Innovate Learning, Unlock Potential, Empower Student Success - Join us as Teaching and Learning Innovator for Apprenticeships We are seeking an Apprenticeship Teaching and Learning Innovator who is passionate about improving the quality of apprenticeship training and supporting colleagues to deliver exceptional learning experiences. In this role, you will work closely with our Apprenticeship Trainers to enhance teaching, learning and assessment practice through coaching, mentoring and targeted development support. Drawing on strong pedagogical knowledge and experience of apprenticeship delivery, you will help colleagues refine their practice, share effective approaches and contribute to quality improvement initiatives across apprenticeship provision. This is an exciting opportunity for someone who is motivated by developing others and ensuring apprentices receive high-quality training that enables them to succeed in their qualifications and careers. Hours per week: 18.5 Salary per year: £22,464 Alongside our priority of excellent student experience, we also focus on our employees. Check out our benefits on our careers page. About You We are looking for someone who: Has a strong understanding of apprenticeships and a commitment to excellence in teaching, learning and assessment. Demonstrates exceptional coaching and mentoring skills, with the ability to inspire colleagues to deliver an outstanding student experience. Is confident in designing and delivering training for colleagues, sharing best practice and driving quality improvement. Is a qualified teacher with at least two years’ successful teaching experience, with evidence of strong learner outcomes. Currently holds a recognised teaching qualification. No need to spend time updating your CV, just click and complete our short application form. You can save your progress as you go, and we’ll review all applications and get back to all candidates after the closing date. If you are interested in an informal chat about the role, or have any queries, please email us on [email protected] 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.