Carpentry Skills Practitioner

About The Role

From Timber to Talent - Where your industry skills Inspire, support and carve the careers of aspiring carpenters! As a Skills Practitioner
, you'll be at the heart of our learners' journey, helping to create engaging, hands‑on experiences that bring carpentry to life! You will work closely with staff, students and industry partner and provide support to learners to develop their skills, build their confidence, and achieve goals. You'll also play a key role in maintaining a safe, organised and fully equipped workshop environment where learning can thrive.

Here are just a few responsibilities you will lead on:

• Monitor and promote excellent Health & Safety practices within workshop sessions
• Order, organise, and issue stock and supplies to keep sessions running smoothly
• Assist in workshop preparation
• Provide constructive feedback and support to students

Here are just some of our benefits when working for the East Kent Colleges Group!

Are you organised, hands‑on, and positive about helping others? We’re looking for someone who enjoys supporting others to develop practical skills and confidence, while contributing to outstanding teaching and learning.

• Someone confident to support and guide learners through practical tasks
• Someone witha Level 2 qualification in Carpentry
• With some industry experience in the Carpentry sector
• Some with General Building experience

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.

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 under representation 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.