Overview
Job Title: Course Leader – Joinery
Salary: Commencing at £33,352 with progression to £38,651 per annum.
Closing Date: 2025-05-11
About the Role
What You Will Do
- Curriculum Development & Innovation: You will lead the design and implementation of new modules and courses that are relevant to current and future industry needs.
- High-Quality Delivery & Student Outcomes: You’ll work closely with the teaching team to maintain high-quality delivery and adapt teaching practices to meet the diverse needs of students while ensuring they acquire the skills required for the joinery trade.
- Industry & Policy Alignment: This includes preparing students for the evolving expectations of the labour market in site and bench joinery sectors.
- Team Leadership & Professional Development: Leading a team of educators, you’ll encourage continuous professional development to ensure all staff are up-to-date with the latest advancements and industry updates.
- Assessment & Progress Monitoring: You’ll be responsible for developing comprehensive assessment strategies that provide meaningful feedback to students, helping them progress in their learning and development.
- Student Engagement & Support: The role demands a passion for motivating and inspiring students to not only meet academic goals but to think creatively about their role in a sustainable future.
- Quality Assurance & Improvement: As part of maintaining high standards, you will complete course-level self-assessments and contribute to ongoing quality improvement plans.
- Promotion & Outreach: You’ll play a key role in attracting new talent to the college and highlighting the diverse career opportunities available in this field.
About You
We are seeking a creative, dynamic, and forward-thinking practitioner with a passion for woodwork and joinery. The ideal candidate will have:
- Industry Experience: Strong background in teaching and joinery trade. Experience with eco-friendly practices and innovation in these areas is highly desirable.
- Teaching Experience: Preferred but not essential.
- Student-Focused Approach.
- Teamwork & Collaboration: The ideal candidate will be adaptable, resilient, and thrive as part of a team.
- Excellent Communication Skills.
- Self-motivation & Independence.
- Commitment to Professional Development: teaching qualification is not essential for this role, but candidates must be committed to working towards one. Continuous professional development in both teaching and industrial updating is encouraged to stay at the forefront of industry and education trends.
Benefits
There are plenty of benefits available to our staff members, here are just a few:
- Generous Annual leave entitlement – If you work full time, you’ll get at least 39 days holiday plus bank holidays. This includes closure days at Christmas (pro rata for part time staff).
- Support Staff 39 days
- Academic 44 days
- Senior Management 44 days
- Excellent Pension schemes
- Teachers’ Pension Scheme
- Local Government Pension Scheme
- Memberships and discounts – employees can sign up to various membership cards and discount schemes such as TOTUM card (formerly NUS card).
- Travel and commuting – discounted travel available through Metro card, Northern Rail, First Bus, Arriva Bus and Cycle to work schemes. Harrogate Campus also has free onsite parking for all staff.
- Learning and development opportunities – including staff development days
- Employee wellbeing initiatives
- Flexible and hybrid working opportunities – this will vary depending on role requirements
About Us
Harrogate College has excellent facilities and provides a professional and friendly environment. We pride ourselves on working closely with employers, the local community and other stakeholders to provide curriculum and support that meets the needs of our students. We are working towards becoming a recognised centre of green excellence which is supported through our sustainability pledge to become a net zero college by 2035.
We have recently been awarded £16m of government funding to transform our campus. The energy-efficient new building will include a workshop unit that provides large scale facilities aligned to industry needs including advanced manufacturing, low carbon construction, retrofit, sustainable energy and bioeconomy, health science and hospitality. This will complement the college’s existing tech centre which is home to its motor vehicle, electrical, joinery and welding workshops.
Choosing to work for Harrogate College means that you will be part of a nurturing, inclusive and progressive learning environment. We hope that we will be part of the next step in your career and look forward to welcoming you to Harrogate College.
SAFEGUARDING
At Luminate Education Group we are committed to the safeguarding and welfare of all our students including children, young people, and vulnerable adults. We expect all our staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We follow the Safer Recruitment requirements and best practice as set out within Keeping Children Safe in Education statutory guidance. All successful applicants will be required to complete mandatory pre-employment checks which include an enhanced DBS check, online checks and must have two satisfactory references. Please be aware that it is a criminal offence to apply for this post if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity in connection to children.
EQUALITY, DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION
We recognise, value and champion diversity & Inclusion. As we engage with a diverse student population we want to ensure we reflect that in our staff population too. For us diversity is about building happy teams, full of people that want to learn and be inspired by each other, by our different experiences and backgrounds. It is important to us that both staff and students achieve their full potential. Diversity is important to us, but inclusion is equally, if not more important. It’s not just about having the representation but also providing the people we recruit with opportunities and valuing everyone’s contributions and perspectives.
IMPORTANT: Before applying for this role, please make sure you have the right to work in the country where the role is based. Unless it clearly stipulates within in the job advert above that the hiring company is looking to or able to sponsor applicants it is deemed that the hiring employer will only consider applications from those able to comply with and work in the country where the role is based.
