Programme Tutor in Esports

We are looking for:

• Programme Tutor of Esports
• Qualified Teacher: £32,304 to £40,050

The Role:

The job role involves the delivery of teaching, learning and assessment within Sport and Academies, specifically in Esports. We have a fantastic partnership the British Esports Federation, Manchester City in the Community, Manchester City Esports and Williams F1, with aspirations to be a market lead in this field. These partnerships offer truly once in a lifetime experiences from international work placements to recreational and professional competition. Specifically, we are seeking an individual with the capability of leading and inspiring the next generation of Esports talent through your planning and delivery of the level 1, 2 and 3 Esports curriculum.

Primarily, you will be tasked with leading and growing a brand-new college provision, whilst supporting the future development of an HNC, HND and Degree Top Up option to ensure a market lead provision. In addition to this, you will also provide pastoral care to a minimum of 2 cohorts of learners. Within these pastoral care responsibilities, you will be required to form strong working relationships with learners and parents alike driving good attendance to all components of our study programmes in the pursuit of outstanding learner outcomes.

Further details including a Person Specification are included within the attached Job Description.

The role will require you to embed and work to the college’s values; working with Integrity, having Ambition to help our learners succeed and being Inclusive to learners and colleagues alike.

This is a very important role. John Pietrzak, Head of Sport, says “We are excited to advertise this post in our search for a dynamic and ambitious tutor who can become an integral part of the team, supporting our journey toward outstanding. This is truly a great time to join our team; we are a growing team in terms of learner recruitment, we are investing heavily into the college’s Esports provision with a new Manchester City Esports Academy arena, performance zone and a Williams F1 simulation suite. Additionally, we have an exclusive partnerships with Manchester City in the Community and Williams F1 delivering both academic and community based provisions. If you feel like you are able to add value to our team and support this journey, we very much look forward to receiving your application.

Oldham College is a medium sized general further education college, with a turnover of almost £25m. It has one main campus in the centre of town, and this is in a continuous redevelopment; £40m has been spent on the campus since 2012 as we continuously strive to provide innovative and industry leading learning environments for our learners. Higher education is taught on a second, dedicated campus, a short walk away.  The College delivers a full range of work-related education and training, including 16-18 programmes of study, T levels, apprenticeships, adult learning and higher education. It has over 5000 full-time students and 600 undergraduates.  

The College is in the top quartile for 16-18 programmes of study and English GCSE resits, and in apprenticeship provision, but is the second highest performing provider Greater Manchester. The quality of its higher education provision is better than many established universities. 

Joining our Journey:

When you join our college, our colleagues have access to numerous benefits and facilities: 

• Generous Pension Scheme 
• Employee Assistance Scheme
• Enhanced Maternity/Paternity provision
• Staff Development days/week (Jan, July, Aug)
• Free confidential counselling service
• Staff recognition awards
• Subsidised car parking
• On-site Day Nursery
• On-site hair and beauty salon

Oldham College is a great career choice for ambitious professionals. With one of the best apprenticeship programmes in the region, excellent 16-18 results and truly outstanding GCSE English results, we are already a high performer.

But we want to deliver much more than this. Our ambition is to be “The Best Place to Learn and Work” and we have a clear Strategic Plan which sets out what this means and what we will do to deliver it. We will keep on improving and innovating, and we are investing in new provision, new facilities, and new technology; including our state-of-the-art clinical simulation suite.

We expect a lot from you, so we want ambitious, open minded candidates, who are ready to give their best. But we give a lot in return, from training to pensions, our own benefits package, and one of the best and most helpful group of colleagues you could ever wish to meet. 

The role will require you to embed and work to the college’s values; working with Integrity, having Ambition to help our learners succeed and being Inclusive to learners and colleagues alike.

At Oldham College, our mission is to welcome everyone and create inclusive teams. We encourage everyone to join us, as we create a workforce that is as diverse as our wonderful student community. We do monitor responses to our diversity questions in our application, to ensure that we can continue to build a workforce that is representative of the community that we serve.

We understand that not everyone works to the same timetable, and offer a range of flexible working options, including flexible start and finish times, part-time, term-time only or hybrid options, where the role permits.

We will do everything we can to support you during your application. If you need us to make any adjustments to our recruitment process, contact our HR team who will be happy to advise.

If your application is successful, your personal data may be used for a pre-employment screening check by a third party as permitted by applicable law. Depending on the vacancy and applicable laws, a pre-employment screening could include, employment history, education and other information (such as media information) that may be necessary for determining your qualifications and suitability for the role.

Oldham College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share in this commitment.

Any appointments will be subject to enhanced DBS checks and a check of the DfE Barred List

Further details including a Person Specification are included within the attached Job Description.

This role is exempt from the Rehabilitation Act 1974. It is an offence to apply for the role if the applicant is barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children and vulnerable adults.