Teacher of Fashion Business

Derby College Group (DCG) are recruiting an experienced part-time Teacher of Fashion Business within our Fashion Business Delivery team at the Joseph Wright Centre. If you would like to visit the site and meet the team before applying, please reach out to hrrecruitment@derby-college.ac.uk.

The Opportunity

Within this role you will be pivotal to the success of the Fashion Business provision at the College which delivers to students from across the East Midlands. You’ll be joining a dedicated teaching team who are passionate about the subject, delivering across L1 to L3 provision. You’ll be working 22.2 hours per week across Wednesday, Thursday and Friday for this academic year.

Through the delivery of engaging teaching, learning and assessment, you will ensure they gain an in depth understanding of topics such as:

• Principles of Fashion Business and Retail
• Fashion Production and Supply
• Fashion Buying and Merchandising
• Fashion Management and Marketing
• Visual Merchandising for Fashion Retail

For a full explanation of the roles and responsibilities, please see the Job Description below.

About You

You will be a dedicated and motivated professional ready to contribute to the development of new strategies to improve the delivery and quality of teaching and learning. You’ll have previous teaching experience in Fashion Business and/or industry experience. The role involves course coordination duties therefore you’ll have excellent administration and interpersonal skills together with a commitment to working effectively as part of a team are also essential in this role.

For a full explanation of the Person Specification, please see the Job Description below.

The Benefits

• Salary of £27,690 Non-qualified teacher; qualified teacher £31,035 to £41,683 per annum pro rata
• 49 days holiday pro rata (inclusive of 8 bank holidays and 6 closure days where these occur)
• Membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme with a 28.68% employer contribution
• Discount at our Ofsted rated ‘Outstanding’ onsite Little Explorers Nursery
• TOTUM discount card (aka NUS/Student Discount Card) / discounted Tastecard
• Discounts on East Midlands Railway Annual Season Tickets
• Microsoft Office for FREE with 1TB of OneDrive cloud storage
• Discount on treatments at SENSI our onsite salon at the Roundhouse
• Flint Bishop Solicitors – free will writing, 1-hour free consultation with family department, 10% discount on Conveyancing services
• Continuous development and progression opportunities
• Free eye tests with Specsavers
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Cycle to Work Scheme

Equity, Diversity and Inclusion

We are committed to creating an inclusive workplace which promotes and values diversity. We welcome all talent irrespective of age, disability, neuro-divergence, sex, gender identity and gender expression, race, ethnicity, religion, belief, sexual orientation or other personal circumstances. We ensure that our policies and procedures treat all applicants consistently and fairly during our recruitment process.

If you have any questions about the recruitment process, reasonable adjustments, or about the role, please contact us at hrrecruitment@derby-college.ac.uk.

Safeguarding statement

DCG is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and all successful candidates will be subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.  An online search of the preferred candidate is also completed to help to identify any incidents or issues that have happened, and are publicly available online, which the college may need to explore with the candidate further. Please be advised that it is an offence to apply for this position if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.

Recruitment Agencies - We have a PSL of trusted partners to assist us when required and do not acknowledge any speculative CVs or unsolicited candidate introductions from agencies not on this list.

Job Description