Lecturer - Carpentry/Bricklaying

  • Job Reference: 3923
  • Date Posted: 30 June 2025
  • Recruiter: East Kent Colleges Group
  • Location: Eastchurch, Kent
  • Salary: £36,110 to £39,560
  • Sector: Construction & Building Services, Education & Childcare, Public Sector, Trades & Services
  • Job Type: Permanent
  • Work Hours: Full Time
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Job Description

About The Role

Build Futures, Not Just Walls – Use Your Trade to Make a Real Difference

Are you a skilled Carpenter or Bricklayer ready to take your career in a new and rewarding direction? At EKC Group, we’re looking for industry professionals to help shape lives and futures by delivering high-quality training to serving prisoners at our Eastchurch site, adjacent to HMP Standford Hill.

This is more than just a teaching role — it’s a chance to give back to the community by supporting rehabilitation through education and helping individuals gain the skills they need to lead productive lives post-release.

What You’ll Do:

  • Teach, train, and assess learners in practical and classroom-based environments

  • Deliver engaging sessions tailored to a prison education setting

  • Support learners in achieving their full potential, often for the first time in their lives

  • Lead on designated programmes, helping shape their design, delivery, and evaluation

Why Join EKC Group?

  • No teaching experience required – we welcome experienced tradespeople ready to share their knowledge

  • Full support through our Teacher Academy, including digital skills training and mentoring

    • Make a tangible impact on individuals and the wider community

    • Join a dedicated and values-driven team in a unique, purpose-led setting

    If you're ready to use your skills to change lives — not just build structures — we’d love to hear from you.

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

Share Your Trade – Inspire Change Through Teaching

Bring your industry skills to the classroom and make a meaningful difference.

🔹 What We’re Looking For:

  • A highly organised and creative individual who can plan and deliver engaging, hands-on lessons

  • Someone with strong interpersonal skills and the ability to build rapport with a diverse range of learners

  • Confidence in managing a classroom, even in a unique setting like a secure establishment

  • A positive, empathetic approach to working with learners who may face significant personal challenges

  • The ability to assess and track learner progress, using this to plan meaningful intervention and support

🔹 Your Teaching Role:

  • Deliver a range of vocational study programmes, from Level 1 to Level 3

  • Motivate and inspire learners to achieve qualifications and gain confidence

  • Create a learning environment that reflects real-world construction standards and expectations

  • Contribute to the design, delivery and continual improvement of the curriculum

🔹 Ideal Candidate:

  • You might already have teaching experience – but if not, don’t worry

  • Experience in delivering training on-site or mentoring junior colleagues is highly valuable

  • Full training and teacher development support is provided via our Teacher Academy

If you’re passionate about your trade and want to use your skills to change lives, we’d love to hear from you.  Just click apply and complete our short application form.

Please contact the Resourcing Team at jobs@ekcgroup.ac.uk if you have any queries about this position.
 
Please note that there are two salary scale points for our Lecturer positions. All 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.