Computing and Esports Lecturer

Application Deadline: 18 May 2026

Department: Computing & IT

Employment Type: Full Time

Location: Wigan & Leigh College

Compensation: £31,699 - £42,540 / year

Description

Full-time - Permanent 37 hours a week
Computing, IT and Esports.  Teach the digital industries that hire.

At Wigan & Leigh College, you'll teach across Vocational IT, Computing, Esports, and the T Level Digital programme. You may also contribute to our higher education computing provision. Your students will be heading into university, digital apprenticeships, and careers across software, IT, gaming, and the broader digital industry.

If you can teach across the breadth of digital subjects and keep the content current this is the perfect role for you. The sector moves fast, and your teaching will need to move with it.

What you'll do

• Teach across Vocational IT, Computing, Esports, and the T Level Digital programme.
• Contribute to higher education computing when needed. 
• Plan and deliver lessons developing technical, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
• Mark work, give clear feedback, and use assessment results to shape how you teach.
• Act as a Personal Tutor, supporting students through their course and into next steps.
• Contribute to curriculum development that keeps content matched to industry trends and technologies.
• Take part in recruitment activities including Open Evenings, taster sessions, and school liaison.

What you'll bring

• A degree in Computing, IT, Digital Technologies, Esports, or a related subject.
• A teaching qualification (PGCE or equivalent), or willingness to work towards one. We'll support you to get there.
• Working knowledge of current digital technologies, software, and industry practice.
• Experience teaching post-16, or ready to develop in that area.
• Understanding of T Level, BTEC, or vocational IT assessment requirements

What you're like

• Curious. You stay on top of how the digital industries are changing.
• Adaptable. You can teach across qualifications and at different levels.
• Clear. You can explain technical concepts in ways students grasp.
• Hands-on. You teach with the tools, not just about them.
• Connected to the industry. You keep your knowledge current

Essentials

• A degree in Computing, IT, Digital Technologies, Esports, or a related subject.
• GCSEs in English and Maths at Grade C/4 or equivalent.
• Right to work in the UK.
• You'll need an enhanced DBS check, if you get the job, we'll do this for you.
• You're committed to safeguarding and inclusion.
• You can travel across our sites.
• You're flexible and happy to work beyond standard hours when it's needed.

Why work with us?

Time to recharge

• Generous annual leave entitlement, including bank holidays (depending on your role)
• Family-friendly leave policies

Great People. Change Lives. starts with the small things. The conversation in a corridor. A piece of feedback that lands just right. Encouragement that changes someone’s view. These are the things that shape what students believe is possible, and they happen because of the people who work here. You'll join a Computing and Esports team that takes the digital industries seriously and prepares students for the work they want.


You'll have time to teach well, the resources to keep your teaching current, and colleagues who care about the subject. You'll see the impact when students leave ready for university, apprenticeships, and digital careers. You’d be joining the college for technical excellence and computing sits at the heart of that.


Time to recharge

• Generous annual leave entitlement, including bank holidays (depending on your role)
• Family-friendly leave policies

Wellbeing as well as work

• 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme
• Medicash healthcare plan
• Occupational health support
• Confidential counselling
• Specsavers eye test vouchers
• A culture where people look out for each other

Financial peace of mind

• Teachers' Pension Scheme or Local Government Pension Scheme
• Salary sacrifice schemes (Cycle to Work, buy tech)
• Railcard & Tusker Green car scheme
• Local and national discount schemes

Clear progression routes

• Opportunities to step up, specialise, or move across departments
• Leadership pathways
• Support to gain teaching qualifications

Read more about our benefits.

Please complete our application form in full. We can’t accept CVs.

Applicants selected for interview will be notified on 25 May for interview the following week.
Attention FE teachers: You could be eligible for a government levelling-up payment of £2,000–£6,000 if you teach subjects like construction, engineering, maths, computing or early years. This applies if you're in your first 5 years of FE teaching and spend at least 50% of your time teaching eligible level 3 (or below) courses. Find out more. 

We're recruiting across college as we expand, with roles in teaching, technical, and support. All our current vacancies are at wigan-leigh-ac-uk.pinpointhq.com.