Skills Coach/Tutor- Carpentry

London South East Colleges; Bromley; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading educational institution in Bromley is looking for a Skills Coach / Lecturer in Carpentry to inspire and support apprentices. This dynamic hybrid role involves delivering and assessing mandatory qualifications, ensuring timely achievement, and fostering success through effective communication with learners and employers. If you have a passion for shaping the next generation in carpentry, this is a perfect opportunity to make a significant difference in their careers.

Benefits

43 days annual leave

Excellent pension schemes

Free onsite parking

Cycle to work scheme

Access to Employee Assistance Programme

Discounts for Teachers portal

Qualifications

• Experience in teaching or coaching in carpentry.
• Ability to guide apprentices through their qualifications.
• Strong communication skills with learners and employers.

Responsibilities

• Deliver, assess, and mentor apprentices on their qualifications.
• Monitor and report on progress of all learners.
• Communicate effectively with staff, learners, and employers.

Skills

Passion for teaching

Mentoring

Communication

Monitoring progress

Education

Relevant teaching qualification

Job description

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About the role:

Are you passionate about shaping the next generation of carpentry professionals? Join us as a Skills Coach / Lecturer in Carpentry and make a real impact! This dynamic hybrid role combines tutoring and coaching, where you'll deliver, assess, and mentor apprentices on their mandatory qualifications, guiding them from initial sign‑up all the way to successful completion and EPA gateway. You'll play a vital part in ensuring every apprentice achieves their goals on time, monitoring progress, and communicating with staff, learners, and employers to foster success. If you're ready to inspire, support, and help apprentices excel in their careers, this is the opportunity for you!

• This is a hybrid role of tutoring and coaching for Carpentry Apprentices.
• To deliver, assess, coach and mentor apprentices on their mandatory qualifications to meet the gateway for EPA.
• To be responsible for ensuring timely achievement for every apprentice on case load across all components of the apprenticeship programme from initial sign up to completion.
• To monitor and report on progress of all learners.
• To liaise and communicate progress with internal staff, learners and employers as required.

About Us

London South East Colleges (LSEC) is a leading further and higher education provider, with seven campuses across Bexley, Bromley, Greenwich, and Lambeth and c1000 staff. The College delivers a wide range of vocational courses, apprenticeships and degree programmes to over 13,000 students, designed to meet employer and industry needs.

Committed to transforming lives through the power of learning, the College plays a vital role in promoting social mobility, creating opportunities for learners of all backgrounds to achieve their potential. With state‑of‑the‑art facilities and strong partnerships with employers and universities, the college equips students with the skills, confidence and opportunities needed for success in their careers and their lives.

As part of London & South East Education Group, the College is also the sponsor of London South East Academies Trust. This growing and successful Multi‑Academy Trust currently has a network of 13 mainstream, special and alternative provision schools across Bromley, Bexley, Surrey and Lambeth.

The Group has also recently launched a charity – the LASER Education Foundation. This organisation supports disadvantaged children and their families across the region, through a wide range of programmes and initiatives.

With a combined turnover of c£100m, the Group has ambitious growth plans. There has never been a better time to join this exciting organisation – and really make a difference to people's lives.

Benefits

Our benefits package includes annual leave of 43 days (excluding bank holidays) plus a further three days over the Christmas break. We provide up to two more additional College closure days throughout the year, and also offer leave for volunteering.

Excellent pension schemes are offered, including employer contributions (Teachers' Pension Scheme, Local Government Pension Scheme or Nest). Other benefits include:

• Access to our Employee Assistance Programme
• Free onsite parking
• Cycle to work / bike loan scheme
• Annual season ticket loan
• Access to the 'Discounts for Teachers' portal
• Free Wifi access in over 10,000 locations worldwide Eduroam
• Access to our onsite gym at Bromley, discounts in our in‑house restaurants and on our hair and beauty treatments

Accreditations

As employers, we recognise and embrace our legal and quality‑assurance framework responsibilities. We use these frameworks, as well as other accreditations and schemes, to further develop the development and progress of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion.

We acknowledge that there is always more that we can learn and use these accreditations to provide us with an external lens and share/gain best‑practice information.

Equal Opportunities

London South East Colleges is fully committed to being an Equal Opportunities Employer, and creating a diverse and inclusive workspace, free from discrimination and harassment. We welcome and encourage applications from all, regardless of race, nationality, ethnic origin, religion/belief, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, age, parental status and/or marital/partnership status.

As a Disability Confident‑Committed employer, we will offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum job role criteria.

If you have accessibility needs and/or require any adjustments for the application and interview process, please email us at

In line with KCSIE (Keeping Children Safe in Education) guidance we conduct social media checks for all candidates who are shortlisted for roles in order to ascertain their suitability to work with children and young adults.

As the College supports a number of children and vulnerable adults, all staff are exempt from Section 4(2) of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. Accordingly, all staff will be subject to an 'Enhanced' DBS (formerly CRB) check, along with a Children's Barred List check if in regulated activity. Any offers of appointment may be withdrawn if these checks prove to be unsatisfactory to the College. Self‑disclosure will be required as part of the recruitment process. If you fail to make a full disclosure or provide sight of your DBS certificate then your offer of employment is likely to be withdrawn. The College's DBS policy covers the recruitment of ex‑offenders which is available upon request.

We reserve the right to bring forward the closing date of the adverts should we receive a sufficient level of interest!