here for more information and to apply.
Sessional Tutors – various vacancies across different curriculum areas
As a sessional tutor, you can inspire individuals and communities and have real impact on people’s life chances.
There has never been a better time to join BAEC. We run a full programme of courses in our centres, at Kentwood (Penge) and at Poverest (Orpington). You can work flexibly and combine teaching at Bromley Adult Education with your own projects/work. If you are an experienced professional in your subject area, and can demonstrate sound teaching skills, we offer excellent employee benefits, ongoing support and training opportunities to develop your teaching practice. We welcome applications from suitably qualified individuals from all backgrounds.
Our students are keen to learn and we are keen to meet their needs. We plan courses in the daytime and in the evenings so we are especially happy to receive applications that help us strengthen our evening curriculum. If you have any questions regarding a specific vacancy, email hello@baec.ac.uk
Live Vacancies
We currently have the following live vacancies in the following areas and welcome a full application (Links below)
- Cookery – We are looking for a tutor to teach cooking classes at both of our centres, and in our Outreach Centres. Ideal candidates will have food safety Level 2 certification as well as a Level 3 qualification in teaching and education or be prepared to undertake this qualification within their first year of employment.
- Digital Skills – we are especially looking for flexible individuals looking to teach a variety of short and longer courses including basic digital skills, Microsoft or Google software, community workshops and support learners with online learning.
- Employability skills – We are looking for individuals who can support learners into employment teaching employability skills (CV writing, Job searching, Interview preparations) and also office skills
- Spanish – we would like to appoint native speakers to add to our existing team. Candidates need to be able to travel within Bromley and teach at both the Kentwood and Poverest centres, as well as being available in the evening. MFL teaching experience required , although not necessarily in ACL settings.
- Book-keeping – we require a book-keeping tutor capable of teaching manual and computerised book-keeping
- Health and Social Care – We are looking for experienced staff to deliver health and social care qualifications
- Photography – We are looking for a photography tutor to deliver digital photography
- Pilates – We are looking for a pilates tutor to deliver pilates sessions at our Poverest Centre
Salary range: £30.26 – £39.65 per hour, depending on qualification and subject/level taught.
Please note – Tutors teaching in community outreach provision must be able to travel between various centres and community venues in the whole of the London Borough of Bromley.
Download the application form, job description and person specification:
Application form, updated October 2023
BAEC Tutor Job Description
BAEC Tutor Person Specification
Email us your completed application and monitoring form. Applications are ongoing.
Join our Talent Bank and send us a CV
We are always looking for new potential tutors to meet the requirements of our expanding curriculum. We are open to ideas so if you have a particular skill that may be of interest to us then please get in touch. Ideally, we are looking for individuals with some experience of teaching / training and who want to contribute to the development of our learners. If you are an organised, enthusiastic team player, able to work flexibly and share our mission of ‘Developing individuals and communities by providing accessible, high quality learning opportunities and skills training’ please email in your CV and a short covering letter to hello@baec.ac.uk and mark it Talent bank!
Volunteer with BAEC
Would you like to develop new skills in supporting learning and perhaps take the first step towards a new career? Are you an existing learner able to support other students? Do you have experience in the classroom or an interest in education? If you would like to volunteer with BAEC, please contact hello@baec.ac.uk to find out more about our opportunities and progression pathways.