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Job Title: Lecturer - Bakery
Location: Birmingham
Salary: £35,608 - £43,482 per annum - AC2
Job type: Full time, Fixed term until June 2026
UCB is an equal opportunities employer. We are TEF rated Silver, with a Good Ofsted rating.
The Role:
The Birmingham College of Food is currently looking for a skilled Lecturer. You will be teaching in our bakery kitchens, where our students are able to gain hands-on experience and learn all the skills that will introduce them to the bakery industry.
Our industry standard bakery kitchens will allow you to enhance and teach your wide knowledge of skills and expertise and enable you to teach learners current practices as replicated in the industry.
Essential requirements for this role include:
- Experience of teaching or training students or employees within a high level, busy, professional bakery setting.
- Exceptional bakery skills and knowledge.
- An ability to train, manage and motivate students of all ages and abilities.
- High levels of organisational and administrative skills in a busy commercial setting.
- Experience and expert knowledge of, food costing, procurement and food hygiene due diligence recording.
- A strong awareness of food safety regulations and best hygiene practice within a busy working professional bakery.
So, if you are looking to contribute to the next generation of bakery professionals, this is the perfect role for you.
Benefits:
- Generous allocation of annual leave
- 38 days' paid leave per year
- 12 Bank Holidays & Concessionary Days
- Excellent Teachers' Pension SchemeEmployer Contributions
- Teachers' Pension Scheme - 28.6%
- Subsidised private healthcare provided by Aviva including a Digital GP Service.
- Teachers' Pension Scheme - 28.6%
- Employee Assistance Programme inclusive of counselling services, financial wellbeing support and bereavement support
- Annual health MOTs with our Registered Nurse
- Excellent staff development opportunities including professional qualification sponsorship
- A variety of salary sacrifice schemes including technology and cycle.
- Heavily-subsidised on-site car parking in central Birmingham
- Free on-site gym membership
Extra Information:
All applicants for employment at the University will be expected to demonstrate an understanding of the principles of Safeguarding and the PREVENT agenda in the context of further and higher education.
Closing Date - Sunday 31st August 2025.
Interview Date - TBC.
Please click APPLY to be redirected to our website to complete an application form.
Candidates with the experience or relevant job titles of: Baking Lecturer, Bakery Lecturer, HNC/D Lecturer, Lecturer, Food Lecturer, University Lecturer, Education Lead, Academic Lead, College Tutor, Tutor, Teacher, College Teacher, Patisserie Lecturer, Pastry Lecturer, will also be considered for this role.
