About The Role

Here are three things you should know from the start...

If you're not a teacher, we can train you on the job. 
The role is a rewarding one, when you see the genuine difference you make in your students futures. 
EKC Ashford College is a community environment which focuses on your development and career prospects. Sounds good, doesn’t it.

Have you got industry experience in a variety of trades? Maybe you’ve trained and assessed your colleague’s work.

Have you thought about a career in teaching, where you can still use your skills? Maybe you remember when you studied at college and want to give back.

Want to work in a genuinely caring environment which supports you? Maybe you’re looking for an employer who’s honestly interested in your wellbeing.

What are the benefits?

Genuinely rewarding role.
Competitive holiday entitlement (42 days per year)
Days off for moving home and child’s first school day.
Store, retail, and gym discounts.
Cycle to work scheme.
Opportunity to progress, train and develop - we have a fantastic teaching programme and CPD opportunities across the group.
Generous teacher pension scheme (23% employer contribution)
Laptop provided to every staff member.

As a Lecturer of Multi-Trades at our Ashford College you will teach, train, and assess students in a variety of environments, ensuring the best learning experience. Your role will also include providing support to learners to enable them to achieve their maximum potential and to lead on designated study programmes, with a key responsibility for ensuring the design, delivery, and evaluation of your course.

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 don’t have any teaching experience or qualifications but have a passion for sharing your knowledge, this could be the perfect starting point for you.

The successful candidate will be able to teach a range of designated study programs and/ or courses from Level 1 and 2 (and possibly Level 3) and will be able to motivate learners to achieve and succeed on their programmes of study.

About You

What are we looking for?

Highly organised and efficient.
Someone who has a positive and empathetic view towards learners.
Someone with excellent communication skills and class management.
Industry experience.
Education or training experience – ability to be able to plan and teach engaging and creative lessons.
Ability to work with young people to achieve their full potential.
Ability to uphold strong health and safety standards.
Have a teaching qualification or willingness to work towards this.

Please contact the Resourcing Team at [email protected] if you have any queries about this position.

Please note that there are two salary scale points for our Lecturer positions. All candidates will start at the introductory salary scale point unless certain criteria are met. Employees can move up the salary scale once one full academic year of teaching for our group is complete, subject to approval. Therefore, internal applicants may qualify for the higher salary scale, although should seek clarification.

About Us

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 need 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.

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