About The Role

Your Skills, Their Success, Supporting the Community's Future - Join us as a Carpentry Lecturer

As a Lecturer in Carpentry at EKC Broadstairs College, you’ll use your industry knowledge and practical skills to shape the future workforce. You’ll teach, train and assess students across a variety of learning environments, ensuring every learner gains the hands-on skills and confidence they need to succeed in the carpentry trade.

In this role you will:

Deliver engaging and practical carpentry lessons, workshops and demonstrations.
Support and inspire learners to reach their full potential.
Lead and manage study programmes and courses within carpentry.
Design, deliver and evaluate learning programmes to meet industry standards.
Assess student progress and provide constructive feedback.

Why join us?

Be part of a forward-thinking college with excellent facilities for construction and the trades.
Access ongoing professional development through our Teacher Academy, including digital skills training.
Share your expertise and make a real difference to learners’ careers in the carpentry sector.

Receive full support and mentoring if you are new to teaching – no prior teaching qualifications required.

Hours per week: 15

Salary per year: £14,639 up to £16,037

This role would suit someone who wants to continue working within industry, but would like to start a career in teaching

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:

Generous and Consistent Holiday Pattern- aligned with our academic calendar
Teacher Training- we support new teachers with a £7000 investment in your training and coaching through our in-house Teaching Academy
Flexible Personal Leave- Time off for your child's first day at nursery, school or college, moving homes and for interviews
Exclusive Discounts & Perks- Inc. restaurant, grocery, retail and holidays discounts as well as car leasing and tech purchasing schemes, on-site nursery
Wellbeing and Health Support- Generous sick pay, counselling services, discounted gym membership at Canterbury College, free eye tests and glasses vouchers, flexible support for medical appointments and return-to-work transitions
Competitive Pension Scheme- 28% company contribution
Culture and Recognition- Being part of Community Days, an Annual Staff Celebration Day, and an eco-friendly organisation dedicated to reaching net-zero by 2030

About You

You will be highly organised, creative and motivated, with the ability to plan and deliver engaging carpentry lessons that bring the subject to life. Your strong interpersonal skills will help you connect with learners, while your focus on assessing and tracking progress will ensure every student develops the skills they need to succeed.

What we’re looking for:

A positive outlook and empathetic approach to supporting learners.
Strong classroom management and the ability to inspire confidence in students.
Experience teaching or delivering training in the workplace (not essential – training will be provided).
The ability to teach across a range of programmes, from Level 1 through to Level 3.
Commitment to motivating learners to achieve and reach their full potential.

Whether you’re an experienced teacher or a skilled carpenter looking to step into education, we’ll provide full training and support to help you thrive in this rewarding role.

If you're passionate about carpentry and want to inspire the next generation of skilled tradespeople, we'd love to hear from you!

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[email protected]

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. 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 1^st 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.

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