Exact compensation may vary based on skills, experience, and location. — Wigan, Wigan

Full-time - Permanent 37 hours a week Computing, IT and Esports. Teach the digital industries that hire. At Wigan & Leigh College, you'll teach across Vocational IT, Computing, Esports, and the T Level Digital programme.

You may also contribute to our higher education computing provision. Your students will be heading into university, digital apprenticeships, and careers across software, IT, gaming, and the broader digital industry. If you can teach across the breadth of digital subjects and keep the content current this is the perfect role for you.

The sector moves fast, and your teaching will need to move with it. Teach across Vocational IT, Computing, Esports, and the T Level Digital programme. Contribute to higher education computing when needed.

Plan and deliver lessons developing technical, analytical, and problem-solving skills. Mark work, give clear feedback, and use assessment results to shape how you teach. Act as a Personal Tutor, supporting students through their course and into next steps.

Contribute to curriculum development that keeps content matched to industry trends and technologies. Take part in recruitment activities including Open Evenings, taster sessions, and school liaison. A degree in Computing, IT, Digital Technologies, Esports, or a related subject.

A teaching qualification (PGCE or equivalent), or willingness to work towards one. We'll support you to get there. Working knowledge of current digital technologies, software, and industry practice.

Experience teaching post-16, or ready to develop in that area.

Requirements

What you're like Curious. You stay on top of how the digital industries are changing. Adaptable.

Qualifications

and at different levels. Clear. You can explain technical concepts in ways students grasp.

Hands-on. You teach with the tools, not just about them. Connected to the industry.

You keep your knowledge current Essentials A degree in Computing, IT, Digital Technologies, Esports, or a related subject. GCSEs in English and Maths at Grade C/4 or equivalent. 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. Time to recharge Generous annual leave entitlement, including bank holidays (depending on your role) Family-friendly leave policies Great People. Change Lives.

starts with the small things. The conversation in a corridor. A piece of feedback that lands just right.

Encouragement that changes someone’s view. These are the things that shape what students believe is possible, and they happen because of the people who work here. You'll join a Computing and Esports team that takes the digital industries seriously and prepares students for the work they want.

You'll have time to teach well, the resources to keep your teaching current, and colleagues who care about the subject. You'll see the impact when students leave ready for university, apprenticeships, and digital careers. You’d be joining the college for technical excellence and computing sits at the heart of that.

Computing Lecturer