Lecturer and Technician in Photography and Film

Lecturer and Technician in Photography & Film (MAT cover)

Role Information:

This role is recruiting for one individual who will be teaching and have a technician role, the role will be broken up into the following hours; the Technician role will be whole days on Tuesdays and Thursdays totalling 14.8 hours a week and the Lecturer role will be on Wednesdays from 09:00 – 12:15, and Fridays from 11:15 – 15:15 totalling 9.3 hours a week.

Reference: REQ001405

Location: Stroud Campus

FTE Salary for Lecturing role: up to £34,044.00 (Salary is dependent on qualifications and experience)

Actual Salary: £8,557.00

FTE Salary for Technician role: £25,287.00 

Actual Salary: £10,114.80
Contract Type: Part-Time, Fixed-Term until 12^th April 2027
Total Working Hours: 22.2 hours a week

At SGS, we are proud to be an Equal Opportunities and Disability Confident employer. We encourage applications from individuals of all backgrounds, experiences, and communities, and are committed to creating an inclusive environment where everyone can thrive.

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%
  • Corporate and support roles have access to the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS), a flexible and pension accessible from the age of 55, with generous employer contributions of 16%.
• 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).
  • 25 days corporate and support functions, increasing to 30 days after 5 academic years’ service (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, GCSE’s 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/

We have an exciting opportunity for a Lecturer and Technician for a MAT cover position within our Stroud School of Art team!

The successful candidate for this role will be taking on a dual role MAT cover position which is fixed term until 12^th April 2027. Unfortunately, this role is unable to be split into the two separate roles.

The technician role will be preparing and maintaining the studio and department resources. The successful candidate will be required to support relevant workshops and to assist lecturers and students as required. The lecturing part of this role will be to preparing and teaching this cohort of learners.

Key Tasks and Responsibilities

• Teaching // To undertake all forms of pedagogic work which may include classroom teaching, tutorial work, online and distance learning.
• Teaching // To contribute to, organise and complete all academic and pastoral duties such as assessments, unit delivery, tutorials and course planning.
• Technician // To maintain, organise and support the access to resources and learning opportunities within the department with a general focus on photography and film.

Beneficial Skills & Qualifications

• Educated to Degree or higher in a creative based subject.
• Photography and/or film methodology and process skills.
• Open minded, experimental and collaborative approach to creative work.
• Ideally some teaching experience in an FE or HE environment.

Please apply online by:  Wednesday 1st July 2026

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. All employment offers are contingent upon satisfactory references, an Enhanced DBS check, and additional checks and online searches in accordance with KCSIE guidance.