Job Description
Location: Covent Garden, London / Online
Salary: £38.72 per hour, inclusive of pro rata holiday entitlement and preparation time
Hours: Variable
About the role
Are you an inspiring Lipreading Tutor with a passion for supporting adults with hearing loss to communicate confidently and reconnect with the world around them?
Join City Lit's highly respected Centre for Deaf Education, home to one of the largest and longest running programmes of lipreading and hearing loss management courses in the UK. Our courses help adults adjust to acquired hearing loss, develop practical communication strategies, and build confidence in everyday listening situations. You'll be joining an Ofsted 'outstanding' rated college that enriches the lives of over 30,000 learners across London and beyond every year.
Our Lipreading programme offers daytime, evening, weekday and weekend courses that take place both face to face and online, delivered by a dedicated team of specialist tutors. As part of this community, you will play a vital role in empowering adults to develop lipreading skills, manage their hearing loss, and overcome barriers to communication.
We are currently seeking tutors to deliver the following face-to-face Lipreading courses:
- GL303 Lipreading and managing hearing loss: beginners module 1, every Wednesday between 22/04/2026 - 01/07/2026, 14:00 - 16:00
- GL312 Lipreading and managing hearing loss: beginners module 1, every Wednesday between 22/04/2026 - 01/07/2026, 18:00 - 20:00
If you are unable to teach these particular courses but are interested in future opportunities within the Lipreading programme, delivered face to face or online, we encourage you to apply to join our Talent Bank.
About the applicant
City Lit is London's largest provider of learning for adults, inspiring over 30,000 students a year and offering more than 5,000 courses, online and face-to-face. As a leader in our field, who have recently been rated as outstanding in all areas by Ofsted, we have a century's reputation for delivering the highest quality student experience. Partnering with community organisations across London, we deliver bespoke projects that support individuals and communities.
To apply, please submit your CV and a covering letter, detailing how your skills and experience meet the requirements of the role. If you would like to be considered for the course(s) on offer, please mention this in your application.
The ideal candidate will have:
- Experience of teaching Lipreading and managing hearing loss to groups of adults with acquired hearing loss.
- To have completed and passed the City Lit Lipreading Teacher Training course.
- Have up to date knowledge, enthusiasm and interest for the subject of hearing loss including excellent knowledge of lipreading theory.
- Experience of teaching lipreading face-to-face.
- Can teach in a way that ensures inclusion of all students with hearing loss and/or other learning needs.
Our generous rewards and benefits are numerous and wide-ranging, including flexible working, generous course discounts that include friends and family, our pension scheme plus life assurance and enhanced Family Friendly leave. There's also a season ticket loan programme, entitlement to access the student discounts programme (Totum), cycle to work scheme, and discounted private healthcare and gym. We even offer free annual flu jabs!
Sited in London's creative community of Covent Garden, City Lit is a thriving hub of learning and opportunity with a palpable sense of purpose and identity and a culture of equality and inclusivity. We know diversity fosters creativity and innovation and we are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where all belong. We therefore particularly encourage applications from candidates who are likely to be underrepresented these include applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, those who have a disability and the LGBTQI+ community. We provide a professional and supportive community that blends teaching and learning to deliver endless possibilities.
For full details of the role, please refer to the Job Description .
Closing Date: 23:59 on 1 st March 2026
Interview Date: 16 th March 2026
