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“At Kirklees College, we believe that we are all educators and are passionate about shaping a better future for all in our community through excellent teaching and powerful knowledge with a strong social purpose. The college is on a journey to excellence and as part of this, we are committed to providing a collaborative and supportive environment, underpinned by our values of kindness, unity and excellence.
We empower all staff to feel recognised and part of the KC Community. We ensure they see how their contribution makes a difference in delivering positive change to people’s lives and helps us to be a thriving college for future generations. We are uniquely vocational and our teaching and support expertise, coupled with state-of-the-art facilities across our seven centres, allows us to provide the best possible outcomes for our students, staff and community.”
Palvinder Singh
Principal
Featured Positions
We want to attract and retain the very best talent to work with us, developing our college, creating opportunities and changing lives for the next generation.
SEND Support Worker (multiple)
An exciting opportunity has arisen within the SEND Department, Student Experience, at Kirklees College. The positions of SEND Support Worker will provide exceptional student support across all curriculum areas and college sites.
You will be working with our most vulnerable SEND (Special Education Needs and Disabilities) students to support their learning, achievement and progression into adulthood both in and out of the classroom environment. You will have to develop supportive relationships with students whilst remaining professional and deliver strategies to promote/reinforce student self-esteem. You will be required to provide physical and personal care support.
Salary: £9,772.64 - £16,287.74 Closing date
18 August
Programme Lead – Hair and Beauty
In the role of Programme Lead for Hair and Beauty, you’ll predominantly be based at Pioneer Higher Skills Centre and your focus will be leading on specific outcomes in the Hair and Beauty Department to improve the student experience, teaching on one or more of our study programmes and to support the Curriculum Area Manager with a series of tasks.
Ideally, you’ll have a L3 (or higher) qualification in either Hair, Beauty or Barbering, a L5 teaching qualification and demonstrable experience. It’s important that you’re able to lead and inspire others through change, communicate effectively, use innovation within course delivery and engage with young people and adults. You will be expected to demonstrate our College values of Kindness, Unity and Excellence in your role.
Salary - £40,168 - £40,168 Closing date
19 July
Employee benefits
Over recent years, the college has gone from strength to strength, earning Ofsted’s ‘Good’ rating at last inspection. We recognise that this achievement was due to the hard work and dedication of our staff members and we understand the importance of recognising and rewarding this.
The college hold KUE Awards (Kindness, Unity and Excellence) every six months where staff are nominated by their peers and can win additional holidays, shopping vouchers, food vouchers and much more.
Every other year, the college hosts a slightly more prestigious awards ceremony, KC Stars, where the whole college come together to applaud the achievements and actions of those who have gone above and beyond.
All staff are entered into a pension scheme relevant to their role with generous employer contributions.
Business Support staff are automatically entered into the West Yorkshire Pension Scheme, with 19.1% employer contributions.
Teaching staff are automatically entered into the Teacher’s Pension Scheme, with 23.6 % employer contributions.
The health and wellbeing of our staff is very important, so the college offers the following to all staff:
- Health Assured EAP Scheme (Employee Assistance Programme)
This health programme is available to all staff. The service provides free and confidential support that is available 24 hours a day. Furthermore, six counselling sessions are included with no cost to staff.
- Eyesight tests
The college will contribute towards the cost of your eye examination and the cost of glasses, if it is deemed necessary for your role.
- College gym or local gym membership discount
At our Huddersfield Centre, staff have access to the fully equipped sport and fitness centre for just £2.50 per month, and can also access to any KAL gym at a discounted rate.
- Hair, beauty and relaxation treatments
Discounts are available to all staff across the college on a wide range of hair and beauty treatments including haircuts and colours, massage and manicures. The treatments are carried out by our Kirklees College students under the close supervision of the highly qualified hair and beauty lecturers.
- Cycle to Work Scheme
This tax exemption initiative is to promote healthier journeys to work and allows you to purchase a bicycle and claim it back via your wage before paying tax, in effect making it 20% cheaper.
- Family Leave and Benefits
We recognise that many of our staff have responsibilities for family or dependants and operate a number of initiatives to help colleagues balance these responsibilities with work.
The college has a number of schemes that cover the following family circumstances:
- Maternity leave
- Paternity leave
- Adoption leave
- Parental leave
- Carer’s leave
We are happy to consider requests for flexible working in line with the flexible working policy.
One of the standout benefits of working at Kirklees College is our generous holiday entitlement. Full-time staff enjoy a minimum of 30 days of holiday per year, including 5 closure days.
In addition, colleagues also enjoy 10 bank holidays over and above their annual leave allowance. Compared to the statutory minimum, we provide at least 2 weeks more bookable holiday!
We appreciate the importance of regular rest and recuperation and ensure our holiday allowance reflects that.
Not just available to students, college staff are also eligible to purchase a student discount card through TOTUM. Once purchased this allows access to discounts on clothing, days out and much more. Furthermore, you get a free TASTE card and Coffee Club membership to use at restaurants and cafes.
All employees of Kirklees College are able to benefit from a free subscription to Microsoft 365 whilst employed by the college.
Curry’s PC World voucher scheme: with this scheme you can buy a voucher for any amount up to £1500 and spread the cost over a 12-month period to come out of your monthly pay. The voucher can be used online or in store on any products in Curry’s PC World.
Discounted Rail and Bus Travel: discounts on Metro yearly passes can save you 12%, furthermore college will loan you the money and repayments can come directly from your wage monthly. Take the bus? No worries we also have you covered too with 16.5% discount on monthly bus passes with Arriva and Yorkshire Tiger bus.
We provide excellent CPD for our staff through a range of opportunities, including:
- Hosting three all staff learning and development days
- An annual Festival of Learning and Celebration at the end of each year
- Funding contribution for staff to attain further qualifications, e.g. teacher training
- Corporate partnership for subsided membership of the sector professional body, the Education & Training Foundation
- Upskilling through apprenticeships
- Dedicated digital learning space within our new Innovation Hub
- An Aspiring Leaders programme
- Leadership and management training
- Coaching and mentoring as partners in the Yorkshire Accord scheme
- Our sparkling biennial staff awards event, ‘KC Stars’
- Communities of practice through our Teaching, Learning and Digital Leads
- Our SPARC professional learning programme
- Support to attend external CPD conferences and events
An annual individual Performance Development Review (PDR) provides the opportunity to discuss your personal CPD requirements and career aspirations.
Why work for Kirklees College?
Kirklees College is situated at the heart of its community, providing inspirational teaching and ensuring our curriculum is developed with employers, enabling all students to progress.
With over 10,000 students and approximately 1,000 employees, we are the largest Further Education provider in the region.
We are a college that embraces people of all ages and backgrounds and, by providing a brilliantly enriched education, helps each individual realise their potential to flourish as an effective working citizen who contributes to the economy and to their community as a whole.
Our Mission:
‘Creating opportunities, changing lives’
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Our Values:
Kirklees College welcomes all students who want to learn. The college has a common set of key values for both students and staff that are at the heart of everything we do. The values define who we are, how we behave and how we interact with each other, making Kirklees College a vibrant, inclusive and educational place to work and learn. Our values are:
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Kindness
An honest and compassionate approach to ourselves, our people and our environment
- Embrace a spirit of appreciation and helpfulness
- Be respectful and considerate to our Kirklees College Community
- Speak the truth with courage and professionalism
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Unity
A shared purpose across our Kirklees College Community
- Collaborate for the common good and celebrate success
- Establish positive trusting relationships
- Build connections to share our ideas, information and knowledge
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Excellence
A culture of high aspiration, expectation and success
- Take ownership and be ambitious
- Encourage determination and innovation in others
- Always seek to develop and improve performance
We are forward thinking in our approach to teaching and learning, aspirational in our approach to delivery, open to new ideas and collaboration, ahead of the curve and held up as an example of best practice.
Kirklees College reflects the demands of the employer market, is the first port of call for industry, regularly sees its
students snapped up by employers and universities and has an enviable reputation that makes it the first-choice destination for thousands of students every year.
If you feel inspired by what you have read and are interested to know more about us, click on the link below.
Together We Are Mighty
Together We Are Mighty encapsulates what we do best here at Kirklees College. It’s a celebration of our values of kindness, unity and excellence and a tribute to our staff and students and embody these values every day. Be inspired as we take you on an unforgettable journey into our KC Community, narrated by our Music student, Charlotte Bulloch.
Interested in joining the team?
Accreditations and Charters
Inclusive Employer
As a member of Inclusive Employers, the college commits to provide a workplace that values every employee and acknowledges their differences. With the help of our EDI Champions, we strive to creating equal access to resources and opportunities.
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Sharon Archer
Head of Faculty Adult Education
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Hayley Chinnock
Health & Social
Lecturer
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Alex Domun
Engineering PMC
Lecturer
![Tracey Elliot Facilities Operations Manager](https://www.kirkleescollege.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Tracey-Elliot-Facilities-Operations-Manager.jpg)
Tracey Elliot
Facilities Operations Manager
![Karen Lawrence Support Worker](https://www.kirkleescollege.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Karen-Lawrence-Support-Worker.jpg)
Karen Lawrence
Support Worker
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Joshua Robinson
Electrical Lecturer and Academic Staff Governor
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Maryam Sheik
Programme Lead and Lecturer for Essential Digital Skills
Disability Confident
Kirklees College is a Disability Confident Employer and is committed to provide facilities and support to ensure disabled people are given the opportunity to succeed.
Care Leavers
Our commitment is to help care leavers find the right employment for their skills.
Dying to Work Charter
Kirklees College is a proud signatory of the Dying to Work Charter. Our commitment is that our employees are supported, protected and guided throughout their employment following a terminal diagnosis.
Fair Work Charter
Kirklees College is extremely proud to be one of the early adopters of the Fair Work Charter championed by Tracy Brabin, Mayor of West Yorkshire. The Charter is an ambitious new initiative to support and celebrate the great employers across our region. The Fair Work Charter is about progress, not perfection and is aimed at recognising our work in supporting colleagues across five areas: Opportunity, Wellbeing, Employee Voice, Fulfilment and Security.