About The Role
This is a temporary position until 10th July 2025.
Building Skilled Carpenters, One Joint at a Time.
As a Lecturer in Carpentry, you'll be joining Canterbury College and our group, rated by Ofsted as Outstanding. In this role, you will assess, support, and track learners to ensure the best outcomes. If you wish to pass on the skills and knowledge that you have to the next generation, this could be the job for you.
Many of our temporary employees progress to part-time and full-time permanent positions, and this is a great opportunity to start your career with us. We will offer support and training to ensure you're ready to progress with our group.
Alongside our priority of excellent student experience, we also focus on our employees. Here are just some of our benefits when working for the East Kent Colleges Group:
* Competitive salary and holiday entitlement
* Access to 100's of online discounts via our Rewards Scheme (Inc. Restaurant, Grocery, Retail, Gym, Holidays)
* Access to cycle to work, car leasing and tech purchasing schemes
* Generous pension scheme - 28% employer contribution
* Being part of a company with an Eco-Sustainability focus of being Net-Zero
* Time off for your child's first day at school, moving home, and for interviews
* My 10 Days initiative - bid for up to 10 days off work to pursue voluntary work
* Being part of Community Days and Annual Staff Celebration Day
About You
We're looking for someone who:
* is organised and creative.
* can plan and teach engaging and innovative lessons.
* has demonstrated interpersonal skills.
* is able to assess and track student progress.
* will ensure all students develop the skills they need to succeed.
Ideally, you will have experience of teaching or have delivered training in the workplace, although this isn't essential as training will be offered to the successful applicant. You must have a positive outlook, be empathetic towards learners, and have strong class management skills.
The successful candidate will be able to teach a range of designated study programs and/or courses from Level 1 up to Level 3 and will be able to motivate learners to achieve and succeed on their programmes of study.
No need to spend time updating your CV, just click apply and complete our short application form. You can save your progress as you go, and we’ll review all applications and get back to all candidates after the closing date.
Please contact the Resourcing Team at jobs@ekcgroup.ac.uk if you have any queries about this position.
Please note that there are two salary scale points for our Lecturer positions. All candidates will start at the introductory salary scale point unless certain criteria are met. Employees can move up the salary scale once one full academic year of teaching for our group is complete, subject to approval. Therefore, internal applicants may qualify for the higher salary scale, although should seek clarification.
About Us
Outstanding Ofsted Provider
East Kent Colleges Group is an Ofsted Outstanding rated provider. It is proud to be the first General Further Education college organisation in the country to have received the Outstanding grade against each of the strands under the new Ofsted inspection framework. An inclusive provider, our colleagues place our students and the communities we serve at the heart of everything they do across EKC Group.
Commitment to Safeguarding
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and we ensure that all staff are aware of their responsibilities for upholding these principles. As a designated establishment, we are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore have an obligation to carry out checks to ensure that staff are suitable to work with children and vulnerable adults.
Commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
East Kent Colleges Group is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all members of our communities. We are particularly keen to increase the diversity of our staff body and encourage applications from candidates where there is underrepresentation in our workforce.
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