Barnet and Southgate College
Main Grade Lecturer - Fashion (0.5FTE)
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Main Grade Lecturer - Fashion (0.5FTE)
Application Deadline: 12 August 2026
Department: Art & Design
Employment Type: Permanent - Part Time
Location: Barnet Campus (Wood Street)
Compensation: £17,924 - £23,649 / year
Description
Job Summary
The Main Grade Lecturer – Fashion (0.5 FTE) plays a key role within the Creative Industries Department, delivering high-quality teaching, learning and assessment across Fashion programmes. The role combines classroom delivery with Course Leadership responsibility for one year group and Personal Tutoring, ensuring learners achieve their full potential and progress successfully into higher education, employment or apprenticeships.
Working closely with colleagues, employers and industry partners, the post holder will maintain a contemporary and industry-relevant curriculum that develops learners' creative, technical and professional skills. The role has a direct impact on learner achievement, attendance, retention, progression and overall learner experience.
Key Responsibilities
- Deliver high-quality teaching, learning and assessment across Fashion programmes, ensuring lessons are engaging, inclusive and aligned to current industry practice.
- Enable excellent learner outcomes by planning and delivering inspiring lessons that develop creative, technical and employability skills.
- Act as Course Leader for a designated year group, coordinating programme delivery and supporting curriculum quality and continuous improvement.
- Monitor learner progress, attendance, punctuality and achievement, implementing timely interventions where required.
- Act as Personal Tutor, providing pastoral support, conducting progress reviews and promoting learner wellbeing and success.
- Maintain high standards of assessment practice, providing timely and constructive feedback and ensuring compliance with awarding body requirements.
- Contribute to quality assurance processes including internal verification, standardisation, self-assessment and quality improvement planning.
- Develop and maintain strong employer, university and industry links that enrich the learner experience and support progression opportunities.
- Organise and support live briefs, exhibitions, competitions, enrichment activities and employer engagement projects.
- Promote a culture of professionalism, creativity, safeguarding, equality, diversity and inclusion throughout the learner journey.
- Work collaboratively with colleagues to support recruitment, enrolment, open events, internal progression activities and curriculum development.
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Additional Information
Please note that the duties and responsibilities outlined above are not exhaustive and may change from time to time following consultation with the post holder. The role may require occasional evening and weekend working to support exhibitions, open days, employer engagement and other College events.
Skills, Knowledge and Expertise
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Benefits
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The College offers employees a generous holiday allowance of 55 days annual leave for our academic staff plus bank holidays. Pro Rata'd for part time employees. We also offer an attractive package of optional benefits for employees to take advantage of - please see below a list of our current staff benefits available at the College.
Taking Teaching Further (National initiative)
An early career support package would be available for eligible successful candidates to support new Teachers in all T Level pathway subjects and Maths, English and SEND subjects. Please click this link for further details.
Targeted Retention payments for FE Teachers
Targeted retention payments are available for eligible successful candidates in specific subjects as outlined on the government link - please click here for more information.
Annual Season Ticket Loans
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Cycle to Work Scheme
The scheme is an incentive for staff, offering tax free bikes through bike shops and is run by Cyclescheme Ltd. You can get a tax-free bike, which for most people means they save around 32% of the cost for a new bike!
Employee Support Helpline
The Employee Assistance Helpline can be contacted 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. They provide you and your family with counselling and advice, covering a variety of personal or workplace issues. It is free to use and all calls are confidential.
Eye Tests for DSE Users
The College will refund the cost of regular eye tests for staff that use Display Screen Equipment regularly as part of their duties.
Flu vouchers
We offer established staff a free flu vaccination voucher to take to a large range of local high street pharmacies.
Gym Facilities
Our Sports Centre at Southgate Campus is available for all staff with cardio, strength and conditioning equipment. The 2-floor gym is free for members of staff to use Monday to Friday within term time.
Hair Salon Services and Beauty Treatments
A range of competitively-priced hairdressing services are accessible at our Colindale Campus. Regularly providing special staff offers which is convenient during lunch hours or after work.
High Street Discounts
Discount for teachers is a shopping benefits website for staff which gives access to fantastic savings on leading retail brands, plus lots of great special offers! We also have staff discount available with local high street stores within walking distance of our three main campuses.
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