Main Grade Lecturer - Carpentry & Joinery (City & Guilds L1-3). Job in London Education & Train[...]

Are you an experienced carpentry and joinery professional who wants to share your trade with the next generation? Are you looking for a role where your industry knowledge carries real weight and your contribution to learner success is visible every day? If so, we think you will feel right at home here.

As our new Carpentry and Joinery Lecturer, you will deliver high-quality teaching, learning and assessment across City and Guilds programmes at Levels 1 to 3, helping learners build the skills, knowledge and professional behaviours they need to progress into skilled employment and apprenticeships. This is a rare opportunity to join our Construction and Building Services team at a genuinely exciting moment. You will be contributing to the development of a new construction centre while working alongside a well-established Electrical Installation faculty, all on one site at our Southgate campus. You will have real scope to shape provision and influence curriculum development, supported by a collegiate, collaborative team with strong links to industry and a clear commitment to staff development.

About Barnet and Southgate College: We change lives, empower individuals and connect communities. We are an ambitious, forward-thinking further education college in North London, proud to serve diverse communities across Barnet, Southgate and beyond. Our 2030 Vision is bold: to be a leading provider of learning and skills development, fostering exceptional educational experiences, driven by innovation, collaboration and excellence. Our Construction and Building Services department is at a point of growth. For experienced trade professionals who want stability, support and the chance to make a visible impact within a respected further education college, this role offers both challenge and long-term opportunity. You will work with motivated learners who are serious about their trade, and with colleagues who share your commitment to getting it right.

What You'll Be Doing

• Inspiring teaching: Deliver engaging, inclusive and high-quality sessions across Carpentry and Joinery programmes up to Level 3 City and Guilds, combining strong trade knowledge with effective classroom and workshop practice.
• Learner success: Track and monitor learner progress, implement timely interventions and support learners to achieve their qualifications and progress confidently into employment or apprenticeships.
• Curriculum development: Contribute to the development, review and continuous improvement of the Carpentry and Joinery curriculum, helping to shape a provision that is current, industry-led and genuinely effective.
• Assessment and quality: Assess learner work to awarding body standards, provide constructive feedback and participate in quality assurance processes, standardisation meetings and CPD.
• Industry relevance: Maintain up-to-date knowledge of industry practice, qualification frameworks and emerging technologies, and work with employers and external partners to strengthen learner experience.
• Pastoral support: Support learners academically and personally, promoting positive behaviour, professionalism and the employability skills they will need in the workplace.

What You'll Bring

• A Level 3 Carpentry and Joinery qualification (City and Guilds or equivalent)
• Qualified Teacher Status (QTS, QTLS, PGCE, DET or equivalent)
• Recent and relevant industry experience in Carpentry and Joinery
• Experience delivering Carpentry and Joinery programmes up to Level 3 City and Guilds
• Experience supporting learners with varied needs and abilities
• Experience developing teaching resources and curriculum materials
• Experience using digital learning platforms and educational technology
• Strong knowledge of Carpentry and Joinery principles, materials, methods and safe working practices
• English and Maths at Level 2 or above
• Commitment to equality, diversity, inclusion and safeguarding

Even Better If You Have

• An assessor qualification (e.g. TAQA, A1)
• An Internal Quality Assurance (IQA) qualification
• Experience contributing to quality assurance processes
• Experience working with employers or industry partners
• Experience delivering Functional Skills or English and Maths support alongside vocational delivery

Benefits

• Taking Teaching Further (National initiative): An early career support package would be available for eligible successful candidates to support new Teachers in all T Level pathway subjects and Maths, English and SEND subjects.
• Targeted Retention payments for FE Teachers: Targeted retention payments are available for eligible successful candidates in specific subjects.
• Annual Season Ticket Loans: We offer permanent or contract staff with a minimum of a 12 month contract the option to purchase an annual season ticket loan without the big financial hit in one go!
• Cycle to Work Scheme: The scheme is an incentive for staff, offering tax free bikes through bike shops and is run by Cyclescheme Ltd.
• Employee Support Helpline: The Employee Assistance Helpline can be contacted 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
• Eye Tests for DSE Users: The College will refund the cost of regular eye tests for staff that use Display Screen Equipment regularly as part of their duties.
• Flu vouchers: We offer established staff a free flu vaccination voucher to take to a large range of local high street pharmacies.
• Gym Facilities: Our Sports Centre at Southgate Campus is available for all staff with cardio, strength and conditioning equipment.
• Hair Salon Services and Beauty Treatments: A range of competitively-priced hairdressing services are accessible at our Colindale Campus.
• High Street Discounts: Discount for teachers is a shopping benefits website for staff which gives access to fantastic savings on leading retail brands.