Job Description

Tameside College are looking to recruit to the role of Teacher in Carpentry and Joinery!


Are you an experienced Joiner / Carpenter? Are you looking to pass on your knowledge and skills to the next generation Joiners / Carpenters and move away from the tools? You may already be a teacher or looking to share your skills, knowledge and experience, then this is for you!


As a teacher in Carpentry / Joinery, you'll be auto enrolled into the Teacher Pension scheme, get a minimum of 45 days' holidays (pro-rata for fractional contract) and enjoy some really great benefit's on top of this like: - Costa Coffee on site, Free on site Gym at Beaufort Road, onsite bakery products at Tameside One, The Restaurant at Tameside One to name but a few. Of course we offer retail discounts, cycle to work scheme and a saving club via Manchester Credit Union.

Here's the standard bit:

You'll be responsible for planning, delivering and developing teaching/learning programmes using a flexible range of strategies and learning styles; taking responsibility for your quality of teaching and related curriculum development that meet learner needs, whilst assessing learners progress in College or on work experience and devise assessment processes against highly personalised progress targets.

What you'll nee

d: - We are looking for an enthusiastic, resilient and highly motivated individual with Literacy and Numeracy to at least Level 2. Level 3 qualification or relevant NVQ (or equivalent) in Carpentry and/or Joinery and you will have a Level 4 Teaching Qualification: Certificate in Education/ PGCE/Bachelor of Education or will be required to achieve Level 5 Diploma (DTLLS) or equivalent within 3 years of appointment, relevant assessment qualifications - IQA/A1/V1 and evidence of current Continuous Professional Development.

About us:

Tameside College has an excellent reputation and this is a real opportunity for you to make a difference in people's lives. We're based in Ashton-Under-Lyne, Greater Manchester in a diverse and vibrant further education college that offers a wide range of courses including A level and advanced level vocational study programmes, Apprenticeships and adult courses up to degree Level. We aim to give all our students an exceptional experience.


We believe in excellence and we back that up with high expectations, a superb working environment (as part of the Vision Tameside 100 million+ accommodation strategy) and outstanding teaching. We also believe that attending college is about more than achieving a qualification, important though that is. This is why we aim to give learners every opportunity to develop their full potential in a supportive and friendly environment.


Tameside College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all learners and expects all staff to share this commitment. Employment at Tameside College is subject to an Enhanced DBS (Disclosure & Barring Service) Check via the Disclosure and Barring Service and any post in regulated activity will also be subject to an additional barred list check. Tameside College will meet the costs associated with this.


Please note Keeping Children Safe in Education 2024 guidance requires us to carry out an online search as part of our due diligence on shortlisted candidates. This is to enables us to identify any incidents or issues which we might want to explore at interview with you. Once shortlisting has taken place, this search will be carried out for all candidates who are invited to attend an interview.


Please note that due to the volume of applications we receive we are unfortunately not able to respond to each applicant. If you have not been called for interview within 3 weeks of the closing date, you should assume that on this occasion your application has been unsuccessful.


You will be experienced and be a strong team player with excellent communication skills.


Come join us on our journey to outstanding!


Subject to the volume of applications we may decide to close the vacancy earlier than advertised.

Recruitment Agencies:

We are not utilising the service of recruitment agencies for this vacancy and will accept direct applications only. Unsolicited CV's will be treated as a gift. We will not be subject to or liable under your terms and conditions for agency fees.