Lecturer - Plumbing

About The Role

From Pipe Dreams to Real-World Skills - Join us as Plumbing Lecturer

As a Lecturer in Plumbing at EKC Canterbury College, you’ll teach, train and assess learners across a range of settings, delivering an engaging, high-quality learning experience. You’ll support and motivate students to reach their full potential, and contribute to the design, delivery and evaluation of our plumbing programmes.

Whether you’re an experienced lecturer or a skilled industry professional ready to move into teaching, we want to hear from you. If you’re new to education, our Teacher Academy offers structured training, coaching and digital skills support to help you transition into teaching with confidence.

• Programme Director opportunities available for the right candidate (requires a teaching qualification and minimum 2 years’ teaching experience).

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
• Competitive Pension Scheme - 28% employer contribution
• Learning and Development Opportunities- 3-4 annual paid group development days and bespoke training programmes and strong internal progression-1 in 3 roles are filled internally
• 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
• Wellbeing and Health Support
  - Generous sick pay, health checks, free flu jabs, free eye tests, glasses vouchers, flexible support for medical appointments and return-to-work support
• Exclusive Discounts & Perks
  - Inc. restaurant, grocery, retail and holidays discounts as well as car leasing and tech purchasing schemes
• Flexible Personal Leave
  - Time off for your child's first day at nursery or school, moving homes and for interviews

You’ll be highly organised, creative and learner-focused, with the ability to plan and deliver engaging, innovative lessons that inspire and challenge students. You’ll track learner progress, tailor interventions and ensure every student develops the skills, confidence and knowledge to succeed.

Whether you’ve taught before or trained others in the workplace, we’d love to hear from you. If you’re new to teaching, full training and support will be provided, so you can build your confidence in the classroom. You’ll bring a positive, empathetic approach, strong classroom management skills, and a genuine commitment to helping learners thrive.

You’ll teach across Levels 1–3, motivating students to achieve their goals and progress in their careers or further study
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• Creative lesson design and learner-centred delivery
• Progress tracking and targeted learner support
• Teaching from Level 1 to Level 3 programmes

No need to spend time updating your CV, just click apply 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

Please note that there are two salary scale points for our Lecturer / Programme Director positions. All candidates will start at the introductory salary scale point unless certain criteria are met. Lecturers / Programme Directors will normally move up to the highest salary scale once one full academic year of teaching for our group is complete. (You must be in post by 1st September in any given year to qualify and this is subject to approval).

Therefore, internal applicants in the same role may qualify for the higher salary scale, although should seek clarification

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…