AAT Lecturer and Assessor

Job Reference: TAAT/04.2026

Salary: This is a part time role with an actual salary of up to £28,194.55 per annum, and a full-time equivalent salary of up to £41,352 per annum dependant on skills and experience.

Working Hours: 22.5 hours per week over 4 days, 52 weeks per year.

Expected start date: 17/08/2026

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an AAT Lecturer and Assessor to join our Business department.

The purpose of the role is to deliver and assess across various AAT qualifications for both students and apprentices.

The successful applicant must have:

• A comprehensive knowledge of Accountancy competency-based qualifications and current standards
• A comprehensive knowledge of Accountancy Apprenticeship Standards
• Teaching qualification – PGCE; PTLLS, DTLLS or equivalent
• Ability to work under pressure and to meet targets
• Enthusiastic, motivated and able to work using own initiative
• Effective organisational, administrative and communication skills
• Demonstrate professionalism and work with a range of individuals to meet set team objectives
• Inspire and empower individuals, sharing knowledge to support achievement

• Employer relationship management
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• The ability to foster good relationships with relevant stakeholders, colleagues and students

• The ability to work on own initiative and remotely with minimum supervision
• The ability to effectively manage a cohort of learners and complete in a timely manner, while meeting IQA/EQA and EPA standards
• Experience of working on standard Microsoft software packages

The roles main duties include:

• To teach, using an appropriate mix of traditional, e-learning and blended learning approaches, on a range of AAT courses.
• To take responsibility for specific levels within the curriculum area.
• To provide support and guidance to students and apprentices.
• To operate as an effective member of relevant course teams and to work closely with other areas.
• To keep all records necessary for the efficient running of courses and monitoring of learners
• To be actively involved in curriculum development and planning
• To maintain the course quality logs and ensure that all College/Department quality control systems operate effectively and are up to date
• To undertake appropriate staff development and training including the maintenance and updating of specialist skills
• To manage, attend and actively participate in team meetings and facilitate student meetings
• To liaise with internal/external verifiers and moderators as required
• To assist in the preparation and submission of new programmes to appropriate awarding bodies
• Ownership of a caseload of apprentices, developing plans to deliver the assessment criteria to meet the requirements of the qualification and standards.
• Completion of effective training plans, carrying these out to ensure the college funding and awarding body requirements are compliant.
• Maintaining accurate and timely administrative records associated with assessing, including monitoring and progress tracking records, three-way-reviews, OTJ training logs, observation reports, and evaluations to a satisfactory standard. Ensuring the required administration is complete relating to all areas of employer and learner activity, and learner achievement and College guidelines, within established deadlines.
• Conducting visits to work-based learners and apprentices to carry out regular reviews within the funding requirements of the apprenticeship standard/framework. 
• Working closely with the marketing team and Apprentice Administration team to ensure continuous recruitment.

This role requires you to engage in regulatory activity in the FE sector. The full definition of regulatory activity is set out in the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 as amended by the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012. Regulated activity includes teaching, instructing, caring for or supervising children if the person is unsupervised.

Fancy a 4-day working week*?

Grantham College operate a 4-day working week. Staff benefit from working a full-time contract over four days. You will work core hours of Monday to Thursday, working a Friday morning once a month

Grantham College experience positive benefits from the 4-day week, including improvement to staff wellbeing and morale. We have also seen benefits in terms of reduced staff turnover leading to greater consistency of performance for our students and apprentices. The number of staff sickness absence days has reduced alongside the energy usage for the college and therefore its carbon emissions. We have also seen improvements in key quality indicators such as student attendance and retention and we are confident this will feed through into improved achievement rates and more positive outcomes for our students.

What we offer you in return:

• An excellent pension scheme :
  • Local Government: Employer Contribution 24.5% 
• A continued professional development programme of up to £750 per academic year
• In addition to the 8 Bank Holidays a year, a generous annual leave allowance of:
  • 5 Weeks for Support employees, this will increase to 5.8 weeks, after 5 years’ service
• Generous occupational sick pay scheme after one years service
• Family friendly policies, including up to 5 paid occasions for time off for dependants within a 12 month period, after the first year of service
• Up to Five college closure days in December in addition to annual leave

The closing date for all applications will be Sunday 03 May 2026.

Please note that due to the volume of applications we receive we will only be able to contact candidates who have been selected for interview. You are welcome to download a full application pack and return your completed application to hrapplications@grantham.ac.uk  
Please note that we do not accept CV’s by way of application or online application via other websites, you must complete a Grantham College application form. Grantham College are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff to share this commitment. This employment offer is subject to a self-funded satisfactory enhanced DBS check. The successful applicant will have a deduction of £61.50 taken from payroll. We are committed to diversity, equity and inclusion and welcome applications from all sections of the community.

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