Beauty Course Leader and Lecturer
• 💰Hourly rate: £32.43 per hour
• 📄Contract: Sessional
• 🕒Hours: Approximately 250 hours across the academic year
• 📍Location: Newbury College Campus
• 📅 Closing date: 9th August 2026
Are you passionate about inspiring the next generation of beauty professionals and helping learners develop the skills, confidence and industry knowledge to succeed?
We are excited to offer this opportunity for an innovative, inspiring and learner-focused Beauty Lecturer and Course Leader to join our team.
About the role:
Join our thriving Beauty department and play a key role in inspiring the next generation of beauty professionals. As a Lecturer and Course Leader in Beauty, you will deliver engaging and high-quality teaching across our Beauty programmes, helping learners develop the technical skills, professional behaviours and confidence needed to succeed in the industry. You will create an inclusive and supportive learning environment where students are encouraged to achieve their full potential and progress into employment, apprenticeships or further study.
Alongside teaching, you will lead and coordinate Beauty programmes, ensuring courses meet awarding body requirements and deliver excellent learner outcomes. Working closely with colleagues, employers and external partners, you will support learner progress, promote positive attendance and engagement, oversee assessment and quality assurance processes, and contribute to curriculum development. This is an exciting opportunity for a passionate beauty professional who is committed to delivering outstanding education and helping learners build successful careers within the beauty industry.
We are looking for someone who is:
• Passionate about Beauty and committed to inspiring the next generation of industry professionals💄
• An engaging and enthusiastic educator who can deliver high-quality teaching and learning🌟
• Skilled at motivating and supporting learners to achieve their full potential🎓
• Organised and detail-oriented, with the ability to manage assessments, course administration and quality processes📚
• A strong communicator who can build positive relationships with learners, colleagues, employers and external agencies🤝
• Innovative and proactive, with a commitment to developing and enhancing the curriculum🚀
• Dedicated to promoting learner engagement, attendance and success throughout their educational journey🎯
• Committed to embedding employability skills, Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, British Values and digital skills within teaching and learning activities🌍
About Newbury College and University Centre Newbury:
We are a dynamic further and higher education institution located in the heart of West Berkshire, recognised for our forward-thinking approach and commitment to student success. Our campus is a hub of creativity and innovation, and our mission is "creating opportunities to transform lives", which we achieve through unparalleled support for our students and ongoing professional development for our staff. By joining us, you will be part of a team dedicated to making a significant impact in the community.
What we offer:
Financial Benefits:
• Competitive salary reflective of experience and commitment to educational excellence
• Teaching Pension Scheme
Health and Wellness:
• Occupational Sick Pay Scheme
• Occupational Maternity Pay Scheme
• On-site gym membership at an annual fee of £20
• Wellbeing support through an Employee Assistance Scheme and other activities and facilities
• Free Annual Flu Jab
Professional Development:
• Development opportunities through workshops, training, and courses
• Professional development tailored to further qualifications and career advancement
Work-Life Balance:
• Flexible working options to ensure a healthy balance between professional and personal life
Campus Amenities and Discounts:
• Free onsite parking
• Access to a corporate discount scheme
• Discounts on hair and beauty treatments at the Newbury College salon
• Good value food and drink at the Street Café
• Discounted childcare at the on-site nursery for staff (operated by a third party)
• Staff recognition awards; celebrating the excellence in all we do
• Staff Summer Event
Criteria:
Essential criteria:
• Beauty Therapy qualification.
• Teaching experience or experience delivering training.
• Strong industry knowledge.
• Excellent communication and organisational skills.
• Ability to motivate and support learners.
Desirable criteria:
• Teaching qualification (or willingness to work towards).
• Assessor and/or Internal Verifier qualification.
• Further Education experience.
• Course leadership or curriculum coordination experience.
If you are excited about the prospect of making a significant impact on our students’ careers in our role of Beauty Couse Leader and Lecturer, we would love to hear from you.
We understand that no candidate will perfectly match every qualification or criterion listed. If your experience differs from what we've outlined but you believe you can contribute to this role, we encourage you to apply!
If you're interested in this position, please apply below or send your CV to recruitment @newbury-college.ac.uk as an expression of interest. Please note that applications must be submitted through our website.
Safer Recruitment
At Newbury College we are committed to following Safer Recruitment Guidelines
• Pre – Recruitment Process: Candidates will be subject to an online search. Applications must be completed in full with a complete employment history (With any gaps reasoned) and qualifications listed. Incomplete applications will not be submitted for shortlisting.
• Interview Stage: Candidates will be required to provide Right to Work documentation and an overseas check/Code of conduct certificate (if applicable), any convictions must be declared and consent to obtain a DBS Certificate and PLR Record will be requested .
• Successful Candidates: A share code will be required for Non-British citizens and further documents may be needed. A barred list check will be carried out. We also require a minimum of 2 references and an Enhanced DBS check
Safeguarding Statement
Our college is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We will ensure that all our recruitment and selection practices reflect this commitment.
All successful candidates will be subject to Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks along with other relevant employment checks.
We value and embrace diversity, recognising the contribution individuals from different backgrounds can bring to our organisation. We are ‘Disability Confident Committed’ and expect all our employees to share this commitment. We are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and all appointments are subject to satisfactory clearances including enhanced DBS checks.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy before the set closing date if we receive a good level of applicants. To avoid disappointment, we would advise that you complete your application in full, rather than saving and returning to complete at a later date.