Floristry Lecturer
Casual Contract
Middlesbrough Campus
Salary: £20.93 per hour
Askham Bryan College is a specialist land-based college based across the North of England with centres in York, Middlesbrough, Saltaire, Wakefield and Newcastle.
We offer a wide-ranging curriculum to our Further Education students, including Arboriculture, Horticulture, Agriculture, Animal Management, Countryside and the Environment, Engineering, Equine, Floristry, Motorsport, Professional Tree Surgery, Outdoor Adventure Sport, Sports Development, Coaching and Fitness and Uniformed Public Services.
We have an exciting opportunity for a Floristry tutor to deliver a range of adult learning classes at our Stewart Park Campus based at Middlesbrough. The tutor will be able to deliver courses for the absolute beginner through to more advanced classes that support the progression of the learner's skills and mastery of the art of floral design. Our learners have varying reasons for attending the course these can be starting as a hobby or those wishing to develop into a career as a florist.
The college will be providing evening classes at NCFE level 1 in floristry and experience of teaching is desirable. Having access to your own flowers and materials is also desirable but would not be an essential for the successful candidate. We hope to recruit an enthusiastic and passionate tutor who can excite and challenge the learner to create arrangements relevant to the season or occasion.
We define the values and qualities that we require from our people using the Askham Bryan College DNA. Hardwired in to what we do, our DNA strands ensure that all colleagues are committed to delivering with purpose, taking ownership, building trust and always learning. We offer an inclusive, dynamic, challenging and rewarding place to work.
Successful applicants will be required to undertake an enhanced DBS check.
For more information, please refer to the Job Description and person specification.
Closing Date: 8th June 2023
Interviews: TBC
The College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff, volunteers and partners to share this commitment.
The Governors and Staff at Askham Bryan College regard each learner as a unique individual and therefore seek to support learner development in ways, which will foster security, confidence and independence. We recognise that high self-esteem, peer support, a secure College environment and clear lines of communication with trusted adults helps all young people and adults particularly those at risk or suffering abuse. These are regarded as central to the wellbeing of the individual and are therefore seen to be an intrinsic part of all aspects of the curriculum and ethos.