About The Role
Your Skills, Their Success, Supporting the Community's Future - Join us as a Lecturer
As a Lecturer of the Department of Music, Media and Performing Arts at EKC group you will teach, train and assess students in a variety of learning environments, ensuring a high-quality learning experience. Your role will also include providing support to learners to enable them to achieve their maximum potential and to lead as appropriate on designated study programmes and/or courses, with a key responsibility for ensuring the design, delivery and evaluation of programme.
We pride ourselves in the support we can give those who are new to teaching, with ongoing training and coaching through our Teacher Academy which includes digital skills support. So, if you do not have any teaching experience or teacher qualifications but have a passion for sharing your knowledge and would like to be considered for this teaching role please apply.
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:
Generous and Consistent Holiday Pattern- aligned with our academic calendar
Teacher Training- we support new teachers with a £7000 investment in your training and coaching through our in-house Teaching Academy
Flexible Personal Leave- Time off for your child's first day at nursery or school, moving homes and for interviews
Exclusive Discounts & Perks- Inc. restaurant, grocery, retail and holidays discounts as well as car leasing and tech purchasing schemes, on-site nursery
Wellbeing and Health Support- Generous sick pay, counselling services, discounted gym membership at Canterbury College, free eye tests and glasses vouchers, flexible support for medical appointments and return-to-work transitions
Competitive Pension Scheme- 28% company contribution
Culture and Recognition- Being part of Community Days, an Annual Staff Celebration Day, and an eco-friendly organisation dedicated to reaching net-zero by 2030
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About You
Are you a creative, organised practitioner who's passionate about inspiring learners through Music and Performing Arts?
We're looking for someone who can plan and deliver engaging, innovative lessons and build strong, positive relationships with students, helping them grow in confidence, skill, and creativity.
In this role, you'll deliver high-quality teaching across Music and Performing Arts, supporting learners to develop practical, theoretical, and performance-based skills. You'll teach across a range of disciplines, with a strong focus on music theory, instrumental tuition, acting, singing, and drama and performance theory. You'll assess and track student progress, using this to plan meaningful interventions and ensure every learner has the support they need to succeed. You'll also have the opportunity to contribute to productions, showcases, and performances, and ideally bring experience of integrated or cross-disciplinary teaching.
You may already have teaching experience or have delivered training in the workplace — but if not, don't worry. If you bring the right attitude, creativity, and commitment to learners, we'll provide full training and support. A positive outlook, empathy for students, and strong classroom management skills are essential. You'll be confident teaching programmes from Level 1 through to Level 3 and motivated to help learners achieve their goals.
Applying is simple — there's no need to update your CV. Just click apply and complete our short application form. You can save your progress as you go, and we'll be in touch with all candidates after the closing date.
If you'd like an informal chat about the role or have any questions, please email — we'd love to hear from you.
Please note that Lecturer roles operate on a two-point salary scale. All new starters begin on the introductory scale point unless specific criteria are met. Progression to the higher scale point normally follows one full academic year of teaching with the Group (subject to approval and appointment by 1 September). Internal applicants in the same role may already qualify for the higher scale and are encouraged to seek clarification.
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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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