Sessional Lecturer in Sport


Company:	Teaching Vacancies
Salary:	Not specified
Hours:	Part-time
Location:	Loughborough, LE11 3BT
Job type:	Temporary
Posting date:	18 Aug 2026
Closing date:	30 Aug 2026

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Summary

What skills and experience we're looking for

The Sports Department are looking for passionate, innovative, and dynamic Sessional Lecturers to join our Sports (FE) team at Loughborough College. This role involves teaching full-time sport students across a range of units, as well as providing lesson cover where required.

As a Lecturer, you will deliver high-quality, engaging teaching that motivates and inspires learners to achieve their full potential. You will plan and deliver challenging learning experiences, assess student progress, and monitor achievement to ensure learners meet or exceed their target grades.

The successful candidate will bring industry experience within sport, alongside a relevant degree (or equivalent qualification). You will demonstrate strong interpersonal and organisational skills, with the ability to work collaboratively within a large, cross-curricular team. Excellent planning, administrative, and time management skills are essential, as is the ability to meet deadlines and utilise a variety of teaching methodologies.

We welcome applications from experienced educators as well as individuals new to teaching who can demonstrate enthusiasm, commitment, and the drive to succeed in this rewarding field.

What the college offers its staff

Loughborough College Group is formed of Brooksby College, Loughborough College, Stephenson College and IGNITE Performing Arts. We have a vast curriculum across campus’s offering challenging and engaging learning experiences for our students. We are and have consistently invested in providing our learners and employees with an outstanding and unrivalled range of modern facilities and resources.

Loughborough College Group is striving to attract, develop and retain the very best people by offering a motivating and inclusive workplace in which talent is truly recognised. We are committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive community with the belief that diversity plays an important role in the success of the college.

We are proud to have achieved the Investor in Diversity award and we actively encourage applications from individuals who are currently under-represented and from all areas of the community. Alongside this, we are a disability confident employer, and we welcome everyone to consider becoming a part of our journey.

As well as our commitment to your professional and personal development, we also offer a generous benefits package including:

• On-site parking

• Subsided nursery fees

• Generous Maternity/Paternity pay

• Fantastic CPD and inclusive resources for development

• Opportunities of volunteering within local community and charities

We offer a range of family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements and agile working where the business allows. We provide staff forums, staff working groups for sustainability, staff steering groups for Investors in Diversity and support services to support with mental health and wellbeing for staff from different backgrounds.

The successful candidate will be employed by The Leicestershire College a subsidiary company of Loughborough College. The terms and conditions of employment offered by the Leicestershire College are different to those of Loughborough College. Please note that employees of the Leicestershire College are based at one of the campus’ of Loughborough College Group.

Kindly be advised that we are unable to provide skilled worker sponsorship for this position. Applicants must have the right to work in the country without the need for sponsorship.

Loughborough College Group is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all students and expects all staff to share this commitment. Please note, all successful applicants will be subject to an enhanced DBS check.

If you require any support to apply for this job, please email recruitment@loucoll.ac.uk

Commitment to safeguarding

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment. Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance. Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant): childcare disqualification Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) medical online and social media prohibition from teaching right to work satisfactory references suitability to work with children You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.

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