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Multi Skills Lecturer - Construction
Heart of Worcestershire (HoW) College
Redditch
On-site
GBP 25,000 - 40,000
Full time
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Job summary
An educational institution in the UK is seeking a Multi Skills Lecturer for its Redditch campus. This role involves teaching Bricklaying and associated areas, developing courses, and providing support to students in various educational activities. Candidates should have experience in teaching and be knowledgeable about industry standards. The position requires travel to other campuses, fostering an inclusive educational community. Benefits include employee assistance programs and opportunities for professional development.
Benefits
Qualifications
- Experience in teaching and mentoring students in construction subjects.
- Knowledgeable about current industry standards and safety regulations.
- Will assist students in understanding various activities.
Responsibilities
- Teach across various programs in Bricklaying.
- Develop courses related to Bricklaying and associated areas.
- Support students with spelling, punctuation, and mathematics.
Skills
Education
Job Title Multi Skills Lecturer - Construction Closing Date 25/01/2026 23:59 Pay Up to £39,725 depending on experience and qualifications. Additional targeted retention incentive payments for FE teachers could be eligible, please see below for more information! Hours 37 Hours x 52 Weeks Type Full Time
Please note: HoW College reserves the right to extend the advertising period for this vacancy or close the vacancy early in line with volume of applicants. We would therefore advise interested candidates to apply promptly.
To become a Multi Skills Lecturer in our Construction department, we need someone who is experienced in bricklaying and construction techniques. Passionate about teaching and mentoring students. As well as knowledgeable about the latest industry standards and safety regulations.
The successful candidate will have the chance to acquire new skills and develop their abilities in a wide range of activities.
We have a variety of students from the surrounding area, we are a welcoming and inclusive community that champions diversity and equality across our college.
Our departments collaborate to establish and uphold the inclusive HoW culture, we keep this in mind as we manage interactions with the public, fellow employees, and nearby schools.
Although this position is centred on our Redditch campus, all applicants must be prepared to travel to our other campuses or surrounding areas as required.
To find a more detailed list of your day-to-day responsibilities, please refer to the key roles and accountabilities section on our Job Description. In summary, as someone who has recent experience in Bricklaying, you will support in many aspects. To name a few:
- To teach across a range of programmes in Bricklaying and associated areas.
- To develop further courses in Bricklaying and associated areas.
- To take an active part in the recruitment of learners providing appropriate advice and guidance.
- You will assist students in the classroom with understanding the activities set by the tutor. As well as supporting with spelling, punctuation, and mathematics.
If successful and you do deliver courses in the following eligible subjects:
- Building And Construction
- Computing, Including Digital and ICT
- Early Years
- Engineering And Manufacturing, Including Transport Engineering and Electronics
- Maths
- Physics
You could be financially rewarded as a part of the targeted retention incentive payments for FE teachers scheme.
Heart of Worcestershire College, the county's largest further education institution, offers a diverse range of academic, vocational, and community courses throughout its campuses. In all we do, our principles of diversity, integrity, partnership, and trust come through, enabling us to offer timely and knowledgeable services both within and outside of our immediate neighbourhood. By 2030, we also intend to be 90% green!
Our goal is to advance, innovate, and inspire. We're looking for people who want to come along for the journey because our growth will be your growth.
A career with us entails much more than a pay check, because we know our employees are our most valuable resource. You can look forward to the following perks with us.
- Confidential Employee Assistance Programme (available 24/7, 365 days a year); giving access to free confidential counselling
- Regular Continuing Professional Development
- Opportunity to gain further qualifications and enhance professional development through our Awards process
- Agile and Flexible working (Dependent upon role)
- Employee discounts & benefits package including high street and travel discounts
- Fantastic progression opportunities
- A mentor to support you in your new role
- Cycle to Work Scheme
- Free onsite parking (Certain Campuses only)
- Opportunities of volunteering within local community and charities
WE HIRE PEOPLE.
Every person we hire has a different mix of experiences, cultures, and identities, as well as a unique background and physical make-up. Together, we strengthen HoW.
The College is striving to attract, develop and retain the very best people by offering a motivating and inclusive workplace in which talent is truly recognised.
We want you to know that HoW is an equal opportunity employer as you are probably applying for or considering applying for a job with us if you are reading this. This College expects everyone to share its commitment to promoting and protecting children, young people, and vulnerable adults' welfare and equality of opportunity.
For us, this means that we always work to be as inclusive as possible in all areas of employment and that we will not allow any form of discrimination.
All successful applicants will be required to complete and pay for a Disclosure & Barring Service check. Along with online verification to ensure the safety of our pupils.
If you are viewing this advert on Indeed, Total Jobs or another job board, it is worth noting there is more information about the position on the Heart of Worcestershire website, this will include the role profile.
The purpose of the role is:
- To strengthen the Construction workshop delivery team and College teaching team, working within the Head of faculty of Engineering and Construction Technologies.
- To provide effective and efficient learning opportunities for people undertaking Brickwork, and related studies.
- To instruct in a variety of related subjects to NVQ Level 3 (or equivalent) commensurate with qualifications and experience.
- To deliver and manage high quality relevant teaching and learning
- To develop and manage efficient and effective non guided learning
- To contribute to the development of new courses/qualifications
- To contribute to the operation and maintenance of existing courses/qualifications
- To develop and produce materials which will assist students in the learning process
- To keep abreast of new developments relevant to the area of teaching commitment
- To assist in the administration requirements of the post
- To commit to the safeguarding and promotion of the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults
- To participate in the College’s Performance Management Scheme and attend such training events as are necessary to enable him/her to carry out the duties of the job description.
- To continually improve teaching, learning and assessment through proactive CPD and sharing best practice.
- To actively participate in the College’s Quality System, including quality improvement strategies and initiatives.
- To undertake such other duties as may be assigned commensurate with the grade and purpose of the post.
- To take reasonable care for the health and safety of him/her and for others affected by his/her work
- To actively support College Safeguarding, Equality and Diversity policies.
- To operate/conduct all HR tasks and functions within the principles of GDPR
This Job Description is current at the date shown below, and is a guide to the work you will be required to undertake. In consultation with the post holder, it may be changed from time to time by the College to meet changing circumstances.
January 2026
The appointment is subject to the Conditions of Service for Academic Staff. The work pattern of a Lecturer is not necessarily linked to the traditional academic year.
All successful applicants will undergo the following checks:
- Enhanced DBS
- 2 x References, one of which must be your current or most recent employer
- Qualification validation check.
The salary range for this post is from £25,599 to £39,725 per annum. Starting salary will be dependent upon experience and qualifications. Once you have successfully passed your probationary period, your salary will increase within the salary band on an annual incremental basis, until you reach the top of the salary scale. Increments are in August.
Applicants are required to hold an appropriate teaching qualification or be willing to undertake and gain the Certificate in Education and Training within 2 years of their appointment. Successful applicants will be required to attend the course on-site as the College delivers the course in-house.
All staff are required to have a minimum level 2 qualification in both English and Maths. If you are not already in receipt of one or both of these qualifications, you will be expected to obtain it (them) during your employment at the College.
The College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults, and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
All newly appointed staff will be required to undertake safeguarding training following their appointment.
Heart of Worcestershire College adheres to the Department of Education’s guidance on ‘Keeping children safe in Education’. As part of your induction, you will be required to read and understand part 1 of this document.
Candidates shortlisted for interview and then subsequently become successful in the recruitment process and prior to a formal offer of employment being made will be subject to online checks being carried out by a neutral party not directly involved in the recruitment process. Consent for these checks was requested at application stage.
The College will undertake qualification validation by writing to the appropriate educational institute. Only those qualifications which are essential for the post will be followed up.
The hours of work will be based on 37 hours per week, of this 25 hours per week will be delivery. Actual hours of work to be agreed with the manager.
The post carries 37 annual leave days with an additional eight public bank holidays plus a further five concessionary days as ‘leave to be taken at the Principal’s discretion’. Annual leave will be pro rata if part time.
Please note that only in exceptional circumstances, with your Directors permission, will staff be able to take more than 3 consecutive weeks of leave in any leave year.
The College operates an occupational pension scheme, namely the ‘Teachers Pensions’.
All newly appointed staff have to serve a 9-month probationary period. During the probationary period you will have to complete the Corporate staff induction, a Teaching and Learning Induction session if you deliver learning and additional mandatory courses on: Equality & Diversity session, Keeping Children safe in Education, Safeguarding Training session, Prevent, GDPR, Cyber Security and Health & Safety training session. Failure to complete these will prevent you from successfully completing your probation.
As defined in the person specification of the job description, those staff with these responsibilities are required to undertake first aid and or fire marshal duties across the College, when called upon to do so. Staff must ensure they are up to date with the relevant training.
All candidates have to have 2 satisfactory references.
The successful applicant will be based Cross Campus, predominately our Redditch campus. You may be required to work at other locations from time to time.
The College is committed to the fair treatment of its staff, potential staff or users of its services, regardless of race, gender religion, sexual orientation, responsibilities for dependants, age, physical/mental disability or offending background.
As an organisation we use the Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) to assess the suitability of all prospective appointments. We undertake not to discriminate unfairly against any subject of a Disclosure on the basis of conviction or other information revealed.
Applicant/employees are required to declare any unspent conditional cautions or convictions under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 or any adult cautions (simple or conditional) or spent convictions that are not protected as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020’. The only exception to this requirement is that applicants/employees do not need to disclose any ‘protected’ cautions, or convictions as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2013.
Please read the ‘Guidance Note to applicants on disclosing information about cautions and convictions in their application’ document before you complete your application form.
Having a criminal record will not necessarily bar you from working with us. This will depend on the nature of the position and the circumstances and background of any offences.
All successful applicants will be required to complete and pay for a Disclosure & Barring Service check. The costs of this check will be deducted from the applicants first salary payment from the College. The College adheres to the DBS Code of Practice and has policies covering the Recruitment of Ex-Offenders and the Secure Storage, Handling, Use, Retention and Disposal of Disclosures and Disclosure Information. Copies of these are available on request.
All successful applicants will be required to undertake all mandatory training and update sessions and any appropriate training and development as required, including Health and Safety.
H oW College is a Smoke Free environment from the effects of direct/indirect contact with smoking, including using the following:
- Cigarettes
- E-cigarettes
- Vaporisers
- Pipe smoking
- Cigars
- And all other associated smoking products.
Candidates with a disability should contact the HR Department before interview if they require any adjustments to be made for the interview and/or selection tests.
A completed application form should be submitted. Curriculum vitae will not be accepted as a substitute.
It would greatly assist the shortlisting panel if the information submitted on your application clearly identifies and demonstrates how your qualities match those listed under the essential requirements on the person specification.
Please remember that it is not sufficient to merely repeat what is in the specification – you must show how you meet each requirement. You must also provide details under ‘previous employment’ which must include all employment undertaken since leaving full time education.
Completed application forms should be submitted by the 25th January 2026 via our website at www.howcollege.ac.uk
The Interview date for this post is; TBC. Short‑listed candidates will be notified with the details for interview. In view of the high cost of postage, it is not our intention to notify unsuccessful applicants. If you have not heard from us within four weeks of the closing date, please assume that your application has been unsuccessful and accept our thanks for your interest in applying. College reserves the right to withdraw a position before the closing date if the appointment has been arranged or no longer required.
Please be aware that HoW College complies with the current Data Protection Act. GDPR is a European wide update to the Data Protection Act, with more requirements and stronger enforcement. As such we expect all staff to fully comply with the requirements of these legislation. Failure to do so will lead to formal disciplinary action.
Members of staff will be provided with guidance in relation to GDPR to ensure that full compliance is achieved and maintained within the College.
Further information can be obtained by using the following link:
https://ico.org.uk/for-organisations/guide-to-data-protection/guide-to-the-general-data-protection-regulation-gdpr/
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