Programme Tutor of Esports

Oldham College is a great career choice for ambitious professionals. With a “good” Ofsted rating, a Silver “TEF” assessment for our higher education provision, 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. 

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. That’s true, by the way – ask almost anyone who has been here. Or come and see for yourself. 

If you want to be outstanding, and want to help us achieve the same thing, then please apply.

We are looking for:

• Programme Tutor of Esports
• Qualified Teacher: £31,061.52 - £35,997.12

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 towards becoming the best place to work and the best place to learn. This is an exciting time; we are a growing team in terms of learner recruitment, we are investing heavily into the college’s Esports provision with a new arena, performance zone and an F1 simulation suit. Furthermore, this area is on a journey towards outstanding. 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 the third phase of a £40m redevelopment which began in 2012.  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

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 amongst others, with aspirations to be a market lead in this field. This partnership offers 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 2 and 3 Esports curriculum.

Primarily, you will be tasked with leading and growing a brand-new college provision starting with BTEC Level 2 and 3, 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.