Job Description

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About The Role

Your Skills, Their Success, Supporting the Community's Future - Join us as a Lecturer

As a Lecturer of Bricklaying for EKC Training, you'll inspire the next generation of skilled tradespeople. You'll teach, train and assess students across a variety of learning environments, ensuring every learner has the opportunity to succeed and reach their full potential.

This role is based at

Eastchurch, Sheppey

, where we deliver courses to

Cat D prisoners

as well as to

community learners

.

What you'll be doing:

Teaching and assessing

Level 2 Bricklaying

(practical and theory) Supporting learners to achieve their qualifications and career goals Designing, delivering and evaluating engaging programmes of study Encouraging and motivating students to develop confidence and employability skills Leading and contributing to designated study programmes and/or courses Delivering other

multi-trade skills

(desirable but not essential)

What we're looking for:

Strong knowledge and experience in

Bricklaying

Confident in delivering theory as well as practical sessions Organised, supportive and passionate about helping learners succeed Teaching experience is welcome, but not essential - training is provided

Why join us?

Full support through our Teacher Academy with training, coaching and mentoring A chance to make a

real difference

in learners' live Development of

digital skills

and teaching confidenc Opportunity to grow your career within a forward-thinking college group
If you're passionate about sharing your trade knowledge and supporting learners to achieve their goals, we'd love to hear from you.

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:

Generous and Consistent Holiday Pattern-

aligned with our academic calendar

Teacher Training-

we support new teachers with a 7000 investment in your training and coaching through our in-house Teaching Academy

Flexible Personal Leave

- Time off for your child's first day at nursery, school or college, moving homes and for interviews

Exclusive Discounts & Perks

- Inc. restaurant, grocery, retail and holidays discounts as well as car leasing and tech purchasing schemes

Wellbeing

and Health Support

- Generous sick pay, counselling services, discounted gym membership at Canterbury College, free eye tests and glasses vouchers, flexible support for medical appointments and return-to-work transitions

Competitive Pension Scheme

- 28% company contribution

Culture and Recognition

- Being part of Community Days, an Annual Staff Celebration Day, and an eco-friendly organisation dedicated to reaching net-zero by 2030




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About You

You will be a

highly organised and creative educator

, able to plan and deliver engaging lessons that inspire learners and help them reach their full potential. Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to assess, track and support student progress are essential to ensuring all learners succeed.

What we're looking for:

Ability to design and deliver

innovative lessons

that capture learners' interest Strong skills in

assessing, tracking and planning interventions

to support progress A

positive outlook

and empathetic approach towards learners Confident

classroom management skills

to maintain a supportive learning environment Flexibility to teach a range of study programmes from

Level 1 to Level 3

Ability to

motivate and inspire learners

to achieve their goals

Desirable (but not essential):

Teaching experience or experience delivering

workplace training

- full training and support will be provided for the successful applicant

Ready to apply?

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.



If you are interested in an informal chat about the role, or have any queries, please email us onjobs@ekcgroup.ac.uk



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. Lecturers will normally move up to the highest salary scale once one full academic year of teaching for our group is complete. (Lecturers must be in post by 1st September in any given year to qualify and this is subject to approval). Therefore, internal applicants in the same role may qualify for the higher salary scale, although should seek clarification


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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.