A career that makes a difference
At Reaseheath College and University Centre, we’re proud to deliver an exceptional educational experience to over 4,500 students each year.
Our focus is simple: to equip students with the skills, knowledge and confidence to achieve their ambitions whether that’s progressing into employment or continuing their educational journey.
When you join us, you’re not just taking on a role, you’re helping to shape career-ready graduates and supporting the future of industry.
Why Reaseheath?
Reaseheath is a place of growth, innovation and opportunity. Our strong industry links and up-to-date teaching ensure everything we do is relevant, practical and aligned with current sector needs.
Alongside our Further Education subjects, we offer a range of Higher Education programmes in partnership with the University of Chester, supported by industry-standard facilities on our stunning 330-hectare campus of farmland, parkland, lakes and woodland in Nantwich, Cheshire.
With over 600 staff across teaching and professional services, we foster a collaborative, supportive environment united by our shared mission: Industry Focused, Career Ready.
We are also proud to be a Disability Confident and mindful employer, committed to creating an inclusive workplace where everyone can thrive.
What we offer
We believe in supporting our staff as much as our students. That’s why we offer a comprehensive range of benefits designed to support your career, wellbeing and work-life balance.
- 35 days annual leave plus bank holidays
- Two-week paid festive closure
- Enhanced maternity, paternity and sick pay
- Generous pension schemes (Local Government or Teachers’, depending on role)
- Teaching qualifications and ongoing development opportunities
- Discounted courses for personal development
- Staff development days and events
- Discounted on-site gym membership
- Pluxee rewards scheme with discounts across major brands
- Free eye care vouchers
- Free flu vaccinations
- Access to on-site wellbeing support
- 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme offering financial, legal and wellbeing advice
- Free parking
- Free access to our on-site mini zoo and seasonal events
- A beautiful, unique working environment
Kickstart your teaching career
Get into Teaching
Our beautiful campus makes for a lovely work environment. There’s a real variation in our provision types (ranging from college to degree level), so there’s always something happening. If you have a passion for industry and a subject of interest which you would love move into the teaching profession with, then look no further than Reaseheath College. We do not require you to have any experience or qualifications in teaching as we can provide these on site whilst supporting you with your journey into teaching by forging relationships with leading industry partnerships. Find out more about teaching at Reaseheath and how we can support you with your application.
Trade to Teach
Reaseheath is seeking construction and engineering professionals who want to use their industry experience to train the next generation.
You don’t need teaching experience – your practical skills are what make you the ideal addition to our team. We offer full training, strong departmental support and flexible full-time or part-time routes into Further Education teaching.
Your trade experience is the perfect fit for our workshops.
More Information about the recruitment process at Reaseheath
How does the recruitment and selection process work?
Shortlisting
Shortlisting is carried out by the recruiting manager, based on an assessment of the information you have provided in your application form against the essential criteria listed on the person specification for the role. Only those candidates who fully meet the essential criteria will be invited to the next stage. Should we receive a high volume of applications for a role, we will use the desirable criteria in addition to the essential criteria for shortlisting.
Reaseheath College has been assessed in relation to its commitment and practice in the employment of disabled people. As a result we can display the two ticks logo on our recruitment page and we guarantee that any disabled applicant who meets the essential criteria for the role will be invited for interview.
Those candidates who are shortlisted will be invited to an assessment centre.
Assessment Centre
The assessment centre is designed to give candidates an opportunity to demonstrate the skills and competencies which they have in relation to the role. You will be told beforehand if you are required to prepare anything.
We use a range of assessments within assessment centres; each has been selected to enable candidates to demonstrate the competencies that are necessary for successful performance in the role. They may involve:
- Delivering a micro-teach to the interview panel
- Delivering a presentation to the interview panel
- Group discussion exercise
- Psychometric testing
- In-tray exercise
- Role play scenarios
- Formal Interview
Following the assessment centre you will be informed of the outcome.
Offers of appointment are conditional upon receipt of a satisfactory enhanced DBS check (disclosure and barring service), two satisfactory references (one must be from current or last employer), a fit to work declaration, sight of qualification certificates and Right to Work in the UK check.
What is safer recruitment?
Reaseheath College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Safeguarding children is everyone’s responsibility and good safeguarding practice has to be built into routine procedures and practice. Nowhere is this more important than in the recruitment and vetting of people who have contact with children.
It is vital that organisations which appoint people (including volunteers) to work with children adopt robust recruitment and vetting procedures that minimise the risk of employing people who might abuse children, or are otherwise unsuited to work with them. This includes all local authorities, and educational establishments, as well as agencies that supply staff to the education sector and those that contract with the education sector to provide services.
The College as part of its safer recruitment and selection process, undertakes a DBS check on all staff who will be working with children. In addition, the College requests:
- A minimum of two written and verified professional references (where appropriate one of the references should be from the most recent employer where the person worked with, or was in contact with children)
- Any previous academic and employment gaps are checked and verified (checking the reasons provided for any identifiable gaps)
- Evidence of relevant qualifications and current memberships of professional bodies (sight of original certificates)
- Evidence of Right to Work within the United Kingdom through checking the authenticity of pre-employment documentation i.e. passport
- Prohibition from teaching check
- Online search – as part of the recruitment process the College will carry out an online search as part of its due diligence. This may help identify any incidents or issues that have happened, and are publicly available online, which the College might want to explore with you either at interview or before a final offer of employment is given.
All offers of employment are subject to the above pre-employment checks.
The College also provides training and updates for all staff in Safeguarding and Prevent (the duty to protect children from the risk of radicalisation).
Policy Statement on the Recruitment of Ex-offenders
It is a requirement of the DBS’s Code of Practice that all Registered Bodies must treat DBS applicants who have a criminal record fairly and do not discriminate because of a conviction or other information revealed. It also obliges Registered Bodies to have a written policy on the recruitment of ex-offenders; a copy of which can be given to DBS applicants at the outset of the recruitment process.
Download the policy statement on the recruitment of ex-offenders.
Data Protection
The information you provide on the application form will be used during the recruitment process. At no time will any information you supply be given to any other party unless your expressed permission is obtained. The information supplied will form the basis of the successful candidate’s confidential Personnel Records and may be stored electronically and manually. All information supplied by unsuccessful candidates will be securely destroyed after six months.
Recruitment equality and diversity
Equality and Diversity
The College is committed to equality of opportunity and welcomes applications from all sections of the community. Reaseheath College as an Employer and as a Provider of Education and Training proactively works towards eliminating unlawful discrimination, harassment or victimisation on the grounds of each of the nine ‘protected characteristics’ outlined in the Equality Act 2010 and will continue to work towards eliminating discrimination on the grounds of a perceived or associative protective characteristic thereby promoting an environment where all individuals feel valued, safe, included and respected. The College staff recruitment and selection process, policies and practices are designed to ensure when employment decisions are made that they are based solely on the skills and qualities required for the position and comply with all relevant legislative and best practice standards. Please complete the relevant parts of the Application Form to assist the College in its on-going assessment of the progress of its Equality and Diversity duty. The information you provide at application will be held in an anonymous format by Human Resources and used for statistical monitoring purposes only in accordance with statutory provisions.
Disability Confident Employer
Reaseheath College is a Disability Confident employer and is committed to employing and retaining both disabled people and those with health conditions. To help us to be a disability confident employer it is important that we know when individuals have a disability or health issue, which is why we ask for this information on our application form. The Recruiting Manager will be notified when candidates have indicated that they have a disability so that they are aware when it comes to interview. If a candidate ticks to indicate that they need any additional assistance or adjustments to attend the interview/assessment the Recruiting Manager will contact them prior to the day to discuss.
Use of the Internet and Social Media in the Recruitment Process
Unless it is in relation to finding candidates (for example, if an individual has put his/her details on social media websites for the purpose of attracting prospective employers), the HR team and managers will not, either themselves or through a third party, conduct searches on applicants on social media. This is because conducting these searches during the selection process might lead to a presumption that an applicant’s protected characteristics (for example, sexual orientation or religious beliefs) played a part in a recruitment decision.
Transgender Applicants
The Disclosure and Barring Service has a confidential checking process for Transgender Applicants who do not wish to reveal details of their previous identity to the person who asked them to complete an application form for a DBS check. Further information from the DBS is available by telephoning: 0151 676 1452 or by sending an e-mail to the DBS Sensitive Applications Team via sensitive@dbs.gsi.gov.uk.
For further information on DBS checks please visit www.gov.uk/government/organisations/disclosure-and-barring-service.
What‘s the Reaseheath ’Refer a friend’ scheme?
‘Refer a Friend Scheme’
The College will reward you if you introduce a new member of staff to come to work at Reaseheath College!
We encourage staff to introduce talented friends and family to come to work at Reaseheath College.
‘Friend’ in this context refers to the individual that you recommend to the College, e.g. a friend, a family member, an acquaintance, or former work colleague from your previous workplace.
Terms and conditions:
- For the introduction, you will receive £400.00 when the individual has been successfully recruited and has completed their probation period.
- The friend you have referred will receive £100.00 when they have been successfully recruited and completed their probation period.
- Payments are subject to tax and NI.
- The introduction should be for an advertised vacancy within the College.
- The payment will not be made until your friend has successfully passed their probation period and this has been confirmed to them in writing by HR. You will automatically be notified at this point, and your payment will be triggered.
- If you introduce a friend for a part-time hours or casual role, the payments will be calculated on a pro-rata basis, based on a percentage of their full-time working hours.
- You must still be in employment with the College at the point that your friend is confirmed in post (following the successful completion of their probation period) to receive the payment.
- You must not be working your notice when the payment is made.
- To be eligible for payments, you must email the Human Resources team on humanresources@reaseheath.ac.uk to confirm your introduction, including your friends name, the context in which you know the individual and why you are recommending them (i.e. qualities, experience etc). Also attach their CV or notification of their intention to submit an application through the iTrent system via the college website.
- Your email must be sent before their online application has been submitted.
- Your friend must also email the Human Resources team to confirm that they are being introduced by you, and they have submitted an application.
- These emails must be the first introduction of the friend to the College. If your friend comes to us directly or via an agency before the emails are received you will not be eligible for the introduction payments.
- Introduction of past Reaseheath College employees are not covered under this scheme, as that is not their first introduction to the College.
- For you to be eligible for the payment, you must have no influence or involvement in the recruitment process thereafter, or the appointment decision.
If you have any further queries, please do not hesitate to contact the Human Resources Team (humanresources@reaseheath.ac.uk).
How do I apply for a role at Reaseheath?
The online application form is the first part of the selection process at Reaseheath College and it will be used to short list for the next stage.
Please ensure that you complete all sections of the application form fully and emphasise those areas where you believe you meet the essential requirements of the role, relating specifically to the job description and person specification.
You will be asked to create an online account so that you can complete the application form. You do not need to complete your application in one go. You can save progress and log back in to continue your application.
You will receive an automatic email acknowledging your online application once you have submitted it. Please log in to your online portal on a regular basis following your application as progress will be visible from here. Please also check your emails (and junk email) using the email address that you used to register for your online account.
All posts close at midnight on the closing date, unless otherwise stated within the advert. Any applications received after the closing date will not be considered.
If you require any assistance or need to contact us about your application please contact a member of the HR team:
Email: humanresources@reaseheath.ac.uk
Telephone: 01270 613168
Good luck with your application.
