Wood Trades Lecturer

EKC Group; Folkestone; Hybrid; GBP 207,000 - 227,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous holiday pattern

Teacher training

Exclusive discounts

Wellbeing and health support

Competitive pension scheme

Job summary

EKC Group is seeking a Lecturer of Carpentry and Joinery to teach, train, and assess students effectively. This role involves designing and delivering engaging learning experiences, with an emphasis on maximizing student potential.

Ideal for a carpenter wishing to share their knowledge, the position offers flexible hours and a commitment to staff support with training opportunities through the Teacher Academy.

Qualifications

• Highly organized and creative educator with ability to inspire learners.
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to manage a classroom.
• Experience in teaching or delivering training preferred but not essential.

Responsibilities

• Teach, train, and assess students in Carpentry and Joinery.
• Provide support to learners to achieve their maximum potential.
• Design, deliver, and evaluate study programs.

Skills

Organizational skills

Creative lesson planning

Interpersonal skills

Classroom management

Job description

About The Role

As a Lecturer of Carpentry and Joinery at EKC group you will teach, train and assess students in a variety of learning environments, ensuring a high-quality learning experience. Your role will also include 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 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 which includes digital skills support. 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.

This role would be ideal for a carpenter who would like to pass on their knowledge.

Hours per week: 4.5 (Thursday evening)

Salary per week: £4,545 up to £4,979

Alongside our priority of excel student experience, we also focus on our employees. Check out some of our benefits which include

• Generous and Consistent Holiday Pattern


• Teacher Training


• Exclusive Discounts & Perks


• Wellbeing and Health Support


• Competitive Pension Scheme

About You

You’ll be a highly organised and creative educator, with the ability to plan and deliver engaging, innovative lessons that inspire learners. You’ll have strong interpersonal skills, a positive and empathetic approach, and the confidence to manage a classroom effectively. Tracking student progress and using this to plan targeted support and interventions will be a key part of your role.

Ideally, you’ll have experience teaching or delivering training in the workplace, although this isn’t essential as full training will be provided. You’ll be able to teach across Level 1 and Level 2 programmes and motivate learners to achieve and succeed in their studies.

All candidates will start at the introductory salary scale point unless certain criteria are met. Lecturers will normally move up to the highest salary scale once one full academic year of teaching for our group is complete. (Lecturers must be in post by 1st September in any given year to qualify and this is subject to approval). Therefore, internal applicants in the same role may qualify for the higher salary scale, although should seek clarification.

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.