Tutor – Lipreading (Talent Bank)
Location: Covent Garden, London
Salary: £38.72 per hour, inclusive of pro rata holiday entitlement and preparation time
Are you an experienced Lipreading Tutor with a passion for teaching adult learners? Then why not join the prestigious Centre for Deaf Education as part of the Lipreading and Acquired Hearing Loss team at our ‘outstanding’ Ofsted rated College, helping to bring together people across London and beyond, and to enrich lives through learning.
The department has been supporting deaf and hard of hearing students for over 100 years and offers a range of live and interactive Lipreading and Acquired Hearing Loss long and short term courses, catering to all levels, from beginners to advanced. This role will play a key part in helping students improve their communication skills through lipreading in a relaxed atmosphere, and we are looking for Lipreading Tutors to teach in-person, in the day time and evening.
Be Part of Our Community
City Lit is London's largest provider of learning for adults, inspiring over 30,000 students a year and offering more than 5,000 courses, online and face-to-face. As a leader in our field, who have recently been rated as outstanding in all areas by Ofsted, we have a century’s reputation for delivering the highest quality student experience. Partnering with community organisations across London, we deliver bespoke projects that support individuals and communities.
To be considered, please submit your CV and a covering letter, detailing your skills and experience. The ideal candidate will have:
- Have up to date knowledge, enthusiasm and interest for the subject of hearing loss including excellent knowledge of lipreading theory.
- To have completed and passed the City Lit lipreading teacher training course.
- Can teach in a way that ensures inclusion of all students with hearing loss and/or other learning needs.
Our generous rewards and benefits are numerous and wide-ranging, including generous course discounts that include friends and family, our pension scheme plus life assurance and enhanced Family Friendly leave. There’s also entitlement to access the student discounts programme (Totum), and we even offer free annual flu jabs!
Sited in London’s creative community of Covent Garden, City Lit is a thriving hub of learning and opportunity with a palpable sense of purpose and identity and a culture of equality and inclusivity. We know diversity fosters creativity and innovation and we are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where all belong. We therefore particularly encourage applications from candidates who are likely to be underrepresented these include applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, those who have a disability and the LGBTQI+ community. We provide a professional and supportive community that blends teaching and learning to deliver endless possibilities.
For full details of the role, please refer to the Job Description.
Successful applicants will be offered suitable work as and when it becomes available, however work cannot be guaranteed.
Closing Date: 23:59 on 6th October 2024
