Skills Practitioner - Motor Vehicle

About The Role Drive Your Future into Education – and help Steer the next generation towards successful careers in the automotive industry. As a Skills Practitioner youll play an important part in supporting both staff and students, helping to deliver high-quality, hands-on learning experiences. You’ll liaise with colleagues and external partners, support learners to reach their goals, and ensure workshops are safe, well-organised, and fully equipped. In this role, you will: * Monitor and promote excellent Health & Safety practices within workshop sessions * Order, organise, and issue stock and supplies to keep sessions running smoothly * Assist in workshop preparation * Provide constructive feedback and support to students Alongside our priority of excellent student experience, we focus on our employees. Here are just a few of the benefits working at the Group: * Generous and Consistent Holiday Pattern * Flexible Personal Leave * Exclusive Discounts & Perks * Wellbeing and Health Support * Competitive Pension Scheme Full list of company benefits About You Are you organised, hands-on, and positive about helping others? We’re looking for someone who enjoys supporting others to develop practical skills and confidence, while contributing to outstanding teaching and learning. What are we looking for? * Someone confident to support and guide learners through practical tasks * Someone witha Level 3 qualification in Motor Vehicle Maintenance and Repair * With some industry experience in the Motor Vehicle Servicing industry If you have any queries about this role, please email us on jobs@ekcgroup.ac.uk About Us Outstanding Ofsted Provider East Kent Colleges Group is an Ofsted Outstanding rated provider. It is proud to be the first General Further Education college organisation in the country to have received the Outstanding grade against each of the strands under the new Ofsted inspection framework. An inclusive provider, our colleagues place our students and the communities we serve at the heart of everything they do across EKC Group and this is illustrated in our ‘Strong’ skills grading by Ofsted. Commitment to Safeguarding We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and we ensure that all staff are aware of their responsibilities for upholding these principles. As a designated establishment, we are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore have an obligation to carry out checks to ensure that staff are suitable to work with children and vulnerable adults. These checks include conviction/caution self-declaration, Enhanced DBS check and obtaining sufficient referencing. It is a criminal offence to apply for a post which involves engaging in regulated activity relevant to children if you are barred from doing so. If you are successful in being shortlisted to interview, your suitability to work with children and vulnerable adults will be explored as part of the interview process. Commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion East Kent CollegesGroup is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all members of our communities. We are particularly keen to increase the diversity of our staff body and encourage applications from candidates where there is underrepresentation in our workforce. We are proud to hold thePositive About Disability Awardand are a Disability Confident Employer. This confirms our commitment to interviewing all applicants who declare that they have a disability and who meet the essential criteria outlined in the person specification. With any successful candidate, we will explore any reasonable adjustments to a role due to a health needs or disability. Similarly, we have a commitment to Care Leavers (Care Covenant Pledge)and to current or previous Armed Forces personnel (Armed Forces Covenant Pledge)with a commitment to interview applicants who meet the positions essential criteria and who have declared this on their application. We welcome applications from anyone wishing to work flexibly and those considering a return to work from a career break. We do not engage with agencies for permanent staff and have an in-house recruitment team. J-18808-Ljbffr