Lecturer in Agriculture

• Company: Plumpton College
• Closing Date: 27-06-2025
• Location: Plumpton, Lewes BN7 3AE
• Salary: up to £34,463 pro rata if part-time
• Hours: up to full-time
• Benefits: Teacher Training Opportunities Available
• How to Apply: Complete our Application and Equality/Diversity Monitoring forms, and return these to recruitment@plumpton.ac.uk

Description

Lecturer in Agriculture  

Contract: Permanent

Hours: Up to 37.5h/week, full and part time opportunities available

Salary: up to £34,463 per annum (pro rata if part-time) 

Annual Leave: 37 Electable Days plus 8 statutory days and up to 5 Christmas efficiency days

Plumpton College is the leader of Agricultural and Landbased education in the Southeast, renowned for our outstanding cutting-edge practice and ability to align delivery to meet the needs of local and national employers. With a significant growth in our student numbers in recent years the organisation has made great progress in achieving its ambitious future vision to be providing ever more students equipped for their future careers and progression in these all-important disciplines.  

As a result of this growth and expansion, we are delighted to be looking for lecturers in Agriculture to join our growing team. If you could help our students to maximise their potential and make progress, we'd really like to hear from you. 

If you have good industry skills and aspirations to be a lecturer, we will support you to develop your teaching skills through our teacher training programmes. This will involve a reduced teaching commitment whilst you gain your credentials to become a qualified teacher.  Full support will be in place throughout the process.    

The ideal candidate will hold a degree, or equivalent qualification in Agriculture and will either hold a relevant teaching qualification or be willing to gain a relevant formal qualification in role. You will be a professional, hardworking, and confident team player with a track record of good or outstanding industry good practice and above all you will be passionate about what you do! 

With over 3,000 students, excellent resources and a drive for continuous improvement, Plumpton College is actively seeking staff who want to make a difference and be part of this exciting phase of our development. At Plumpton College we are Ambitious & Progressive, Enterprising, Professional, Supportive and Passionate about everything we do – if you share these values and would like to be part of our growing team then please do get in touch. 

Benefits 

As well as a competitive salary, you can also look forward to a great range of benefits including: up to 37 days annual leave plus bank holidays (pro rata), and up to 5 efficiency days at Christmas; membership of the Teachers' Pension Scheme; comprehensive CPD and teacher training (where applicable); TOTUM card; Employee Assistance Programme; free onsite parking; discounted Plumpton wine; staff discounts on Plumpton courses; free eye tests; cycle to work scheme; and free use of the onsite gym. 

We reserve the right to call candidates to interview/withdraw this vacancy at any time if there is a good level of response. Therefore, we recommend you submit your application as soon as possible. 

Plumpton College is committed to the promotion of equal opportunities and is dedicated to pursuing non-discriminatory policies and practices and eliminating unfair discrimination on any basis. 

Plumpton is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of learners and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.