Lecturer in Hairdressing

Hours; Full Time (37hrs per week, all year round)*

Duration; Permanent

Salary; Up to £31,413 per annum (depending on qualifications and experience) + benefits

Location; Rotherham College, Rotherham

About the Role

Within RNN Group, hairdressing and barbering skills are in high demand and in this role, you can influence and contribute towards the College's provision in this key area. You will have the opportunity not only to impart your knowledge and expertise to our learners, but ultimately will make an impact on the wider community.

In this role you will be delivering Barbering/Hairdressing level 1 to level 3 and deliver on evening courses as well as some weekend work and involvement in competition work. You may also be required to deliver on school links (14-16yrs).

You will be responsible for your delivery, planning and marking, and be prepared to internal quality check across all levels of hairdressing/barbering. You must also be prepared to take part in development where needed as CPD is an essential part of the role of a lecturer.

The role of lecturer is to equip our students with skills for their future through the delivery of outstanding education and training and inspire students to achieve their potential. This role offers you the opportunity to do this every day. It is the job satisfaction that comes from this that makes a teaching role special.

You will…

You will play an important role in developing creative resources to inspire outstanding learning and will be responsible for the monitoring and tracking of learner progress to promote positive outcomes for learners on our hairdressing and barbering programmes of study. Experience of working with our awarding body VTCT would be ideal.

You should be an effective and motivated team player, with excellent interpersonal skills and ability to work effectively with colleagues and management to achieve strategic and organisational objectives. Good communication is needed for clients and external stakeholders. An awareness of the importance of quality standards within teaching is needed.

You will hold at least GCSE grade 1-4 (or equivalent) qualification in English and maths. You will hold a minimum level 5 teaching qualification. You will hold an Assessors award qualification. An IQA qualification will also support this role but you will be supported to undertake if needed. You will hold a minimum level 3 in hairdressing and/or barbering.

Teaching and industry experience is essential.

Department Info

As a member of the Hair and Beauty delivery team you will play an important role in developing and creating resources, as well as tracking and monitoring students, to promote positive outcomes and achieve the key priorities for the College.

Your line manager will be the Curriculum Manager. You will regularly report on your objectives to update your line manager regarding a range of KPI’s including (but not limited to) student recruitment, retention, anticipated achievement, attendance and punctuality.

You will be part of a Curriculum and Department team and will work with other teaching staff to develop and share good practice in the area. You may also be required to participate in cross college teams or working groups on key projects.

Our excellent benefits and rewards package:

• Eligibility to join the Teachers Pensions Scheme
• Up to 50 days annual leave per year (prorata for part time working) including closure during Christmas period
• Access to our gyms, restaurants and salons
• Staff health & wellbeing and benefits schemes including inhouse Occupational Health service
• Full, part time and flexible working hours available in many roles
• Parking available at all of our sites
• Fantastic career development opportunities including funding for teacher training, apprenticeships and various other industry recognised qualifications
• New FE teachers can also apply for grants of up to £6,000 in STEM subjects (conditions apply) through the levelling up premium payments initiative
• Recruitment Referral Scheme for all employees, worth by to £200 per referral made

What is the RNN Group?

RNN Group’s main goal is to be an ‘outstanding’ education and training provider and this is at the heart of everything that we do. To help us achieve this we are looking to recruit highly motivated, innovative and dynamic individuals to join our existing teams. To be a part of the team at RNN Group we will expect you to be committed to our values too;

• We are Inclusive,
• We have Integrity,
• We Deliver,
• We are One Team.

We are OFSTED ‘Good’ (November 2022)

We celebrate diversity and are proud to have been recognised as Investors in Diversity for our commitment to the FREDIE (Fairness, Respect, Equality, Diversity, Inclusion and Engagement) Model.  This means that you’d be working in a supportive environment that encourages, recognises and celebrates effort, achievement and cooperative attitudes. We welcome applications from everyone regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, sexuality, faith or disability. We are also proud to be part of the Disability Confidence Scheme.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, vulnerable adults and young people. All new employees will be required undertake a DBS check and other associated checks in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education Guidance.

All candidates must have the legal right to work in the UK.

Closing date: Monday 29th July 2024 at 12:00 Noon – if you are shortlisted for this post you will be contacted within a week of the closing date.

Provisional Interview Date: Wednesday 7th August 2024

*Although this role is based on full time, we would welcome applications from candidates wishing to work part time also.

If you require further information about this vacancy please contact the HR department on (phone number removed) or (url removed)