Skills Practitioner - Hairdressing in Broadstairs

About The Role

Are you passionate about developing the next generation of hairdressing professionals? Join our team as a Skills Practitioner and inspire learners to achieve excellence in the salon and beyond.

As a Student Skills Practitioner, you’ll have successfully completed your Level 2 studies and returned to continue your journey at Level 3 - while gaining valuable experience, developing your professional skills and supporting other students along the way.

Working alongside your Lecturer and wider college team, you’ll play an important role in helping create a positive, safe and engaging learning environment. Your day-to-day responsibilities could include:

• Preparing inspiring learning spaces and ensuring they’re ready for practical sessions.
• Helping maintain clean, safe and welcoming environments where everyone can learn and create.
• Supporting marketing and promotional activities, both within the college and at external events.
• Getting involved in college events, such as open days, by providing practical and logistical support.
• Sharing your knowledge and experience to help encourage and support fellow students.

It’s an opportunity to take the next step beyond your Level 2 studies, gain real-world experience and develop skills that will support your future career.

This position is based at EKC Broadstairs.

Key Details:

• Salary: £14,350 (Including holiday pay)
• Weeks per year: 30
• Hours per week: 30
• Working Pattern: Four days a week

Alongside our priority of excellent student experience, we also focus highly on our employees! Here are just some of our benefits when working for the East Kent Colleges Group:

• 26 days annual leave (FTE) plus enhanced leave after 5 years service
• Discounts on restaurant, grocery, retail and holidays via our Rewards scheme
• Flexible Personal Leave
• Wellbeing and Health Support
• Generous sick pay
• Staff Community Days, annual Staff Celebration Day, and an eco-friendly organisation dedicated to reaching net-zero by 2030
• Competitive Pension Scheme

About You

We are seeking to appoint an organised and efficient student to our team who has excellent communication skills and can facilitate learners on tasks. You will recently have completed your Level 2 studies in a related vocational subject and be working towards your Level 3.

You will also provide support as requested by the Lecturer or other staff member in class to aid the delivery of outstanding provision within EKC Group. You will have recent industrial experience in a relevant area. You will be able to work with your peers to achieve and succeed their full potential aligned with the culture and ethos of the Group. You will have a key responsibility for instilling and upholding strong Health & Safety standards in practical environments.

About Us

Outstanding Ofsted Provider. 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 across EKC Group and this is illustrated in our ‘Strong’ skills grading by Ofsted.

Commitment to Safeguarding. 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.

Commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion. 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 underrepresentation 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 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.

We do not engage with agencies for permanent staff and have an in-house recruitment team.