Wigan & Leigh College
Animal Management Lecturer
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Animal Management Lecturer
Application Deadline: 2 October 2026
Department: Animal Management
Employment Type: Full Time
Location: Wigan & Leigh College
Reporting To: Chris Pye, Head of Animal Management
Compensation: £31,699 - £42,540 / year
Description
Full and part-time roles, permanent
You love animals. Now teach the technical work behind caring for them.
You'll teach Animal Management across Levels 1 to 3. Your students will be heading into animal care, veterinary support, kennel and cattery work, zoo and conservation roles, and further study.
This role suits someone with working knowledge of animal care who can translate practice into teaching. The students you'll teach are passionate about animals. Your job is to build that passion into the technical understanding, sound judgment, and professional habits that good practice depends on.
What you'll do
- Plan and deliver lessons across Levels 1 to 3, building both technical knowledge and the practical skills students need at work.
- Mark work, give clear feedback, and use assessment results to shape how you teach.
- Monitor attendance, promote positive behaviour, and keep accurate records of student progress.
- Act as a Personal Tutor, supporting students through their course and into their next steps.
- Contribute to curriculum development, department initiatives, and recruitment activities including Open Evenings, taster sessions, and school liaison.
- Keep your subject knowledge current as practice and welfare standards develop.
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What you'll bring
- A degree or vocational qualification in Animal Management or a related area.
- A teaching qualification, or willingness to work towards one. We'll support you to get there.
- GCSE English and Maths at Grade C or equivalent. You can work towards this during your probationary period.
- Working knowledge of animal care that you can bring into the classroom.
- Confident with IT and learning technologies for teaching.
What you're like
- Hands-on. You can teach in a practical setting and on paper.
- Patient. You explain things in different ways until they make sense.
- Organised. You stay on top of marking, attendance, and admin.
- Calm. You can hold a classroom and working environment without raising your voice.
- Curious about the science. You keep learning so your teaching keeps up with practice.
Essentials
- A degree or vocational qualification in Animal Management or a related area.
- Right to work in the UK.
- You'll need an enhanced DBS check, if you get the job, we'll do this for you.
- You're committed to safeguarding and inclusion.
- You can travel across our sites.
- You're flexible and happy to work beyond standard hours when it's needed to support college.
Why work with us?
"Great People. Change Lives." starts with the small things. The conversation in a corridor. The piece of feedback that lands. The encouragement at the right moment. These are the things that shape what students believe is possible, and they happen because of the people who work here. You'll join an Animal Management team that takes industry standards into the classroom and helps students leave work ready.
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You'll have time to teach well, the support to develop your own practice, and colleagues who care about the subject. You'll see the impact when students walk into their first roles in animal care with the knowledge and confidence to do the work properly.
Time to recharge
- Generous annual leave entitlement, including bank holidays (depending on your role)
- Family-friendly leave policies
- Wellbeing as well as work
- 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme
- Medicash healthcare plan
- Occupational health support
- Confidential counselling
- Specsavers eye test vouchers
- A culture where people look out for each other
- Financial peace of mind
- Teachers' Pension Scheme or Local Government Pension Scheme
- Salary sacrifice schemes (Cycle to Work, buy tech)
- Railcard & Tusker Green car scheme
- Local and national discount schemes
- Clear progression routes
- Opportunities to step up, specialise, or move across departments
- Leadership pathways
- Support to gain teaching qualifications
Read more about our benefits.
We're recruiting across college as we expand, with roles in teaching, technical, and support. All our current vacancies are at wigan-leigh-ac-uk.pinpointhq.com.
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