Teacher - Beauty Therapies (Variable Hours)

About the Role

We are seeking an enthusiastic and knowledgeable Beauty Therapy Teacher to join our team and support learners to achieve their full potential in the beauty industry.

In this role, you will deliver engaging practical and theoretical lessons, ensuring learners develop industry-standard skills, professional behaviours, and the confidence needed for employment, apprenticeships, or further study. You will plan and assess learning in line with awarding body requirements while maintaining high standards of health, safety, and hygiene within training salons and classrooms.

The successful candidate will be passionate about teaching, committed to inclusive practice, and able to motivate learners of varying abilities. You will also contribute to curriculum development, learner progress tracking, and quality improvement activities.

This role is ideal for an experienced beauty professional who enjoys developing others and maintaining strong links with industry practice.

Please note, this is a variable hours contract. Hours are not fixed but will be based on business needs.

What You Will Do

• Teaching practical beauty treatments and theory such as anatomy and physiology, health & safety, and client care.

• Planning engaging lessons that meet awarding body and curriculum requirements.

• Assessing learner work through observations, assignments, and exams.

• Supporting learners to build confidence, professionalism, and employability skills.

• Maintaining salon-standard health, safety, and hygiene in training environments.

• Tracking learner progress and contributing to quality assurance and improvement.

• Acting as a role model for industry standards and professional behaviour.

About You

• Hold a Level 3 Beauty Therapy qualification (or higher)
• Hold Cert Ed/PGCE
• Have relevant industry experience within a salon, spa, or clinical setting
• Hold a teaching qualification (or be willing to work towards one)
• Demonstrate strong communication and classroom/practical management skills
• Be organised, reliable, and committed to high-quality teaching and assessment
• Maintain excellent health, safety, and hygiene standards
• Show commitment to inclusive practice, safeguarding, and learner support
• Be enthusiastic, adaptable, and keen to contribute to curriculum and quality improvement

Benefits

The group offers a range of excellent benefits, including:

Annual leave:
Curriculum and Management: 44 days plus bank holidays
Curriculum support and business support: 39 days plus bank holidays

Pension schemes with generous employer contributions:
Teachers’ Pension Scheme
Local Government Pension Scheme
People’s Pension Scheme

CPD opportunities:
Annual staff conference plus 2 additional staff development days.
Qualifications including PGCE, Apprenticeships, Leadership and Management courses.

Employee wellbeing initiatives: Family Friendly Policies, discounted onsite spa (Printworks) and gym (Park Lane).

Travel and commuting: Discounted travel available through Metro card, Northern Rail, First Bus, Arriva Bus and Cycle to work schemes.

Flexible and hybrid working opportunities: Please speak to the recruiting manager regarding flexible opportunities as these differ between roles.

About Us

Keighley College has excellent modern facilities and provides a professional and friendly environment. We pride ourselves on working closely with employers, the local community and other stakeholders to provide curriculum and support that meets the needs of our students. Our core purpose is to improve the life chances of our learners. We are passionate about helping our students to achieve their goals. We have state-of-the-art facilities in a central location, close to public transport links and great industry connections.

Choosing to work for Keighley College means that you will be part of an enterprising, inclusive, inspiring, collaborative, empowering, and dynamic environment. We hope that we will be part of the next step in your career and look forward to welcoming you to Keighley College.

SAFEGUARDING

At Luminate Education Group we are committed to the safeguarding and welfare of all our students. We expect all our staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All successful applicants will be required to complete mandatory pre-employment checks which include an enhanced DBS check, online checks and must have two satisfactory references.