You’ve come to the right place if you’re looking for a workplace as ambitious as you are
Welcome to Darlington College. At our state-of-the-art campus, you’ll find modern workshops, salons, kitchens and ICT suites. But it’s not just our facilities that are up there with the best. We excel at further education. For students leaving school, returning to education, enhancing their careers or simply learning for enrichment, we’re top of the list. As for higher education, we offer a dedicated university centre for foundation degrees and management and professional courses.
We’re all about you
At Darlington College we don’t just provide jobs, we build careers. With our regular reviews of training and development needs, we’ll make sure that you achieve to your full potential. Our support services include occupational health and counselling services. What’s more, we’ve made moving to Darlington easy, thanks to our employee relocation scheme.
The benefits are clear
Our pay rates are excellent for the further education sector, with a fair pay scale standardised across the college. Pay increments are linked to satisfactory performance via our appraisal system. Depending on your role, our pension scheme can accommodate either a teacher’s or local government pension.
Business Support Staff
With regards to holidays, staff are entitled to 30 days of annual leave per year (pro rata), which increases to 35 days and 10 bank holidays and in addition, the Corporation Board can grant approval for up to 5 efficiency days for the college to close at times such as Christmas.
Curriculum Staff
Tutors are entitled to 42 days of annual leave per year (pro rata) and other academic staff have 35 days annual leave per year (pro rata). Both support and curriculum staff get bank holidays off and when the college is shut over Christmas for efficiency shut-down.
Voluntary Opportunities
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