Job Title: Lecturer - Media Studies
Post requires candidate to be entitled for work: Yes
DBS Check Level: Enhanced Child List
Contract Type: Permanent
Full time/Part Time: Full Time
Advert Closing Date: 11/10/2026
Job Overview
Highlands College is seeking an enthusiastic and industry-experienced Lecturer in Creative Arts. You will deliver engaging, industry-focused teaching across creative media programmes, helping learners develop the technical and creative skills needed for progression to higher education and employment.
The successful candidate will have experience of contemporary media concepts and the wider film, television and digital industries, along with expertise across the full production cycle, from concept development to final delivery. You will possess strong photography and filmmaking skills and be proficient in creative software packages such as Adobe Creative Suite and Premiere Pro.
This is an exciting opportunity to help develop the next generation of creative talent in Jersey.
For further information about the post please contact: Paul Bisson (Head of Creative Arts) on 01534 608678 or at paul.bisson@highlands.ac.uk
Job Purpose
Responsible for managing the learning process including classroom teaching, tutorials, associated outreach and open and distance learning programmes and student placements for a specific group.
Statutory Responsibilities
The Department for Children, Young People, Education and Skills is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and requires all staff and volunteers to
share this commitment.
This role is politically restricted. The job holder is not permitted to undertake political activity involving standing for election to the Government or as a Parish Constable, or publicly supporting someone who is standing for election or playing a public part in any political manner.
Job Specific Outcomes 1 of 2
1. Identify learning needs of individuals and groups, prepare and deliver lectures, seminars and tutorials to enable students to meet assessments and examination requirements.
2. Assist in Curriculum development, the planning and evaluation of courses, review of course materials and lead specialist programmes as required.
3. Contribute to team/Department meetings including course monitoring and course assessment to ensure objectives are being met.
4. Set and mark student work for assessment and examination, identify previously acquired competencies, verify assessment procedures, maintain relevant records for report writing, references, records of achievement for internal and external verification/validation purposes.
5. Contribute to the development of external contacts with industry and professional bodies to enhance the relevance of the teaching situation.
6. Plan continuing professional development, participate in performance review and appraisal and appropriate in-service training and evaluate and disseminate advances in training and development in order to facilitate individual and organisational learning.
Job Specific Outcomes 2 of 2
7. Assist in ensuring the quality of the curriculum provision to meet internal and external standards through management of course meetings and contributing to course planning and review.
8. Assist in ensuring the college environment meets health and safety and security requirements.
9. Recognise the personal welfare needs of students, and initiate appropriate referrals. Monitor and develop the standards of students’ behaviour in order to provide additional support where a student is not completing a study programme as planned.
10. Identify course requirements and use resources allocated in order to create environment(s) conducive to the learning of individuals and groups.
11. Any other duties required by the senior team for the successful achievement of the job purpose.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential:
A requisite teaching qualification within the Qualified Teaching Learning & Skills framework (or willingness to work towards this).
Evidence or capability of achieving level two literacy and numeracy (e.g. GCSE).
Evidence of a degree or appropriate technical or professional qualification to at least Level 4.
A preparedness to adhere to Continual Professional Development requirement.
Desirable:
A preparedness to adhere to Continual Professional Development requirement
Knowledge
Essential:
Demonstrable evidence of secure subject knowledge and skills relevant to their field.
Technical Work Based Skills
Essential:
An ability to meet the requirements of examination and assessment bodies.
Desirable:
Experience of teaching/ lecturing in an FE or Secondary Education environment.
General skills / attributes
Essential:
An ability to communicate fluently and effectively.
An ability to work flexibly as part of a team.
An ability to motivate and inspire learners.
Experience
Essential:
Evidence of relevant academic, industrial or commercial experience.
Desirable:
Experience of working with young adults in a training, coaching or supportive role.
Criteria relating to Safeguarding
Essential:
An understanding of, and commitment to, safeguarding for all.
Desirable:
Foundation Safeguarding (Level 1) qualified.
Jersey Public Service Careers
Across the Jersey Public Service, the scope of our work means our people enjoy a wide range of opportunities—working with recognised experts across teams, learning new skills, and developing their careers. We actively seek to recruit people from different backgrounds with diverse perspectives, creating a richer, more varied environment where you’re exposed to new ideas, new ways of thinking, and new opportunities to build an exciting and rewarding career.
To maintain the highest standards of public service, we have a rigorous screening process, to ensure candidates align with our values, skills, and professional requirements. This helps us create a trusted, capable workforce that can deliver excellence and safeguard our community.
For regulated activity roles (working with children and adults at risk of harm), an enhanced level of screening will be conducted to include enhanced DBS checks.
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