Carpentry and Joinery Lecturer

We offer an excellent pension scheme, family friendly policies, opportunities for training and development and an employee discount scheme.

HOURS: 37 Hours

Qualified to NVQ Level 3 in Carpentry and Joinery? Super organised and take pride in your work? Keen to inspire the next generation and share your knowledge and experience? As an award‑winning college, we are looking for exceptional people like you to join our team. We truly value our staff who have a key role in supporting and developing our students to achieve their goals.

Role

This is a teaching role which involves workshops and classroom learning, your priority will be to engage and inspire our students to achieve their full potential. In a typical day, you will be:

• Demonstrating and teaching practical skills in our workshops
• Delivering theoretical lessons to support the practical applications

Relevant industrial experience would be invaluable, along with experience of sharing your skills in an educational/training environment. A teaching qualification is not essential, and the College will fund and support you to achieve this.

Benefits

• A 35‑day annual leave entitlement, plus 8 Bank Holidays and 10 college closure days
• A well‑respected pension scheme (Teacher’s Pension, with an above average employer contribution)
• Free parking at all our college sites (on a first come first served basis)
• Family friendly policies and opportunities for flexible working
• Superb opportunities for training and development
• Discounted travel on public transport and a Cycle to work scheme
• Discounts and offers at major High Street and online retailers
• Access to an Employee Assistance Programme.

So, if you’d like to make a difference and be part of a unique organisation that supports one of the largest and most exciting employment sectors in the UK, we’d love to hear from you. Please note that all applications should be completed online. CVs will not be accepted.

Closing date: 15th May 2026

The College reserves the right to close this vacancy early if a sufficient number of applications are received. Therefore we encourage early applications.

This position is subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check and in line with KCSIE (2025) an online check will be conducted on information available in the public domain.

Leeds College of Building is committed to safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults. It is also committed to the Prevent programme and the requirement to prevent people being drawn into terrorism and expects all staff to share these commitments.

Leeds College of Building is committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse community. We value the unique perspectives and experiences of individuals from all backgrounds and actively encourage applications from individuals from an ethnic minority and the LGBTQIA+ community, as they are under‑represented at our college. Join us in creating a workplace where everyone can thrive to provide the best construction and the built environment education in England.

This role is based in the UK. Home Office guidance states that candidates must evidence their right to work in the UK prior to commencing employment, either as a UK or Irish citizen, under the EU Settlement scheme or having secured any other relevant work visa.

Recruitment Agencies

We kindly request that recruitment agencies do not forward any unsolicited CVs in relation to any of our advertised roles or speculatively. If we require support with any of our vacancies we will get in touch with agencies directly. We do not recognise submissions of unsolicited or speculative CV applications from recruitment agencies. We shall not be liable for any fee / commission in the event we employ a candidate that may have been submitted as an unsolicited/speculative application from an uninstructed recruitment agency.