Personal Development and Employability Lecturer (Variable Hours)

Personal Development and Employability Lecturer (Variable Hours)

Wiltshire College & University Centre – Adult Learning Courses

📍 Base Location: Salisbury Campus
🌍 Scope: Delivery across all college sites

Are you passionate about helping people build confidence, develop essential life skills, and improve their employment prospects? Whether you're an experienced lecturer, careers adviser, employability specialist, or professional with experience in supporting personal development, we'd love to hear from you!

Join our team and help adult learners develop their communication skills, improve their CVs, prepare for interviews, explore career opportunities, and build the confidence to take their next steps in work and life.

We're particularly interested in candidates with experience in employability, careers guidance, personal development, communication skills, job searching, interview preparation, or related areas who can inspire learners in a supportive and inclusive learning environment.

📌 Please note: This is a Variable Hours position, with work offered as required, subject to adult learning course provision, curriculum delivery, learner demand, and the needs of individual college sites.

🗓️ Course Structure: Courses typically run for approximately 3 hours per week over 10 weeks, combining practical activities, group discussions, demonstrations, and guided learning.

💷 What We Offer

💰 Salary:

• Unqualified Lecturer: £22.08 per hour plus holiday pay
• Qualified Lecturer: £26.48 per hour plus holiday pay

🕰️ Contract Type: Variable Hours

📍 Location: Salisbury Campus, with opportunities to teach at other college sites as required.

📚 Working Pattern: Approximately 3 hours per week over 10 weeks, depending on course provision and learner demand.

✔️ Benefits

• Teachers' Pension Scheme
• Generous holiday entitlement
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Free on-site gyms
• Lifestyle discounts
• Cycle-to-Work Scheme
• Professional development and CPD opportunities

A flexible and rewarding opportunity to support adult learners in developing valuable life skills, building self-belief, and preparing for new personal and professional opportunities.

🌟 What You'll Do

• Plan and deliver engaging personal development and employability sessions.
• Prepare lesson plans, activities, and resources to meet learners' needs.
• Support learners to identify their strengths, skills, interests, and future goals.
• Teach CV writing, job searching, application forms, and cover letter preparation.
• Develop interview skills through practice interviews, role-play, and constructive feedback.
• Improve learners' communication, teamwork, problem-solving, and time-management skills.
• Introduce workplace expectations, professional behaviour, and effective working relationships.
• Help learners explore career pathways, training opportunities, and further education.
• Build learners' confidence, resilience, motivation, and self-awareness.
• Introduce digital employability skills, including online job searches and applications.
• Create an inclusive and supportive learning environment for adults with different backgrounds and experiences.
• Monitor learner progress and provide constructive feedback to encourage development.
• Maintain high standards of safeguarding, equality, diversity, inclusion, and professional practice.
• Work collaboratively with colleagues to support high-quality adult learning across college sites.

🎓 What You'll Bring

• A relevant Level 3 qualification or higher in education, careers guidance, employability, human resources, coaching, or a related subject, and/or significant relevant professional experience.
• Experience supporting personal development, employability, careers education, or workplace skills.
• Knowledge of CV writing, interview techniques, job applications, and recruitment processes.
• The ability to motivate learners and communicate ideas clearly and effectively.
• Strong interpersonal, organisational, and communication skills.
• A positive and encouraging approach to supporting learners with different needs and confidence levels.
• The ability to plan engaging sessions and adapt activities to suit individual learning needs.
• Flexibility to teach at Salisbury Campus and other college sites as required.
• A commitment to inclusive learning, safeguarding, and helping learners achieve their goals.

Teaching or adult education qualifications are desirable but not essential. Experienced careers advisers, employability practitioners, coaches, HR professionals, and individuals with relevant workplace experience who are looking to develop their teaching skills are encouraged to apply.

✨ Why Join Us?

• 🕰️ Flexible working opportunities: Variable hours that reflect course provision and learner demand.
• 🌟 Share your expertise: Bring your professional knowledge and personal development experience into adult education.
• 💼 Improve employment prospects: Help learners develop the skills needed to access work and progress in their careers.
• 💚 Build confidence: Support learners to recognise their strengths and overcome barriers to progress.
• 🚀 Inspire new opportunities: Encourage learners to explore careers, training, and further learning.
• 🌍 Work across our college community: Deliver valuable learning opportunities at Salisbury Campus and other college sites.
• 📅 Short-course delivery: Typically around 3 hours per week over 10 weeks.
• 📚 Professional development: Access opportunities for continuing professional development and CPD.

Turn your passion for personal development and employability into an opportunity to inspire confidence, unlock potential, and support lifelong learning across Wiltshire College & University Centre.

🌱 Inspire Confidence and Unlock Potential

If you're ready to share your knowledge, support adult learners in developing essential life and work skills, and help people take positive steps towards their future goals, we'd love to hear from you!

📅 Closing Date: 09/11/2026

Please note:

Your Application Form will be shortlisted against how your skills, qualifications and experience match the Essential and Desirable points on the Person Specification for this role, located at the top of this page as a downloadable document.

Vacancies may close early if sufficient applications have been received; therefore, we would encourage you to submit your application as soon as possible.

Safer Recruitment

Wiltshire College & University Centre follows Safer Recruitment Guidance outlined by the Department for Education in ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’. This involves conducting enhanced DBS checks, including checks against the children’s barred list, and other employment verifications, including an online presence review for shortlisted candidates.

We embrace diversity, recognising the valuable perspectives, ideas, knowledge, and cultures individuals from different backgrounds bring. Committed to safeguarding, we expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

As a Disability Confident Employer, we pledge to interview all disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for a job vacancy and assess them based on their abilities.