Chemistry Lecturer (Temporary)
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Job Description
Chemistry Lecturer
Temporary | Contract
Location: the West Midlands
Start date: 13 October 2026
Are you an experienced chemistry teacher looking for your next opportunity within further education?
About the Role
As a Chemistry Lecturer, you'll deliver high-quality chemistry teaching for a further education provider, helping learners build the subject knowledge and practical skills they need to progress into higher education and employment.
You'll plan and deliver a mix of theory and practical sessions to learners of mixed abilities, assess progress against awarding body requirements and work alongside the wider teaching team to maintain strong standards of teaching, learning and assessment.
Your responsibilities will include:
- Planning and delivering chemistry sessions across a range of levels and abilities.
- Preparing schemes of work, lesson resources and assessments.
- Delivering practical laboratory work safely and effectively.
- Marking learner work and providing timely, constructive feedback.
- Supporting learners to build confidence, motivation and independence.
- Contributing to curriculum planning and quality improvement.
- Keeping accurate records of attendance, progress and achievement.
What We're Looking For
Essential:
- Experience of teaching chemistry within further education or secondary education
- Strong subject knowledge across the relevant levels
- Ability to plan and deliver engaging sessions to learners of mixed abilities
Desirable (but not essential):
- A recognised teaching qualification
- Experience of working with awarding body requirements
If you're ready to bring your subject expertise to the classroom and support learners to achieve, we'd love to hear from you.
Important Notice Dovetail and Slate is a specialist education recruitment company. If this role isn't quite right, we welcome your CV and a call to explore other opportunities. We are committed to safeguarding children and vulnerable adults. All appointments are subject to satisfactory vetting, including a right to work check and, where relevant, an enhanced DBS, PVG (Scotland), or EWC (Wales) check, in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education. Dovetail and Slate Ltd (11351060) acts as an Employment Agency and an Employment Business under the Conduct of Employment Agencies and Employment Businesses Regulations 2003. We are an equal opportunities employer. By applying, you consent to your data being processed for recruitment purposes in line with our Privacy Policy. Because education matters. © Dovetail and Slate Limited.
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Your Recruitment Consultant
Hugo Taylor
Recruitment Consultant
Requirements
- Experience of teaching chemistry within further education or secondary education
- Strong subject knowledge across the relevant levels
- Ability to plan and deliver engaging sessions to learners of mixed abilities
Skills & Qualifications
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- Location: West Midlands
- Sector: Further And Higher Education
- Phase: Fe
- Subject: Chemistry