Art tutor - mainly watercolour

About the Borough

Found in zone 6 with good transport links in and out of London, Kingston is a vibrant and diverse university town which creates the rich sense of community shared across the borough and its Residents. Kingston boasts an idyllic riverside location, good shopping and great restaurants, as well as a mix of modern and historic town centre. Kingston has lots of open parklands and cycle routes that help connect the district town centres into an enjoyable place to live and work.

We are passionate about working closely with our residents and vulnerable groups to help them maintain their independence and create a balance between support and independent living.

About the Service and Team

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The team and the purpose of the team - including details of the overall service if appropriate. You can also include here any team/service awards, inspection ratings (if applicable), positives, direction and culture of the service/team etc.

About Us
Kingston Adult Education is rated by Ofsted as a ‘good’ adult education provider for over 3,500 learners and is on an exciting journey towards outstanding provision.
Our mission is to offer high quality learning and training opportunities to meet the needs of individuals and employers in Kingston and surrounding areas and to work alongside community partners to achieve this.

About the Role and Our Ideal Candidate

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About the role

To plan/deliver a learning programme to teach art to adults within our creative skills curriculum area. Learners will not be working towards a qualification, but will develop their art and creative skills using a wide range of techniques and media. Learners will range from complete beginners to competent artists.

About You
We are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic and innovative member of staff to teach art to adults. You will:
Ideally have a teaching qualification
Have experience of teaching art
Be able to include digital skills within the delivery of your course
Be able to devise and deliver imaginative art courses and workshops for day, evening and some saturday provision
Track learner progress and feedback to ensure that learners achieve their goals
Demonstrate agility and adaptability in mindset and ways of working
Demonstrate commitment to own personal and professional development to meet the changing demands of the
role
Communicate clearly, confidently and appropriately with colleagues using the best methods of communication for
the task.
Actively engage in positive cross organisational communications and team working
Demonstrate innovation and creativity

. Skilled in various media and committed to nurturing individual artistic talents in a supportive, inspiring environment in Surbiton. The main role would be to deliver Watercolour provision on Mondays over two 2.5 hour sessions, one in the morning and one in the afternoon. Levels vary from beginners to intermediates and advanced.

Purpose of the job - in no more than 20 words describe the purpose of the job.

What the job actually requires - In approximately five bullet points describe what the successful candidate will really be expected to do (not the formal job description but the actual requirements) - It may help to describe what a current member of staff is doing today.

About you

Any essential qualifications, experience and skills you are looking for in your successful candidate - You can include desirable requirements too but make it clear between what is essential and what is desirable.

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Our Offer to You

As an organisation that values and nurtures talent, we’re committed to helping you fulfil your potential and will offer you a supportive, friendly and collaborative environment to grow and develop your career and skills. We’re constantly striving to improve our ways of working so putting your ideas across however big or small; will be fully encouraged and supported by your colleagues and our dynamic and experienced management team.

Employees have access to a wide range of benefits to enable staff to achieve a work life balance, some of which include:

• A generous annual leave entitlement of 25-32 days, plus bank holidays (pro-rata if part-time working hours apply) depending on service and grade.
• Enhanced Maternity, Paternity, shared parental, adoption and dependents leave
• Three volunteering days per year in Kingston
• Hybrid working (dependent on the role)
• Flexible and agile working arrangements using Google Chromebooks
• Learning and development portal offering a range of courses
• Discounts on a range of local shops, restaurants, gyms and leisure centres
• Interest free season ticket loans
• Local Government Pension Scheme
• Bicycle loan facilities and cycle to work scheme
• Electric vehicle leasing scheme
• Confidential health & wellbeing and counselling support

Application Process

Apply online outlining what skills, abilities and experience you can bring which makes you an ideal candidate for this role. Please refer to the requirements outlined in the job profile when completing your application and check your CV details have been uploaded correctly in the relevant sections.

We understand and recognise the benefits of using Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the workplace and are embracing AI where appropriate, to boost our productivity and streamline how we deliver our Council services efficiently; to provide the best possible outcomes for our residents and communities. 
However, we reserve the right to reject applications where it is apparent that AI-generated content has been used in isolation and without personalised responses. At Kingston we value authenticity and are looking for individuals who can clearly demonstrate their own skills, experience and motivation for the role that they are applying for and embrace and demonstrate our STAR values.
Here at Kingston we have core values of Transparency and this is to be demonstrated during the application process and completion of the supporting statement and will be further tested at interview and selection stage for those who progress forward.

The closing date is given as a guide. We reserve the right to close this vacancy once a sufficient number of applications has been received, it is strongly advised that you complete and submit your application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment. 

As part of our award winning Diversity Programme we anonymise all applications received to reduce conscious and unconscious bias enabling every application to be reviewed on the knowledge, skills and experience shown in your application. We encourage our interview panels to be as diverse as possible (age, cultural, neurodiverse etc.) to reduce bias where possible. We are fully committed to removing barriers and enhancing the diversity of our workforce.

Additional Information

We are proud to be a diverse and welcoming Borough and we strive to create a workforce which reflects the community we serve, and instil a sense of belonging in our staff. We celebrate and respect differences and appreciate the value of having a diverse workforce, th