Lecturer in Sports Media

Lecturer in Sports Media

Role Information:

Reference: REQ001283

Location: WISE Campus
FTE Salary: Up to £39,495.00 (Salary is dependent on qualifications and experience)

Actual Salary: Up to £15,798.00
Contract Type: Part-Time, Fixed Term until 31st July 2026
Working Hours: 14.8 hours per week

SGS is an Equal Opportunities and Disability Confident employer and welcomes applications from all sectors of the community.

Financial Rewards and Benefits:

• Opportunity to make a positive impact within the community and on learners lives
• Competitive Pension Scheme- Academic roles benefit significantly by their access to the teachers pension scheme (TPS), with a generous employer contributions of over 23%
• Generous Annual leave entitlement plus the 8 bank holidays- 39 days academic plus additional college agreed inset development days and 6 self-elected development days (Full-Time Equivalent).
• Two weeks leave during the Christmas closedown period largely supported by the discretionary closure days provided by the College.
• Extensive professional development with ongoing support for your personal & professional development, including 25% tuition discount for immediate family of SGS employees.
• Family friendly policies and a proven commitment to supporting flexible working practices
• Access to My Lifestyle discounted shopping benefits, cycle to work scheme and a Technology Salary Sacrifice Scheme
• Free Annual Eye test
• All staff members can buy a TOTUM card(formerly known as NUS Extra cards), as part of being an affiliate member of the Students' Union 
• Staff have access and supported to be part of inclusive or sustainable staff networks and communities
• Free car parking at all campuses (Except Queens Road Art School)
• Access to a wide variety of external health and wellbeing resources
• Subsidised onsite catering services including Costa Coffee

South Gloucestershire & Stroud College has an excellent reputation for delivering further education and work-based programmes in a range of subjects from business to sport, construction to media, GCSEs and A Levels to Honour Degree level programmes.

Our experienced and passionate staff work hard to help students and colleagues achieve their personal challenges and career goals. We are proud of SGS and committed to making the College the best it can be. We are currently working hard to achieve Outstanding status after being classified as Good in our last inspection. For more information, please visit https://www.sgscol.ac.uk/

SGS College's Media Department, the Bristol Academy of Media, have an exciting opportunity for a Sports Media Lecturer, based at our Wise Campus. 

Bristol Academy of Media is housed in the new, state-of-the-art Brunel Centre, which is well equipped with a professional TV Studio, a large bank of high-quality audio-visual equipment, 5 Mac rooms, and Esports studio. We are looking to appoint a dynamic technician to join the BAM team, which has engaging and inspiring courses at Levels 1-3 in Film & TV Production, Sports Media, and Animation & Visual Effects, as well as two Degree-level programmes.  

The successful applicant will deliver on our highly successful vocational Sports Media programmes, both at degree-level at University Centre WISE and at Level 3, dependant on experience and qualifications. Candidates should have be passionate about and possess outstanding knowledge of Sport and Sports Media and be able to impart this passion and enthusiasm in our learners. A recognised teaching qualification is not essential, but candidates without one will be expected to work towards one once in post.

Key Tasks and Responsibilities

• Direct Delivery into the Sports Media provision
• Internal Quality Assurance and organisation of the qualification, reporting to the course leader
• Personal Tutor for learners
• To undertake all forms of pedagogic work which may include classroom teaching, tutorial work and associated outreach duties, residential, open and distance learning courses and student placements. 
• To ensure the associated organisational and administrative work, preparation and marking is undertaken. 
• To provide the appropriate student welfare and academic/non-academic counselling responsibilities. 
• To undertake an annual teaching workload of contact hours for category A duties of 828 maximum to 761 minimum (pro rata for part-time) as detailed in the College workload agreement.
• To conduct curriculum development work including identification of consumer requirements, planning, development and evaluation of courses and course materials.
• To ensure the administration and management of subjects/units/modules of education and training, or of significant facets or subdivision of these, is carried out.
• To support publicity and public relations work related to the College and to represent the department and College positively.

Beneficial Skills & Qualifications

• Educated to degree-level or higher in a discipline relevant to Sports Media
• Industry experience working in the field of Sports Media
• Recognised teaching qualification (PGCE / PCET / DET) beneficial but not essential
• Experience of teaching in a further/higher education environment beneficial but not essential

Please apply online by: Sunday 7th September 2025

Expected Interview Date: To be confirmed

If you have any queries please contact [email protected]

SGS College is committed to safeguarding children and vulnerable adults and any offer of employment will be subject to a number of conditions including a requirement for providing satisfactory references. In line with KCSIE and having regard to all relevant guidance, a range of checks and online searches will also be conducted for successful candidates, and a satisfactory DBS Enhanced Disclosure will need to be obtained as a requirement of the job