Lecturer - Carpentry and Joiner

Walsall College, is looking for an enthusiastic and experienced Lecturer in Carpentry and Joinery to inspire and develop the next generation of construction professionals. You will deliver engaging practical and classroom-based teaching, support apprentices and students to achieve their full potential, and work closely with employers to ensure training meets industry needs.

• Relevant Carpentry and Joinery qualifications and industry experience.
• Teaching or training experience, or a willingness to gain a teaching qualification.
• Strong communication and organisational skills.
• A commitment to high-quality teaching and learner success.
• GCSE English and Maths (or equivalent).
  
  Competitive salaries for Lecturers.
• Enrolment into the Teachers' Pension with generous employer contributions.
• Up to 35 days annual leave, plus generous additional closure days (2025/26 54 days leave with BH & closure days)
• Funded and supported teacher training for non-qualified teachers
• Free on-site car parking.
• Outstanding staff training and team building programme.
• ZEST; the College's Health & Wellbeing initiative for our staff.
• Staff incentive schemes including 'Ride to Work' scheme and 'Best of Walsall' discounts.
• Simply Health care scheme.
• On site Mental Health First Aiders.
• Employee Assistance Programme.
• Reward and recognition scheme.
• State of the art campuses with the latest industry facilities, including our Graduate Salon of Hair and Beauty and on site Little Professors' Nursery.
• Access to 'The Hub' offering a Gym, Spa & Sports Clinic and The Littleton Restaurant.
Walsall College takes part in the Targeted Retention Incentive (TRI) scheme, a Department for Education initiative that provides financial incentives of up to £6,000 to eligible further education (FE) teachers working in priority subject areas. Eligible teachers must be within the first five years of their FE teaching career and teach specific courses in areas such as construction, chemistry, computing and digital, early years, engineering and manufacturing, maths, and physics. Payments range from £2,000 to £6,000 depending on teaching hours and the provider's profile, with higher amounts available for institutions serving greater proportions of disadvantaged learners. This post may be eligible for the Targeted Retention Incentive, subject to meeting the scheme's eligibility criteria.