Skills Practitioner - Painting & Decorating

East Surrey College

  • United Kingdom
  • £27,466 per year
  • Permanent
  • Full-time
  • 1 month ago
Job TypeSupportJob CategoryConstructionEmployment BasisEstablished (salaried)LocationEast Surrey College - RedhillSalary Range£27,466Closing Date04/08/2025Documents(PDF, 156.25kb)
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(PDF, 154.58kb)Skills Practitioner – Painting & DecoratingCollege location: East Surrey College (Redhill)Salary: £27,466Hours: Full time (37 hours/week)We are currently seeking to appoint an inspirational and enthusiastic Skills Practitioner to join our busy and professional Construction department.Working closely with the Director of Learning, Programme Manager and the rest of the Construction team, you will have the opportunity to support students in their learning of practical skills by supporting them in either the workshop or with their classroom activities. Utilising your Painting and Decorating background, you will produce learning materials and teaching aids and assist in the preparation of learning areas for practical work.You will assist the course leader in the supervision of students, student assessments, and ensure that student records are appropriately maintained as well as deliver teaching as required. You will also maintain a stock of consumables in accordance with departmental needs, maintain a record of resources and equipment and transport equipment and materials when necessary.The successful candidate must have:
  • A Painting and Decorating based qualification (ideally at Level 2 or above)
  • A positive, self-motivated attitude and the ability to work well within a team
  • Experience working with young people
  • A Teaching Qualification is desirable (but not essential)
If this sounds like you and you will enjoy working in a forward thinking, friendly, fast paced, changing environment with state of the art facilities, we would love to hear from you. In return, we offer a competitive salary, as well as staff benefits such a choice of two excellent pension schemes, life assurance, free onsite parking and access to our fully equipped gym along with discounted in house Spa and Salon treatments.Closing Date: Monday 4th August 2025**Applications will however be shortlisted on a rolling basis and we reserve the right to interview and appoint before this closing date. We therefore encourage you to apply at the earliest opportunity to avoid disappointment. As much as we would love to respond to all applicants, due to the sheer volume of applications we receive we are unable to respond to all unsuccessful candidates. If you have not heard from us within 14 days of sending your CV, unfortunately you have not been selected for the position.Please refer to the attached Job Description, Person Specification and Competency Framework and apply using the button below.Orbital South Colleges Group are committed to Equal Opportunities, encouraging applications from all sectors of the community to reflect our diverse student population. We are also committed to PREVENT and Safeguarding the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Both College Campus’ are smoke-free zones.As part of our pre-employment checks, successful candidates will be required to complete an enhanced DBS, references will be taken and evidence of all qualifications and awards will also be required before commencement of employment. Failure to do so may lead to offers being withdrawn.Applicants must be eligible to work in the UK as we do not sponsor work permits, and work permits from other organisations are unacceptable as proof of right to work in the UK.

East Surrey College