Modern Foreign Language Assistant - French (Exeter College)

Salary

£17.65 per hour

Hours

Variable (up to 15 hours per week between November and May)

Contract Type

Permanent

Location

Exeter

Closing Date

22/10/2026

Passionate about French language and culture? Enjoy helping others learn and improve their language skills?

We’re looking for a fluent French speaker with relevant A Level qualifications (or equivalent) to join us and support the teaching of A Level French. You’ll join an Ofsted outstanding college, consistently rated in the top 10 FE Colleges in the UK by NICDEX. French is delivered by experienced subject experts, and there’s lots of collaboration and sharing of best practice within the team. We’re looking for someone who’ll support the Faculty in their aspiration to deliver inspirational teaching, putting learners at the centre of all that they do to enable them to make outstanding progress.

We can offer you:

• the opportunity to share your language expertise with our bright, curious and motivated learners

• a focus on staff wellbeing

• a supportive learning environment in the heart of Exeter city centre, just minutes from Exeter St David’s train station.

• a chance to work in a Times 100 Best Company

Interested? We’re looking forward to reading your application…

About us

Ambition, Collaboration, Energy. These are our values. Watch this short video to learn more.

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Benefits

We’ll give you incredibly generous holidays and a superb pension scheme. You’ll also get a package of amazing benefits, including free counselling and discounted supermarket shopping, spa treatments, electric cars and paddleboarding. Read more on our careers page.

Applying for the role

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The closing date for receipt of completed applications is 22nd October 2026.

Interviews will be held on Wednesday 4th November 2026.

No CVs or agencies please.

Everyone’s welcome to apply for a role here, regardless of personal characteristics, including race, age, gender, religion, ability, disability, or sexuality.

We’re totally committed to the safeguarding and welfare of all our students, and we expect you to be too. We follow safer recruitment statutory guidance (Keeping Children Safe in Education). If you’re successful, you’ll be required to complete thorough pre-employment checks, including an enhanced DBS check and satisfactory references. All posts at Exeter College are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974. The amendments to the ROA 1974 (Exceptions Order 1975, (amended 2013 and 2020)) mean that when applying for certain jobs and activities, certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’, so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. The MOJ’s guidance on the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the Exceptions Order 1975, provides information about which convictions must be declared during job applications, related exceptions and further information.