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Practical Facilitator (Lecturer A) Automotive
| Posting date: | 11 April 2025 |
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| Salary: | £26,592 to £28,175 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 28 April 2025 |
| Location: | Exeter |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | Exeter College |
| Job type: | Permanent |
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Summary
Background in the automotive trade? Fancy sharing your skills & knowledge with the next generation?
We’re looking for someone patient and super-organised to work in our automotive team. You don’t need any teaching experience / qualifications for this role, but you’ll need some industry experience, whether that’s as a mechanic, fitter or anything in between. Your role is to support students, prepare workspaces and facilitate practical activities.
You’ll need to be…
•organised and reliable
•supportive, patient and approachable
•confident with relevant tools and machinery
•able to explain things simply and clearly
•flexible and happy muck to in and do what’s needed
•knowledgeable about cars / the automotive industry
What you’ll be doing…
•preparing for practical lessons - ensuring workspaces are tidy
•maintaining vehicles and diagnosing faults
•ordering tools, equipment, materials – keeping stocks just right
•supporting lessons by guiding students and sharing your technical knowledge
•a limited amount of teaching
In return, you’ll get…
•a whopping 28% pension. No, that’s not a typo. On top of your salary, we’ll pay an extra 28% of your salary into your pension pot
•at least 45 days’ paid holiday per year. That’s not a typo either
•progression - if you’re up for it, and you’ve got what it takes. Many of our staff started out doing this role
•a truly rewarding job, working with likeminded people who really care about what they do
•plenty of training from experienced staff before you teach alone
•loads of training, leading to a teaching qualification for the right person
Closing date: midnight 28th April 2025
Interview Date 9th May 2025
Ambition, Collaboration, Energy.
These are our values. Watch this short video to learn more.
And see what our staff have to say here.
Benefits
We’ll give you generous holidays and a superb pension scheme. You’ll also get a package of amazing benefits, including free counselling and discounted supermarket shopping, spa treatments, electric cars and paddleboarding. Read more on our careers page.
Applying for the role
If you’re reading this on our website, click on the apply button, below.
If you’re reading this advert on another site, visit our vacancies page.
The closing date for receipt of completed applications is the 28th April at midnight.
Interviews will be held in Exeter on Friday 9th May.
Application window may close early if a suitable applicant is found.
No CVs or agencies please.
Everyone’s welcome to apply for a role here, regardless of personal characteristics, including race, age, gender, religion, ability, disability, or sexuality.
We’re totally committed to the safeguarding and welfare of all our students, and we expect you to be too. We follow safer recruitment statutory guidance (Keeping Children Safe in Education). If you’re successful, you’ll be required to complete thorough pre-employment checks, including an enhanced DBS check and satisfactory references. All posts at Exeter College are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974. The amendments to the ROA 1974 (Exceptions Order 1975, (amended 2013 and 2020)) mean that when applying for certain jobs and activities, certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’, so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. The MOJ’s guidance on the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the Exceptions Order 1975, provides information about which convictions must be declared during job applications, related exceptions and further information.
We’re looking for someone patient and super-organised to work in our automotive team. You don’t need any teaching experience / qualifications for this role, but you’ll need some industry experience, whether that’s as a mechanic, fitter or anything in between. Your role is to support students, prepare workspaces and facilitate practical activities.
You’ll need to be…
•organised and reliable
•supportive, patient and approachable
•confident with relevant tools and machinery
•able to explain things simply and clearly
•flexible and happy muck to in and do what’s needed
•knowledgeable about cars / the automotive industry
What you’ll be doing…
•preparing for practical lessons - ensuring workspaces are tidy
•maintaining vehicles and diagnosing faults
•ordering tools, equipment, materials – keeping stocks just right
•supporting lessons by guiding students and sharing your technical knowledge
•a limited amount of teaching
In return, you’ll get…
•a whopping 28% pension. No, that’s not a typo. On top of your salary, we’ll pay an extra 28% of your salary into your pension pot
•at least 45 days’ paid holiday per year. That’s not a typo either
•progression - if you’re up for it, and you’ve got what it takes. Many of our staff started out doing this role
•a truly rewarding job, working with likeminded people who really care about what they do
•plenty of training from experienced staff before you teach alone
•loads of training, leading to a teaching qualification for the right person
Closing date: midnight 28th April 2025
Interview Date 9th May 2025
Ambition, Collaboration, Energy.
These are our values. Watch this short video to learn more.
And see what our staff have to say here.
Benefits
We’ll give you generous holidays and a superb pension scheme. You’ll also get a package of amazing benefits, including free counselling and discounted supermarket shopping, spa treatments, electric cars and paddleboarding. Read more on our careers page.
Applying for the role
If you’re reading this on our website, click on the apply button, below.
If you’re reading this advert on another site, visit our vacancies page.
The closing date for receipt of completed applications is the 28th April at midnight.
Interviews will be held in Exeter on Friday 9th May.
Application window may close early if a suitable applicant is found.
No CVs or agencies please.
Everyone’s welcome to apply for a role here, regardless of personal characteristics, including race, age, gender, religion, ability, disability, or sexuality.
We’re totally committed to the safeguarding and welfare of all our students, and we expect you to be too. We follow safer recruitment statutory guidance (Keeping Children Safe in Education). If you’re successful, you’ll be required to complete thorough pre-employment checks, including an enhanced DBS check and satisfactory references. All posts at Exeter College are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974. The amendments to the ROA 1974 (Exceptions Order 1975, (amended 2013 and 2020)) mean that when applying for certain jobs and activities, certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’, so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. The MOJ’s guidance on the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the Exceptions Order 1975, provides information about which convictions must be declared during job applications, related exceptions and further information.