Job Details:

Salary range: £35.59 per hour 
Work location: 219 Lisson Grove, London, NW8 8LW 
Hours per week: Various
Contract type: Fixed Term until 31 July 2027 
Vetting requirements: Basic DBS Check
Closing date: 19 July 2026
Interview Date: 27 July 2026

About Us:

THE EXTRAORDINARY STORY OF MOHAMMED’S INSPIRATIONAL JOURNEY

As the educational arm of Westminster City Council, Westminster Adult Education Service (WAES) is a world of extraordinary stories. From ESOL, English, Maths and Digital to Accounting, Community Learning, Childcare and Teaching and Languages to the Creative Arts and Culture, WAES’s courses offer unparalleled opportunities to grow, develop and acquire new skills. People like Mohammed work to inspire our residents to achieve their goals and enrich their lives through a huge range of stimulating and transformative learning experiences.

When he was 16 Mohammed came to London from a small town in the south of France and dived straight into the world of work. Once he’d found his feet and established himself, he decided he wanted to do some volunteering work and give something back to the community that had supported him on his first steps in the big city, so he approached WAES. They offered him a couple of hours a week for a few months, and he enjoyed it so much that when a temporary job in HR became available, he applied for it and was successful.

Fast forward a few years, and Mohammed is now working as a Funding and Compliance Manager, full time in the Management Information System department, and using his experience to encourage and inspire a new generation of Westminster citizens. As a member of the Kurdish community, he knows how difficult it can be to develop the skills, learnings and confidence to establish yourself in a new environment and is committed to sharing the story of his amazing journey, using it to illustrate how WAES can be a catalyst for positive growth and change.

Mohammed sees potential in everyone he meets, and is dedicated to encouraging  people to grasp the opportunities they’re offered with both hands. And WAES is at the heart of Westminster’s commitment to helping everyone in our diverse communities to achieve their potential and transform their lives.

To find out more about our work visit waes.ac.uk

The Role:

As a Hairdressing & Barbering Tutor, you can make your own powerful contribution to people across Westminster. Working alongside Course Leaders and a Technician, you’ll provide hands-on, expert teaching to learners enrolled with the Westminster Adult Education Service.

Your day-to-day will be varied and dynamic, including everything from preparing course outlines and lesson plans to coordinating resources and materials. You’ll teach 2 days a week, monitoring attendance, punctuality and behaviour, and offering support and guidance to help learners develop their skills. You’ll also assess and provide feedback on learner’s work, undertaking one-to-ones and tutorials that maximise opportunities, progression and development for learners. 

Please refer to the Job Description for more information.

About You:

An established professional with experience in hairdressing and barbering, you’ll hold the following qualifications:

• Women’s Hairdressing and Men’s Barbering — Level 3 or above
• Assessor and IAQ
• Teaching qualification (PTLLS as a minimum)

In a previous role you’ll have delivered training or teaching in a face-to-face environment, and you’ll have used online e-portfolio systems for assessing and quality assessing work.

A true team player with excellent communication, organisation and planning skills, you’ll be capable of inspiring and motivating learners to reach their full potential. This is a fantastic opportunity to join a team putting learners first, and to supercharge your career in the process. 

Westminster City Council is committed to supporting Care Leavers into the workplace. Care Leavers seeking their first job and who wish to be considered under our scheme, will automatically be invited to interview should they meet the essential criteria for the role.

What We Offer:

Westminster is an amazing place. We are home to more than 200,000 residents from all backgrounds, over 50,000 vibrant and vital businesses and three-quarters-of-a-million people work in Westminster. Westminster City Council is one in which our communities are at the heart of our decision-making and help to determine the city’s future. By working directly with our communities and other partners, we can build a more inclusive city that celebrates our diverse communities, and where residents, workers and visitors from all backgrounds will feel welcome and safe. At Westminster City Council, we pride ourselves on being an inclusive workplace and employer of choice. We encourage and welcome applications from people from all backgrounds and aim to have a workforce that, at all levels, represents the communities we serve. We champion equality, diversity, inclusion and wellbeing and aim to create a workplace where everyone feels valued, has a sense of belonging and is empowered to be their best, that is Our Westminster Way. To find out more about how we do this visit https://www.westminster.gov.uk/health-and-social-care/

As a forward-thinking Council we appreciate that people work in different ways, therefore our staff benefit from working a range of flexible working patterns as well as Agile working. 

The Council is a Disability Confident Employer. If you have declared a disability in your application, we guarantee an interview if you meet the essential criteria of the job. If you are invited for interview, you will be asked if you need any reasonable adjustments in order to attend, and we will make these wherever possible.    

We reserve the right to extend or close this vacancy early without warning subject to the volume of suitable applicants.