About us:

Gower College Swansea is one of the largest colleges in Wales with a strong reputation for high quality teaching and learning. We have six campuses across the city with over 4,500 full time learners and 10,000 part time learners. We currently have a turnover of over £50 million making us a major employer in the region with approximately 1,000 staff.

At Gower College Swansea we are passionate about investing in our staff and looking after their wellbeing to ensure they feel supported in work and also at home.

The post involves training and assessing learners within the Mechanical Building Services Sector including but not limited to:

Plumbing and Heating
Domestic and Commercial Gas Installation and Maintenance including ACS assessment, and Managed Learning Pathways
Renewable technologies including Heat Pumps, Solar Thermal,
Mechanical Heat Recovery and Ventilation
Future opportunities such as Hydrogen

The role:

Full time (37 hours per week)
Permanent
£33,545 - £39,024 per annum
Tycoch, Swansea

Key Responsibilities:

Teach and assess learners within the Mechanical Building services sector, predominantly Plumbing, Heating and ACS Gas together with bespoke short sharp courses for both external and internal learners on, and possibly off site.
Plan, prepare and deliver assessments across a range of courses ensuring schemes/records of work, assignment schedules, are appropriate to the syllabus content and awarding body standards.
Plan and deliver over 12 hours per week of training to learners as required

About you:

Level 3 or equivalent qualification in Gas installation and maintenance or related subject such as Plumbing / Heating and Ventilation
Current ACS Gas certification, as a minimum CCN1, CENWAT, CPA1, HTR1, CKR1, CoNGLPG PD
Proven track record of working in Mechanical Building Services role and environment

Benefits for you:

28 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, and the college is closed for two weeks over the Christmas period
A Local Government Pension Scheme with an average employer contribution of 21% (2023)
A Teacher’s Pension Scheme with an average employer contribution of 23.68% (2023)
2 staff well-being days
Discounted study opportunities on College programmes
View more benefits here: https://www.gcs.ac.uk/recruitment/staff-benefits-wellbeing

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We welcome applications from individuals regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, socio-economic background, religion and/or belief. We particularly welcome applications from groups currently underrepresented within our organisation.

If you wish to continue your application journey using Welsh Language, please visit our Cymraeg site. We encourage Welsh Language applications as we recognise the importance of delivering services in Welsh, and the need to grow our bilingual workforce.

Gower College Swansea is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. Appointments are subject to an enhanced DBS check and require registration with the Education Workforce Council for Wales.

Please note that we are expecting a high volume of applicants for this vacancy. If we do, we may close the post before the specified date, therefore an early application is recommended.

Appointments will normally be made to the bottom of the salary scale with annual increments on 1st August each year (subject to a start date before 1st February).

Benefits:

https://www.gcs.ac.uk/recruitment/staff-benefits-wellbeing

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