Global Banking School (GBS) was founded in 2010 as a specialist training centre for finance and investment banking. Initially offering courses to students worldwide, GBS expanded its offerings over the years and refocused it’s approach.

In 2016, GBS opened its first campus in London’s East End, focusing on providing education to underrepresented groups. Today, GBS has ten campuses across London, Birmingham, Leeds, and Manchester, offering a wide range of undergraduate and postgraduate programmes in finance, business, construction management healthcare, computing and more.

GBS is now further diversifying its portfolio to include undergraduate and postgraduate programmes in psychology and counselling and working to secure accreditation with professional bodies such as the British Psychological Society (BPS) and the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP). With over 35,000 students, GBS continues to grow and evolve, aiming to transform lives through education.

Please note:

• The start date for this role will be no earlier than August 2025.
• We operate a fully on-site working model
• We are looking for full-time, permanent and hourly paid Lecturers.

Main Responsibilities

• Design, plan and deliver teaching sessions as required by the Faculty.
• Design assessments and assess student work, ensuring that all learning outcomes are met.
• Provide timely and constructive feedback to students.
• Provide academic support and guidance to students.
• Develop, update, and continuously improve course materials.
• Keep up to date with best practice in learning and teaching and ensure that your teaching reflects best practice and embeds technologies that enhance the learning experience.
• Contribute to the design, development, delivery, review and enhancement of programmes of study within the Faculty and across GBS.
• Attend meetings as required by the role
• Develop productive working relationships with colleagues within and external to GBS.
• Participate in internal and external events, such as programme reviews, open days, outreach activities, and partner visits.
• Undertake a reflective programme of staff development which includes teaching observations, directed study, workshop participation and experiential learning.
• Support and engage in the creation, application and/or dissemination of new knowledge in your field of study and/or in higher education practice.
• Engage with the GBS performance management programme, meeting a range of clearly defined objectives for student attendance, continuation, completion, progression and satisfaction.
• Act as a Module Leader or undertake other administrative/management duties, commensurate with the level of the appointment, and as determined by the Dean or Deputy Dean.
• Take on other responsibilities as required to support the work of GBS, which may include acting in a more senior capacity as part of a programme of professional development.

Requirements

ESSENTIAL SKILLS and EXPERIENCE:

• A Doctoral level qualification in counselling and/ or a demonstrable track record in research or other scholarly activity of relevance to counselling and/or demonstrable success at an equivalent level professionally
• Familiarity with, and agreement to work within, the current BACP Ethical Framework for the Counselling Professions.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Experience of supporting learners both face-to-face and remotely.
• Demonstrable professional conduct in all interactions with staff and students.
• Attention to detail and accurate reporting.
• Ability to maintain thorough and organised student records.
• Ability to work under pressure, plan and prioritise own workload to meet tight deadlines.
• Ability to work with minimum supervision.
• Ability to work with diverse groups of people.
• Membership of an appropriate professional body with a complaints procedure to which you are subject.
• Experience of teaching in UK higher education.
• A passion for education as a transformative activity.
• Experience of, and a passion for, working in widening access environments.
• Excellent IT skills and competence with the Microsoft Office suite, including PowerPoint and Excel
• Experience of supervising student work and providing support and feedback

DESIRABLE SKILLS and EXPERIENCE:

• Current BACP counsellor/psychotherapist accreditation or be registered with an appropriate professional body to an equivalent level
• In current, supervised practice as a counsellor
• Teaching qualification: PGCHE, MA in HE Practice or FHEA etc

Other Information

In return we offer a great working environment, career progression and some great benefits which include:

• 25 days annual leave, plus 8 public holidays
• 1 day extra leave per year of service, up to a maximum of 5 days
• Workplace pension scheme with NEST
• Tuition reimbursement for career development courses
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Access to GBS discounts platform, wellbeing centre and much more
• Reward and recognition programme
• £500 award employee referral scheme
• Discretionary annual performance bonus

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