Carpentry and Joinery Instructor

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Carpentry and Joinery Lecturer to join our team at Ashford College. As a Lecturer, you will be responsible for teaching, training, and assessing students in a variety of learning environments, ensuring a high-quality learning experience.

Your role will involve providing support to learners to enable them to achieve their maximum potential and to lead as appropriate on designated study programmes and/or courses, with a key responsibility for ensuring the design, delivery, and evaluation of the programme.

We pride ourselves in the support we can give those who are new to teaching, with ongoing training and coaching through our Teacher Academy. So, if you do not have any teaching experience or teacher qualifications but have a passion for sharing your knowledge and would like to be considered for this teaching role, please apply.

1. Competitive salary and holiday entitlement
2. If new to teaching, you will benefit from £7000 investment in your teacher training when you come straight from industry
3. Access to 100's of online discounts via our Rewards Scheme (Inc. Restaurant, Grocery, Retail, Gym, Holidays)
4. Access to cycle to work, car leasing and tech purchasing schemes
5. Generous pension scheme - 28% employer contribution
6. Being part of a company with an Eco-Sustainability focus of being Net-Zero
7. Time off for your child's first day at school, moving home, and for interviews
8. My 10 Days initiative - bid for up to 10 days off work to pursue voluntary work
9. Being part of Community Days and Annual Staff Celebration Day

The ideal candidate will be highly organised, creative, and able to plan and teach engaging and innovative lessons with demonstrated interpersonal skills.

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.

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 in their programmes of study.

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.