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Reed Further Education are a leading recruitment agency working with colleges, prisons, universities, and training providers across the UK. We are always looking for talented/aspiring support staff to join our team and help us deliver high-quality education to learners.

Lecturer of Forestry and Arboriculture

Location: Nantwich

Contract: Permanent

Salary: up to £37,000

Reed FE is working in partnership with an FE college to recruit an experienced and enthusiastic Lecturer in Forestry & Arboriculture. This is an exciting opportunity for a passionate engineering professional to play a key role in delivering high-quality teaching, learning and assessment to learners preparing for careers in the forestry and arboriculture industries.

The Role

As Lecturer, you will plan and deliver engaging practical and theoretical sessions, assess learners against national vocational standards, and contribute to the ongoing development of a high-performing department. You will help ensure provision meets awarding body requirements, industry expectations, and delivers excellent learner outcomes.

Key Responsibilities

• Plan, develop and deliver curriculum content to a consistently high standard
• Lead learners through practical, theoretical and assessment activities aligned to industry standards
• Carry out vocational assessment in line with awarding body and internal quality processes
• Use digital systems effectively to support programme administration and assessment
• Contribute to quality assurance and continuous improvement across the curriculum area
• Support the achievement of departmental KPIs including learner success, retention and achievement
• Work collaboratively with colleagues and internal delivery partners to enhance the learner experience
• Build strong relationships with employers and industry stakeholders to enhance provision and income opportunities
• Support marketing, recruitment and employer engagement activities
• Actively participate in professional development and performance review processes
• Promote and uphold high standards of health & safety, safeguarding, equality, diversity and data protection

About You

We are keen to hear from candidates who are technically competent, learner-focused and motivated to inspire the next generation of engineers.

Essential / Desirable Criteria:

• Minimum Level 3 qualification in a relevant vocational area
• Relevant teaching qualification, or willingness to work towards one
• Assessor qualification (or willingness to obtain)
• Internal Verifier qualification (or willingness to obtain)
• Level 2 Maths and English (or equivalent)
• Experience delivering and assessing vocational engineering programmes
• Industry experience within forestry or arboriculture
• Strong digital skills, particularly Microsoft Office
• Knowledge of assessment and internal quality assurance processes
• Strong understanding of health & safety, safeguarding, equality and diversity
• Ability to build effective relationships with learners, colleagues, employers and industry partners
• Organised, adaptable and forward-thinking, with the ability to motivate and inspire learners

Benefits:

• 35 days annual leave + bank holidays
• Two-week festive closure
• Free parking
• Generous pension scheme (Teachers’ Pension) with 28.68% employer contribution,
• On site gym membership available
• Employee reward scheme plus other benefits

All candidates who register with Reed Further Education will have 2 years’ referencing taken up and will be required to have a DBS check completed. All offers are conditional upon satisfactory background checks.

Reed Further Education is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment by completing mandatory training within 6 weeks of your first assignment and annually thereafter.

Benefits of working for Reed Further Education/our client:

• Exclusive representation to leading FE colleges, prisons, and training providers in the area

• A specialist further education consultant who will search for jobs on your behalf

• A Health Cash Plan and Reed Discount Club

• Entitlement to Statutory Sick Pay, Statutory Maternity, Paternity and Adoption Pay, Parental Leave and Antenatal/Pre-Adoption Appointment Payment

• Access to Training and Development - Reed Assessment Centre - Reed Learning.

• Great referral bonus’ (up to £200 per successful referral!)

• Access to roles throughout the UK and online/remote learning

To apply for this role, please send us your updated CV by clicking 'Apply Now'. Your application should demonstrate your passion for educational support and your commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people.

Not looking for a teaching role? We are also registering SEND support, assessors and technicians through to other FE positions including HR, finance, facilities, administrators. We also have a specialist team of interim and senior management consultants with over 20 years’ experience in the sector.