Interdisciplinary Culture Tutor (Talent Bank)

Location: Covent Garden, London/Online

Salary: £38.72 per hour, inclusive of pro rata holiday entitlement and preparation time

Hours of Work: Variable depending on course programming

About the role

Are you a dynamic and creative interdisciplinary culture tutor? Then join us to teach courses, online and/or face to face, helping to bring together people across the capital and beyond and to enrich lives through learning.

You’ll be a key contributor to our thriving Culture and Humanities department which offers a broad curriculum of courses, from introductory to in-depth, within and across cultural disciplines.

We are looking for Tutors who are able to plan, teach and evaluate a course/s in interdisciplinary culture online and /or face to face, meeting the learning needs of adult students in the programme area.

About the applicant

You will need to have a demonstrable ability to teach interdisciplinary culture courses, that explore ideas or themes across different cultural disciplines (for example, but not restricted to,  Literature, Art History, Film). We are particularly interested in course proposals that explore, across disciplines, one or more of the below:

• Global majority and/or diasporic culture/s
• LGBTQ+, Gender, including Masculinities
• Theme-driven courses

You will develop your course/s in discussion with the Tutor Coordinator, but will be solely responsible for teaching your interdisciplinary course/s (i.e. this is not a team-teaching role.)

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:

• A qualification relevant to the subject being taught (degree and/or postgraduate qualification).
• Experience of teaching interdisciplinary culture, ideally to groups of adults.
• Ability to plan and deliver imaginative and engaging courses (informed by up to date subject knowledge, enthusiasm and interest in interdisciplinary culture face-to-face and/or online, in collaboration with the Tutor Coordinator, understanding the interests and learning needs of the student cohort.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Have a commitment to Quality, Health and Safety, Equality and Diversity, customer care and safeguarding.

Our generous rewards and benefits are numerous and wide-ranging, including generous course discounts that include friends and family, our pension scheme plus entitlement to access the student discounts programme (Totum), and even 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: 24 November 2024

Interview Dates: 16 & 17 December 2024