Early Years Lecturer (Temporary)

Early Years Lecturer

Temporary

Location: the East of England

Start date: 9 October 2026

Are you an Early Years professional ready to pass your knowledge on to the next generation of practitioners?

About the role

As an Early Years Lecturer, you'll plan and deliver engaging lessons that build the subject knowledge, practical skills and professional confidence your learners need to succeed. You'll bring real-world insight from the sector into the classroom, giving learners context alongside the theory that underpins it.

Working with a further education provider, you'll teach across the Early Years programme, adapting your approach to a range of levels and helping every learner progress. You'll monitor progress closely and give the feedback and encouragement that keeps learners on track.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Planning and delivering Early Years lessons that are engaging and well structured.
• Preparing schemes of work, resources and assessments that support progression and achievement.
• Assessing learners' knowledge and practical skills and marking work accurately.
• Providing timely, constructive feedback that helps learners improve.
• Tracking learner performance and putting interventions in place where needed.
• Contributing to curriculum development so that content stays current and relevant.

What we're looking for

Essential:

• Relevant qualification and occupational experience in Early Years
• Confidence teaching learners across a range of levels and abilities
• A commitment to learner progress and achievement

Desirable (but not essential):

• A recognised teaching qualification
• Experience of teaching or assessing in a further education setting

If you're ready to help learners take their first steps into the Early Years sector, we'd love to hear from you.