Sessional Food Safety Lecturer

September 2026 start date / Sessional hours / Fixed term until December 2026 What We Are Looking For

• Relevant qualification in Environmental Health, Food Safety, Meat Inspection, or a related discipline.
• Ability to identify meat quality issues, contamination, and disease indicators, and explain their public health implications.
• Experience of delivering practical teaching, training, or demonstrations in a relevant setting.
• Strong practical knowledge and experience of meat cutting (beef, lamb, pig) and meat inspection processes and to be able to demonstrate this process.
• Ability to recognise spoilage, pathology, parasites, contamination, and hygiene failures.
• Strong knowledge of Inspection standards, and enforcement practices.

Duties/responsibilities

• Deliver high quality practical and theoretical teaching in meat inspection and food safety.
• Provide specialist instruction in meat inspection, food standards, and relevant areas of food safety
• Support training of Environmental Health students through demonstrations and applied learning across meat and wider food safety topics.

Benefits

• A discounted on-site gym, sports hall, fitness class, osteopathy and day nursery
• 5-minute walk from Ewell East Station
• Discounted Starbucks
• Free online qualifications
• Free parking on-site

Nescot is graded 'Good' by Ofsted following its latest inspection in January 2023. Inspectors rated the College as Good in all 8 aspects. The report recognises that students "enjoy their courses and are motivated to succeed", and benefit from "highly supportive relationships" with staff. Safeguarding arrangements are "effective" with regular training for staff, and leaders have in place "an effective policy for safer recruitment." At Nescot, we're proud of our inclusive culture and we welcome all applications. Applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening including checks with past employers and criminal record checks (enhanced DBS clearance). This college is a smoke-free campus—smoking and vaping are not permitted anywhere on campus.

Closing date 19th July 2026 Interview date expected to be 24th July 2026