Hair and Beauty Skills Practitioner

East Kent College; Folkestone; In loco; GBP 16.000 - 20.000; Tempo pieno

Vantaggi offerti da questo lavoro

Flexible Personal Leave

Exclusive Discounts & Perks

Wellbeing and Health Support

Competitive Pension Scheme

Descrizione del lavoro

East Kent Colleges Group in Folkestone is seeking a Skills Practitioner to support hair and beauty learners, assisting in hands-on sessions and helping deliver high-quality teaching.

You will maintain workshop safety, organise stock, and provide feedback to students, with flexible hours and a permanent contract. The role is based at EKC Folkestone and involves working 28 hours per week across 40 weeks per year.

Competenze

• Support learners through practical tasks and workshops.
• Ensure health and safety standards in workshops.
• Assist in workshop preparation and stock control.

Mansioni

• Monitor and promote Health & Safety in workshop sessions.
• Order, organise, and issue stock to keep sessions running smoothly.
• Assist in workshop preparation and provide constructive feedback to students.

Conoscenze

Health & Safety

Teaching assistance

Student support

Organisational skills

Formazione

Level 2 Hairdressing

Beauty Therapy

Descrizione del lavoro

About The Role

Shape Talent. Inspire Creativity. Build Future Careers in Hair & Beauty.

Pass on your passion for hair and beauty as a Skills Practitioner at EKC Folkestone. You will play an important part in supporting both staff and students, helping to deliver high-quality, hands-on learning experiences.

You’ll liaise with colleagues and external partners, support learners to reach their goals, and ensure workshops are safe, well-organised, and fully equipped.

In This Role, You Will

• Monitor and promote excellent Health & Safety practices within workshop sessions
• Order, organise, and issue stock and supplies to keep sessions running smoothly
• Assist in workshop preparation
• Provide constructive feedback and support to students

Key Details

Salary: £17,857 per annum (including holiday pay)

Contract: Permanent, 40 weeks per year

Hours per week: 28

Working Pattern: Flexible, to be discussed at interview

Benefits

Alongside our priority of excellent student experience, we also focus highly on our employees! Here are just some of our benefits when working for the East Kent Colleges Group:

• Flexible Personal Leave
• Exclusive Discounts & Perks
• Wellbeing and Health Support
• Competitive Pension Scheme

About You

Full list of company benefits

Are you organised, hands-on, and positive about helping others? We’re looking for someone who enjoys supporting others to develop practical skills and confidence, while contributing to outstanding teaching and learning.

What are we looking for?

• Someone confident to support and guide learners through practical tasks
• Ideally someone with a Level 2 in Hairdressing or Beauty Therapy
• With some industry experience in the Hair and Beauty sector

Contact

If you have any queries about this role please email us on [e-mail]

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.