Inspire. Educate. Transform—Build Futures with EKC Training! Join EKC Group as a Plumbing Lecturer and make a real impact by shaping the future of skilled professionals. Why Join Us? - Engaging Teaching Experience: Teach, train, and assess students in dynamic learning environments. - Empower Learners: Help students achieve their full potential through high-quality, skills-based education. - Curriculum Leadership: Play a key role in designing, delivering, and evaluating study programmes. - Meaningful Work: Deliver career-focused training to serving prisoners at our Eastchurch centre, in collaboration with HMP Standford Hill No Teaching Experience? No Problem! - Teacher Academy Support: Comprehensive training, coaching, and digital skills support to help you transition into teaching. - Passion Over Qualifications: If you love sharing knowledge, we’ll equip you with the confidence and tools to succeed. - Career Growth: Begin an exciting, rewarding journey in education with full support from EKC Training. Apply today and become part of a life-changing educational journey—where your skills create opportunities! 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 Inspire. Engage. Empower—This Is Your Chance to Make a Difference! You thrive in an environment where you plan and deliver engaging, innovative lessons that captivate learners and drive success. With strong interpersonal skills, you connect with students, making learning meaningful and impactful. Assessing and tracking student progress is at the heart of what you do. By identifying areas for improvement, you create targeted interventions to ensure every learner develops the skills they need to succeed and thrive. While experience in teaching or workplace training is a plus, it’s not essential—you’ll receive training and support to help you grow as an educator. What truly matters is your positive outlook, empathy for learners, and strong class management skills that foster a motivating and structured learning environment. You’ll take on Level 1 to Level 3 study programmes, inspiring learners to push their limits, achieve their goals, and unlock their potential. This is more than a job—it’s your chance to shape futures and create lasting impact! 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.