Plumbing lecturer

About The Role

Inspire the Next Generation - Pass On Your Skills, Not Just Your Spanners!

Ready to turn your trade into a teaching career? As a Lecturer of Plumbing at EKC Dover College, you'll do more than just teach, you'll shape the next generation of skilled plumbers who will keep the world flowing.

Your day-to-day will involve:

• Delivering and demonstrating hands on lessons across workshops and classrooms.
• Assessing the work of students across a variety of plumbing courses and levels.
• Contributing your real world experience to help design and improve course delivery.

We're not just looking for teachers - we're looking for industry experts who care about the future of their trade. Whether you're a time served plumber, gas engineer, or construction professional ready for a new challenge, this could be your next step.

And don't worry if you've never taught before, we've got you covered. Through our Teacher Academy you'll receive full training, mentoring, and digital skills support to help you develop into a confident, effective educator.

Hours per week: 15

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

Benefits include:

• Generous and consistent holiday pattern aligned with our academic calendar.
• Teacher training investment of £7,000 in your training and coaching through our in house Teaching Academy.
• Flexible personal leave for life events.
• Exclusive discounts and perks including restaurant, grocery, retail, holidays, car leasing and tech schemes.
• Wellbeing and health support: generous sick pay, counselling services, discounted gym membership, free eye tests, glasses vouchers, and flexible support for medical appointments and return to work transitions.
• Competitive pension scheme with 28% company contribution.
• Culture and recognition through Community Days, an Annual Staff Celebration Day, and an eco friendly organisation dedicated to reaching net zero by 2030.

About You

Got the skills, the know how, and a passion for your trade?

What we're looking for:

• A minimum of a relevant Level 3 Plumbing qualification.
• Real world industry experience.
• Experience in mentoring colleagues, training apprentices, or a passion to pass on your knowledge to others.
• Ability and willingness to learn the skills to plan and deliver hands on, innovative plumbing lessons that keep students engaged.
• Ability to track, assess, and support student progress and plan interventions to help every learner succeed.
• Model professionalism and high standards in all environments.

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 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 and the first General Further Education college organisation in the country to receive the Outstanding grade against each of the strands under the new Ofsted inspection framework. An inclusive provider, we place our students and communities at the heart of everything we do across EKC Group.

Commitment to Safeguarding. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and ensure 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 carry out checks to ensure staff suitability to work with children and vulnerable adults, including conviction/caution self declaration, Enhanced DBS checks and sufficient referencing. It is a criminal offence to apply for a post involving regulated activity relevant to children if you are barred from doing so. If shortlisted, 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, particularly to increase the diversity of our workforce. We proudly hold the Positive About Disability Award and are a Disability Confident Employer. We also commit to Care Leavers (Care Covenant Pledge) and to current or previous Armed Forces personnel (Armed Forces Covenant Pledge). We are keen to interview applicants who declare they meet the essential criteria for these groups and explore reasonable adjustments for any health needs or disability.

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.