Skills Practitioner - Engineering

Join Us and Be Part of Something Bigger! Step into our state-of-the-art, cutting-edge facilities and make a real impact. As a Skills Practitioner, you'll play a key role in empowering staff and students within our dynamic Engineering and Automotive Departments. You'll provide hands-on learning and technical support, while also overseeing assessments and ensuring top-quality standards are met, in line with College and industry requirements. In this role, you'll have the opportunity to collaborate with both internal and external stakeholders, providing valuable feedback to help students excel and reach their full potential. You'll also manage stock control, from ordering to issuing supplies, ensuring everything runs smoothly. Thinking about taking your career further? We've got you covered! If you're interested in progressing to a teaching role, we'll support your training and even set aside time during your workweek for you to earn your qualifications. For more information, check out our Teaching Academy page. Working in Further Education offers something different. Instead of a traditional classroom setting, you'll be supporting a diverse range of adults and young people in a hands-on, practical environment, including machine workshops with lathes, CNC, and Milling Machines. What does a typical day look like?

• You'll provide learning/technical support to staff and students, undertaking assessment and quality checking duties.
• You'll be liaising with internal and external customers and managers.
• You'll be providing feedback to students that will aid successful progression and achievement.
• You'll manage stock control, ordering and issuing of supplies., In this role, you'll also be responsible for maintaining the highest Health & Safety standards in practical environments, ensuring a safe and productive learning space. Additionally, you'll manage the purchasing of resources and materials, keeping everything within budget while equipping students with the tools they need to succeed.
  
  You'll be Empowering the Next Generation!
As a Skills Practitioner, you'll be guiding young people and adults to unlock their full potential, in line with the culture and values of our Group. We're searching for someone with outstanding communication, organizational, and facilitation skills who can inspire and engage learners through hands-on tasks and demonstrations, ensuring they receive top-tier learning experiences. Your industry experience will be invaluable, and if you have a Level 2/3 qualification in an engineering machine shop discipline, that's a big plus! While we provide training and ongoing professional development, a solid background in the field is essential to deliver the best possible support.

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.

Alongside our priority of excellent student experience, we also focus on our employees. Here are just some of our Benefits when working for the East Kent Colleges Group:
• Competitive salary and holiday entitlement
• Access to 100's of online discounts via our Rewards Scheme (Inc. Restaurant, Grocery, Retail, Gym, Holidays)
• Access to cycle to work, car leasing and tech purchasing schemes
• Generous pension scheme - 18% employer contribution
• Being part of a company with an Eco-Sustainability focus of being Net-Zero
• Time off for your child's first day at school, moving home and for interviews
• My 10 Days initiative - bid for up-to 10 days off work to pursue voluntary work
• Being part of Community Days and Annual Staff Celebration Day