Hair & Beauty Skills Practitioner

Are you looking to utilise your skills in the hair and beauty industry? Bring your industry excellence into every salon session...

As a Skills Practitioner, you will play a key role in supporting staff and students within our dynamic Hair and Beauty department, helping to create an engaging, professional and high-quality learning environment.

In this exciting role, you will:

• Provide technical and learning support to staff and students during practical sessions.
• Undertake assessment and quality assurance duties in line with College and awarding body standards.
• Liaise with internal and external stakeholders, ensuring smooth communication and collaboration.
• Give constructive feedback to students to support their progress, achievement and confidence.
• Manage stock control, including ordering, maintaining and issuing supplies and equipment.
• Contribute to a positive and professional salon and classroom environment, reflecting industry standards.

Join us and use your industry expertise to inspire the next generation of Hair and Beauty professionals.

Essential information:

Hours per week: 28 hours

Weeks per year: 40 (during term time plus two weeks)

Salary per year: £14,983

Holiday pay per year: £2,171

Working Pattern: For discussion but to be spread across Monday to Friday

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
• If new to teaching you could benefit from up-to £7000 investment in future teacher training through our Teacher Academy
• 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 - 18% employer contribution
• Being part of a company with a 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

As a Skills Practitioner you will bring your industry expertise and passion for learning to inspire the next generation of skilled professionals.

• Organised and efficient team member with excellent communication skills.
• Support and facilitate learners on practical tasks to enhance their skills and confidence.
• Deliver classroom demonstrations to aid outstanding teaching and learning within EKC Folkestone College.
• Recent industrial experience in a relevant trade or discipline.
• Qualified to Level 3 (or equivalent) in a relevant subject area.
• Experience in education or workplace training (desirable).
• Ability to work effectively with young people, helping them achieve their full potential in line with the College's values and ethos.
• Maintain and promote high Health & Safety standards in all practical learning environments.
• Manage and order resources and materials efficiently, ensuring effective use of budget.

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 on

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.