Supply Brit Kids Assistant - Graphic Design

East Kent Colleges Group are working in collaboration with BRIT Kids and have an exciting opportunity for a Graphic Design (specialising in Adobe and Mac) Assistant based at our Canterbury College.

Please note that this role is work that will be offered on a supply ADHOC basis. This means that work will be offered as and when we require support on Saturdays for up to 4 hours. 

BRIT Kids are fee paying performing, creative and media arts classes that run on Saturdays. We're part of The BRIT School, a unique free school for the Performing and Creative arts. 

Graphics & Illustration Support (Ad Hoc, Saturdays)

East Kent Colleges Group, in collaboration with BRIT Kids, is offering an exciting opportunity for an Assistant to support our Saturday sessions at Canterbury College.

This role is offered on a supply, ad hoc basis, with work available as and when support is needed on Saturdays for up to 4 hours.

BRIT Kids provides fee-paying performing, creative, and media arts classes every Saturday. As part of The BRIT School—a unique, free school specializing in Performing and Creative Arts—BRIT Kids offers an inspiring environment for young creatives.

As an Assistant, you will work independently to follow instructions accurately and contribute to the smooth running of our graphics and illustration classes. You’ll need a solid understanding of Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, etc.) and be able to support students with their digital design projects, providing technical assistance with both software and hardware.

In addition, you will demonstrate excellent customer service skills, helping to create a positive and professional learning atmosphere. You will also play an active role in supporting the school’s Safeguarding practices, procedures, culture, and ethos, ensuring a safe and supportive environment for all students.

If you have a passion for graphic design, illustration, and Adobe software, and want to contribute to a dynamic and creative environment, we’d love to hear from you!

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.