Carpentry and Joinery Lecturer

CARPENTRY AND JOINERY LECTURER

Hours: 37 hours per week

Salary: £40,454 – £42,828 per annum

•Qualified to NVQ Level 3 in Carpentry and Joinery?

•Super organised and take pride in your work?

•Keen to inspire the next generation and share your knowledge and

experience?

If you can answer yes, look at what we can offer and apply now.

As an award-winning college, we are looking for exceptional people like you to join our team.

We truly value our staff who have a key role in supporting and developing our students to

achieve their goals.

This is a teaching role which involves workshops and classroom learning, your priority will be

to engage and inspire our students to achieve their full potential. In a typical day, you will be:

•Demonstrating and teaching practical skills in our workshops

•Delivering theoretical lessons to support the practical applications

Relevant industrial experience would be invaluable, along with experience of sharing your

skills in an educational/training environment. A teaching qualification is not essential, and the

College will fund and support you to achieve this.

You will enjoy a friendly and welcoming college with an excellent benefits package that

includes:

• A 35-day annual leave entitlement, plus 8 Bank Holidays and 10 college closure days

• A well-respected pension scheme (Teacher’s Pension, with an employer contribution

of 28.68%)

• Free parking at all our College sites (on a first come first served basis)

• Family friendly policies and opportunities for flexible working

• Superb opportunities for training and development

• Discounted travel on public transport and a Cycle to work scheme

• Discounts and offers at major High Street and Online retailers

• Access to an Employee Assistance Programme

• Dedicated staff Wellbeing events

This role is eligible for the DfE Levelling Up Premium Payments, of up to £6,000 for FE

teachers, for those meeting the criteria. This involves the government paying

successful candidates from an industry background to get into teaching. Leeds

College of Building will fund successful candidates to become a qualified FE teacher.

So, if you’d like to make a difference and be part of a unique organisation that supports one

of the largest and most exciting employment sectors in the UK, we’d love to hear from you.

Please note that all applications should be completed online. Please visit the vacancies

section of our website or press APPLY.

Closing date: Sunday 5th October 2025

Please note this position is subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check

and in line with KCSIE (2025) an online check will be conducted on information available in

the public domain.

Leeds College of Building is committed to safeguarding children, young people and

vulnerable adults. It is also committed to the Prevent programme and the requirement to

prevent people being drawn into terrorism and expects all staff to share these commitments.

Leeds College of Building is committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse community. We

value the unique perspectives and experiences of individuals from all backgrounds and

actively encourage applications from individuals from an ethnic minority and the LGBTQIA+

community, as they are under-represented at our College. Join us in creating a workplace

where everyone can thrive to provide the best construction and the built environment

education in England

RECRUITMENT AGENCIES:

We kindly request that recruitment agencies do not forward any unsolicited CVs in relation to

any of our advertised roles or speculatively. If we require support with any of our vacancies

we will get in touch with agencies directly.

•We do not recognise submissions of unsolicited or speculative CV applications from

recruitment agencies.

•We shall not be liable for any fee / commission in the event we employ a candidate

that may have been submitted as an unsolicited/speculative application from an

uninstructed recruitment agency