Instructor - Beauty Therapy

Job Description

Instructor - Beauty Therapy (Sessional)

Contract: Fixed term, sessional until 13^th June 2024

Hours: 7 hours per week (see details below)

Start Date: 28^th November 2023

Salary: Grade 4 Points 18 to 22

£28,783 - £31,701 per annum pro rata (subject to pending Job Evaluation and pay award).

This salary includes £2,500 Market Allowance, which is in place until the outcome of Job Evaluation is confirmed and then will be reviewed.

West Lothian College is looking to appoint a passionate and motivated Instructor. You will be supporting our learners in our college’s commercial salon as part of their coursework. This role is based within our Beauty Therapy team so you will be working alongside our team of skilled Lecturers and Platinum Salon staff.

The purpose of this role is to support the development of skills and understanding of our learners. This could be within a classroom setting or whilst running a column within our Platinum Salon to gain practical experience. This is a great opportunity for an industry-experienced therapist to help our learners grow and develop the skills which they will have learnt in class. 

You must be educated to SCQF Level 7 (HNC Beauty Therapy or equivalent) in a relevant subject and have relevant industry experience and salon skills.

Working hours will be a Tuesday and Thursday night from 4pm-7:30pm. Applications will be considered from candidates who can work either or both of these shifts. Please detail this within your application form. This is a sessional contract, details of which can be found within the attached Summary of Conditions of Service document.

Working for the college you will benefit from a generous leave entitlement, career average pension scheme, excellent on-site facilities such as gym and restaurant, together with transport, health, wellbeing benefits and retail discounts. The college is located within the town centre with an array of shops and restaurants all within a few minutes walking distance.

Those shortlisted for interview will also be required to deliver a 10 minute presentation on how they will develop the student’s skills and knowledge whist they are running the Platinum Salon.

Closing date for applications is 2359hrs on Wednesday 4^th October 2023.

Interviews will take place onsite at West Lothian College on Tuesday 17^th October 2023.

To find out more about West Lothian College, working for us, our application process, our accreditations of being a Disability Confident Employer as well as being an SCQF Inclusive Recruiter please refer to the information tabs beside our home section on myjobscotland.

Please note we do not accept CVs as all applications must be made through myjobscotland.