Lecturer - Bricklaying
East Kent College
Date: 2 days ago
City: Canterbury, England
Contract type: Part time
About The Role
Build futures brick by brick
From tools to teaching – turn your trade into a lasting legacy
Do you have the skills to teach the next generation of bricklayers....
As a Lecturer of Bricklaying at the EKC Training Centre in Hersden, part of East Kent Colleges Group, you will teach, train, and assess adult learners across a variety of settings, ensuring a high-quality and inspiring learning experience. You will also play a key role in supporting learners to reach their full potential and will lead, as appropriate, on designated study programmes or courses, taking responsibility for their design, delivery, and evaluation.
We are proud to support those new to teaching through our dedicated Teacher Academy offering training, digital skills development, and ongoing coaching. If you're an experienced bricklayer with a passion for sharing your knowledge—even without prior teaching experience—we’d love to hear from you.
Key Responsibilities
Benefits
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:
What We’re Looking For:
Please contact the Resourcing Team at [email protected] if you have any queries about this position.
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
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.
Build futures brick by brick
From tools to teaching – turn your trade into a lasting legacy
Do you have the skills to teach the next generation of bricklayers....
As a Lecturer of Bricklaying at the EKC Training Centre in Hersden, part of East Kent Colleges Group, you will teach, train, and assess adult learners across a variety of settings, ensuring a high-quality and inspiring learning experience. You will also play a key role in supporting learners to reach their full potential and will lead, as appropriate, on designated study programmes or courses, taking responsibility for their design, delivery, and evaluation.
We are proud to support those new to teaching through our dedicated Teacher Academy offering training, digital skills development, and ongoing coaching. If you're an experienced bricklayer with a passion for sharing your knowledge—even without prior teaching experience—we’d love to hear from you.
Key Responsibilities
- Deliver high-quality and engaging lessons across a range of adult learning programmes.
- Train and assess students in practical and theoretical aspects of bricklaying.
- Support and motivate learners to achieve their full potential and career goals.
- Contribute to the design, development, and review of course content and study programmes.
- Track and monitor learner progress, providing feedback and intervention where necessary.
- Maintain accurate records in line with college policies and procedures.
- Promote a safe, inclusive, and supportive learning environment.
- Participate in professional development and stay current with industry standards
- Ongoing support for those new to teaching, including coaching and mentoring.
- Access to the EKC Group’s Teacher Academy and digital skills training.
- Opportunities for career progression and professional development.
- A welcoming and collaborative working environment.
- A chance to make a real impact in the lives of adult learners and the wider community
Benefits
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:
- Competitive salary and holiday entitlement
- If new to teaching, you will benefit from £7000 investment in your teacher training when you come straight from industry
- Access to 100's of online discounts via our Rewards Scheme (Inc. Restaurant, Grocery, Retail, Gym, Holidays)
- Access to cycle to work, car leasing and tech purchasing schemes
- Generous pension scheme - 28% employer contribution
- Being part of a company with a Eco-Sustainability focus of being Net-Zero
- Time off for your child's first day at school, moving home and for interviews
- My 10 Days initiative - bid for up-to 10 days off work to pursue voluntary work
- Being part of Community Days and Annual Staff Celebration Day
What We’re Looking For:
- Highly organised and able to manage planning, delivery, and assessment effectively.
- Creative in your approach to teaching, with the ability to design and deliver engaging and innovative lessons.
- Strong interpersonal skills, able to build rapport with learners and colleagues.
- Confident in assessing and tracking student progress, using data to plan effective interventions that support learner success.
- A positive outlook with a genuine passion for helping learners grow and achieve.
- Empathetic towards students and responsive to their individual learning needs.
- Proven classroom or group management skills, fostering a safe and inclusive learning environment.
- Able to teach across a range of designated study programmes and/or courses, from Level 1 up to Level 3.
- Motivated to inspire learners to succeed and reach their full potential.
- Experience of teaching in a college or adult learning environment.
- Experience delivering training in the workplace or in a similar vocational setting.
Please contact the Resourcing Team at [email protected] if you have any queries about this position.
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
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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