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🎓 Join Us as a Art and Design Teacher – Inspire the Next Generation!
Ready to make a real impact? We’re looking for passionate, forward-thinking lecturers to join us for the next academic year 2026/2027.
We are seeking a lecturer specialising in Fashion & Textiles to teach L3 students on our UAL Level 3 Diploma & Extended Diploma provision at the MidKent Medway Campus and on our L4 & L5 Foundation Degree at Medway School of Arts. You will have ownership of your own programme, together with a remit to foster external links with employers and industry.
You will work with our Curriculum Managers to develop our Fashion & Textiles courses to ensure they are current and reflecting industry practice.
You will have the expertise, enthusiasm and communication skills to inspire and motivate our diverse cohorts of students. Your outstanding teaching, learning and assessment skills will stretch and challenge our learners to be the best they can be.
Ideally, you will have recent teaching experience in a Further or Higher Education environment, together with contemporary experience of working within the Fashion & Textiles industries.
You will hold a degree in Fashion & Texiles related subject, ideally have a teaching qualification, as well as GCSE A* - C / 9 - 4 in Maths and English or equivalent.
We require a lecturer with the following skillset:
* Pattern cutting & grading
* Knowledge of domestic and industrial sewing machines / overlockers
* Hand stitching techniques; including applique and embroidery
* Knowledge of the properties of different materials
* Fashion Illustration
* Draping
* Printmaking
* Proficiency with relevant Adobe Creative Cloud Suite applications.
* Contextual knowledge of historical and contemporary design
* Knowledge of sustainability and ethical practices within the fashion & textiles industries.
* Have a creative or technical portfolio of work demonstrating practical experience in garment construction & design.
📅 Start your next chapter with us this academic year.
This post is 26 hours 52 weeks per year.
Apply now and help us build brighter futures.
Interviews Thursday 7th May 2026 - subject to change
Main Responsibilities and Duties:
1. Deliver high-quality teaching in line with College and awarding body standards. Plan and prepare lessons and schemes of work, assess student progress, provide feedback, maintain accurate records and ensure a safe, inclusive learning environment that meets safeguarding, equality, and health & safety requirements.
2. Support the day-to-day delivery of courses, including managing communication, student attendance and punctuality, lesson cover, internal verification scheduling, enrichment activities and liaison with departments such as Exams, MIS and ALS to ensure smooth and consistent operations across campuses.
3. Assist with the recruitment, selection and enrolment of students, ensuring correct course placement, managing transfers and late enrolments and contributing to the organisation and delivery of induction programmes.
4. Provide 1-1 support to individual students as required provide UCAS and pastoral support and liaise with support services where needed.
5. Monitor and report on attendance, progress and achievement. Ensure timely completion of registers, track student performance and implement action plans where necessary.
6. Promote and support English and Maths provision within lessons and through targeted support, including monitoring attendance and progress in these areas.
7. Attend and contribute to staff meetings, parents' evenings, marketing events and internal/external meetings as required. Support the planning and coordination of key events.
8. Work with colleagues to develop curriculum content and teaching strategies. Engage in CPD and peer observations and mentor new lecturers where appropriate.
9. Complete course-related admin, including register keeping, updating ProMonitor, utilising reports and maintaining resources on the College’s VLE.
10. Take part in quality assurance processes including moderation, verification, course reviews and the Self-Assessment Review (SAR), supporting continuous improvement.
11. Lead on internal verification and standardisation.
12. Monitor and act on SAR and quality improvement actions.
13. Assist with daily staffing coordination and resource planning.
14. Ensure timely completion of any UCAS references, and liaise with HE institutions as required.
15. Engage with parents of any students under 18 as required, including attending parent evenings, contributing to reports, and attendance reporting as appropriate.
Application Requirements
To ensure compliance with safeguarding guidelines, all applicants must complete the application form in full. This includes providing:
* A full employment history from the time you left full-time education, with details of any gaps in employment explained.
* Information on all relevant education and qualifications.
Please note, incomplete applications will not be considered. Your co-operation helps us maintain the highest standards of safety and care for children and young people.
Benefits
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A GOOD local College for Maidstone and Medway
Every year over 6000 students from Medway, Maidstone and beyond choose MidKent College to continue their studies and prepare for their future career.
Our sparkling campuses in Maidstone and Medway boast some of the best vocational training facilities in the country as well as staff and student social zones and more. Our University Centre Maidstone campus provides a valuable higher education and professional training centre for Maidstone, including South East Institute of Technology and the College's Home Energy Centre. Additionally, in September 2024 we proudly opened Medway School of Arts in Chatham's Historic Dockyard.
All of our campuses benefit from ongoing investment programmes so that we can provide fantastic learning environments for our students.
For over 100 years we've been providing high-quality technical training and apprenticeships in a range of subject areas.
In October 2024 Ofsted rated the College as 'Good'.
Commitment to Safeguarding
We are committed to the safeguarding of all our students and staff. This means everyone who works here is required to actively protect them from preventable harm. Our recruitment and selection process includes background checks which will be undertaken on the successful applicant, including an enhanced DBS, and in your application you are required to demonstrate how you meet the Colleges requirements on safeguarding.
The background checks will be carried-out in accordance with the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Code of Practice. The DBS helps employers make safer recruitment decisions and prevent unsuitable people from working with vulnerable groups, including children. We operate in accordance with the DBS Code of Conduct and Privacy Policy. You can access both of these documents at https://www.midkent.ac.uk/about-us/policy-and-privacy-information
MidKent College is committed to safeguarding and the Prevent Agenda and to promoting the welfare of children and we expect all staff to share this commitment. MKC complies fully with the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Code of Practice regarding the correct handling, storage, retention and disposal of Disclosures and Disclosure information, and undertakes not to discriminate unfairly against any subject of a disclosure on the basis of a conviction or other information revealed.
Since the post for which you are applying may involve unsupervised access to children and vulnerable adults, it will be exempt from the provisions of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020. It is an offence to apply for this role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children or young people. Candidates who are preliminarily offered a position for such posts will be required to disclose details, cautions (including final warnings or reprimands), or convictions which are not "protected" as defined by the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020 or any other matters that may be relevant to their suitability to work for the College including sanctions relating to work with children in any country outside of the UK.
Please note that the College is unable to consider an application further if the candidate declines to complete the Disclosure form.
Commitment to Equal Opportunities
As a proud user of the disability confident scheme the College is committed to equal opportunities and celebrates the diversity of staff and students. As part of our commitment to the scheme, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for a vacancy.
We welcome applications from anyone wishing to work flexibly and those considering a return to work from a career break.
Important Notice for Applicants: Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) Requirement
To ensure the security of our college systems and protect personal / sensitive information, all staff are now required to use Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) should your application be successful. This mandated security measure helps reduce the risk of unauthorised access aligned to our cyber security requirements.
Should your application be successful, MFA can be enabled using the Microsoft Authenticator app on your personal or college mobile device. Alternatively, you may request a YubiKey, a physical security key that plugs into your allocated laptop or desktop.