It can be daunting to start thinking about starting a career after university. But it doesn't have to be. You've likely dreamt about a career where you can use your knowledge in your chosen field, but the job market is often looking for years of experience even in entry positions. Time to turn your eyes to a career in education where you'll contribute to the community, supporting young people in Colleges to train in their chosen field. What's more, we'll train you how to teach in the role, whilst you earn - if teaching is the avenue you choose to go down. As we continue to support the communities local to our sites (Ashford, Broadstairs, Canterbury, Dover, Folkestone, Sheppey more localised business units), our Graduate Scheme will facilitate you in starting your career in Further Education. We offer five different Graduate Schemes: 1. Lecturer 2. A-Level Teacher 3. Service Management 4. Apprenticeship Trainer 5. Speech and Language Therapist We'll fully fund your teacher or assessor training alongside your work, so there's no need to worry about any further student loans. With our Lecturing, Trainer and A-Level teaching positions, you can select your subject or industry specialism, and within your registration, you can choose more than one depending on your skills and experience. Our Service Management and Speech and Language Therapist Graduate Schemes will not be subject specific but looking at those interested in support, administration, management and SALT areas within the education sector. Its an incredible opportunity to secure a Graduate position, and one which you will also receive all the relevant benefits our staff do. Competitive holiday entitlement. Store, retail, restaurant, grocery, and gym discounts. Cycle to work, car leasing and technology purchasing schemes. Opportunity to progress, train and develop where 1/4 of our roles are appointed internally. Laptop and equipment provided. My 10 days – bid for up-to 10 days off to pursue volunteering. Be part of our Eco pledge to be Net-Zero. Registrations can start immediately and the scheme gives candidates a chance to impart their newly gained skills to the next generation through teaching and assessing. Remember, you'll receive FREE Teacher and Assessor Qualifications worth thousands of pounds. Most importantly, you’ll gain industry experience with one of our partner organisations in your chosen sector. Specialists from our partner organisations are not only willing to offer placements to enhance your experience for future opportunities, but insist that holding Teacher and Assessor Qualifications gives an advantage to candidates entering the sectors. These qualifications are fully funded and included within the EKCG Graduate Scheme. About You Our Graduate Scheme registration is now open to those currently studying or who have recently finished their course in Higher Education. You don't have to wait for your last year of study to apply. By clicking 'apply' and starting your Graduate Scheme registration, we will consider you for suitable vacancies when they become available in the near future. No need to spend time updating your CV, just click apply and complete our short registration form. We don't ask for large statements within the form and this doesn't take long to complete. If you have any queries, please email us on [email protected] 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 and this is illustrated in our ‘Strong’ skills grading by Ofsted. 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. These checks include conviction/caution self-declaration, Enhanced DBS check and obtaining sufficient referencing. It is a criminal offence to apply for a post which involves engaging in regulated activity relevant to children if you are barred from doing so. If you are successful in being shortlisted to interview, your suitability to work with children and vulnerable adults will be explored as part of the interview process. 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. We are proud to hold the Positive About Disability Award and are a Disability Confident Employer. This confirms our commitment to interviewing all applicants who declare that they have a disability and who meet the essential criteria outlined in the person specification. With any successful candidate, we will explore any reasonable adjustments to a role due to a health needs or disability. Similarly, we have a commitment to Care Leavers (Care Covenant Pledge) and to current or previous Armed Forces personnel (Armed Forces Covenant Pledge) with a commitment to interview applicants who meet the positions essential criteria and who have declared this on their application. We welcome applications from anyone wishing to work flexibly and those considering a return to work from a career break. We do not engage with agencies for permanent staff and have an in-house recruitment team.