Ready to Pass on Your Craft and Shape the Future of Carpentry & Joinery?

In recognition of the specialist skills required, this position includes an annual market supplement of £3,000.

We are looking for an experienced Carpentry & Joinery professional to join our team as a Lecturer, delivering high-quality teaching and practical training across a range of programmes. This is more than a teaching role — it’s a chance to pass on your knowledge, uphold industry standards, and influence the future workforce.

You’ll plan and deliver engaging sessions that blend theory with hands-on workshop practice, demonstrating techniques safely and effectively while embedding the high standards the trade demands. You’ll guide learners from their first measurements to their final assessments, helping them develop both confidence and competence.

Alongside teaching, you’ll act as a personal tutor — supporting learners’ progress, encouraging resilience, and helping them overcome barriers so they can succeed in the industry.

Why This Role is Different

If you’re motivated by:

• Pride in your trade and maintaining high professional standards

• Passing on your knowledge to future craftspeople

• Better work–life balance than site-based roles

• Job security and pension benefits

• Making a visible difference in learners’ lives

• Working in a well-equipped workshop environment

Your Day-to-Day Impact

You will:

• Deliver inspiring teaching across a range of programmes

• Carry out learner interviews and initial assessments to set students up for success

• Monitor progress and provide constructive, developmental feedback

• Design and improve schemes of work, lesson plans, and learning resources

• Lead internal verification and liaise with external quality bodies

• Maintain high workshop safety standards and model professional behaviours

• Support learners pastorally as a personal tutor

• Represent the curriculum at open evenings and employer engagement events

• Contribute to quality improvement and curriculum development

This is a role where your experience genuinely matters — your real-world knowledge gives learners credibility, deeper understanding and confidence.

Is This You?

You’re someone who:

• Takes pride in high-quality craftsmanship

• Understands both site carpentry and bench joinery

• Wants to step away from the physical demands of site work while staying in the trade

• Is passionate about developing others

• Values safety, professionalism, and teamwork

• Believes in fairness, inclusion, and safeguarding

You’ll hold a Level 3 (or higher) qualification in Carpentry & Joinery and a recognised teaching qualification.

Your Future Starts at Oaklands

At Oaklands College, we value our staff and are committed to your wellbeing and development. When you join us, you become part of a vibrant and forward-thinking team that supports innovation, creativity, and learner-centred teaching.

Here’s what you can look forward to:

• Generous holiday allowance – 42 days plus bank holidays.

• Teachers’ Pension Scheme with excellent employer contributions.

• Fully funded teacher training (if required) and structured induction.

• Ongoing CPD and free access to Adult Community Learning courses.

• Free onsite permit parking.

• Onsite gym (St Albans campus) and wellness treatments at discounted rates.

• Cycle to Work Scheme and discounted travel through UNO Bus Scheme.

• Eye care vouchers and employee assistance programme.

• Mental health and wellbeing support, including peer supporters.

• Staff development days and annual awards celebrating your achievements.

This role may be eligible for the Department of Education’s (DfE) Targeted Retention Incentive Payment. Eligible Further Education (FE) teachers can apply from 2nd March 2026 until 31st May 2026. For more information on eligibility and how to apply, please visit: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/targeted-retention-incentive-payments-for-fe-teachers

Oaklands College is proud to be a Disability Confident Employer and we actively welcome applicants from all backgrounds. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and vulnerable adults and expect all staff and stakeholders to share this commitment.

We review applications on a rolling basis and may close this advert early if we receive high interest. Don’t miss your opportunity to join a college that’s shaping futures and transforming lives.

Apply today and help us power the next generation.

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