Graduate Scheme

About The Role

It can be daunting to start thinking about starting a career after university, but it doesn't have to be.

The current job market can be overwhelming for graduates, but unlike many entry positions, the EKC's graduate scheme offers a variety of innovative opportunities to work while you learn, without any need for prior work experience.

We offer a number of Graduate Schemes:

Lecturer, A-Level Teacher and Apprenticeship Trainer Routes. Working in education has the unmatched reward of contributing to your community by supporting young people train in their chosen field, through imparting your newly gained skills to the next generation through teaching and assessing.

In addition, we ll fully fund your teacher or assessor training alongside your work, so there s no need to worry about any further student loans. You can select your subject or industry specialism, and within your registration, you can choose more than one depending on your skills and experience.

Most importantly, you’ll gain industry experience with one of our partner organisations in your chosen sector. Specialists from our partner organisations are not only willing to offer placements to enhance your experience for future opportunities, but insist that holding Teacher and Assessor Qualifications gives an advantage to candidates entering the sectors.

Service Project Management Route

This route is not subject-specific but is for those from any degree background (with a minimum 2:2 grade) and interested in core services that support the education sector. You will go through a rotation of services, completing impactful projects and gaining hands-on, wide-ranging learning across multiple departments.

A comment from a recent candidate on the Graduate Services Project Management route:

"After graduating, I wanted real experience before committing to a career, and the EKC Group Graduate Scheme in Services Project Management offered exactly that, through broad exposure across different services and projects. Just one month into a placement, I’ve already built skills from recruitment to data analysis, and by the end of the scheme I’ll have a strong foundation to pursue a range of career paths or further development in education."

Here are some of the benefits you would be entitled to when working for the EKC Group:

• Generous Annual Leave - 28 days FTE per annum
• Learning and Development Opportunities - 3-4 annual paid group development days, bespoke programmes e.g. Aspiring Leaders Development Programme and strong internal progression - 1 in 3 roles are filled internally
• 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, school or college, moving homes and for interviews
• Wellbeing and Health Support - Generous sick pay, counselling services, discounted gym membership at Canterbury College
• 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
• Competitive Pension Scheme - 18%

Registrations can start immediately.

Our Graduate Scheme registration is now open to those currently studying or who have recently finished their course in Higher Education. You don t have to wait for your last year of study to apply.

By clicking  apply  and starting your Graduate Scheme registration, we will invite you to our Information Day to find out more.

No need to spend time updating your CV, just click apply and complete our short registration form. We don t ask for large statements within the form and this doesn t take long to complete.

If you have any queries, please email us at

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