Inspire Future Business Leaders at EKC Ashford College Turn your industry experience into a rewarding teaching career—whether you're a seasoned educator or new to the classroom. We are looking for a Lecturer of Business who is passionate about developing others and committed to delivering a high-quality learning experience. You’ll teach, train and assess students across a range of learning environments, supporting them to achieve their full potential. In this role, you will: Deliver engaging and effective lessons across a range of business topics Support, motivate and guide learners to achieve excellent outcomes Lead on designated study programmes or courses, managing planning, delivery and evaluation Help shape and update curriculum content to reflect industry needs and standards Why choose EKC Ashford College? No teaching experience? No problem. We offer full support through our Teacher Academy including coaching and digital skills training A collaborative and supportive team environment Opportunities to grow your teaching career within a forward-thinking college The chance to make a real impact on learners’ futures If you’re passionate about business and ready to share your expertise, we’d love you to join our team—whether you're already teaching or just starting out. 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 About You We are looking for someone who is highly organised, creative, and committed to delivering engaging and innovative lessons. You’ll need to bring strong interpersonal skills to the role, with the ability to connect with and motivate learners across a range of study programmes. You will play a key role in: Planning and delivering high-quality lessons across Levels 1 to 3 Assessing and tracking student progress to inform targeted interventions Ensuring all students develop the knowledge and skills they need to succeed Managing the classroom effectively and creating a positive learning environment While teaching experience or having delivered training in the workplace is desirable, it is not essential —full training and support will be provided for the successful applicant. We are looking for someone who: Has a positive outlook and is empathetic towards learners Can inspire and motivate students to achieve and exceed their potential Demonstrates strong classroom management and communication skills If you’re passionate about supporting learners and helping them grow, we’d love to hear from you, just click apply and complete our short application form. 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. A ll 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.