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We are keen to recruit an enthusiastic an innovative Teacher of Technical Education to work with the Foundation Apprenticeship Team in various schools throughout Aberdeenshire. The successful candidate will teach across the technical Foundation Apprenticeship Frameworks which may include Engineering, Construction and Automotive. It is also likely to include Energy Engineering, a Foundation Apprenticeship currently being piloted in Aberdeenshire this Academic Session and which we anticipate rapidly growing in strength and pupil numbers.

Foundation Apprenticeships have become an incredibly successful part of Aberdeenshire’s Senior phase curriculum offer, driving significant increases in levels of achievement and having positive and significant transformational impacts on the opportunities and life chances for our young people. We welcome applications from suitably qualified and experienced subject specialists who wish to become a part of the team and help continue to build upon this success.

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Fixed term for a period not exceeding 31 January 2027.

Informal enquiries to: Andrew Ritchie on

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This post is regulated work with Children and/or Protected Adults under the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007. The preferred candidate will be required to join the PVG Scheme or undergo a PVG Scheme update check. Where an individual has spent a continuous period of 3 months or more out with the UK in the last 5 years, an Overseas Criminal Record Check will be required. You will be required to provide this check. A confirmed offer of employment and commencement in the post will be subject to the outcome of both these pre-employment checks being deemed satisfactory. 

Salary for this post will be in accordance with SNCT agreements. Applicants must be or eligible to be fully GTC Scotland registered. If you qualified as a Teacher out with Scotland, please visit GTCS – Qualified Outside Scotland and review the GTCS FAQs for more information around obtaining registration with the General Teaching Council Scotland. xkybehq   

This post has a minimum requirement of one reference, which must be your current or most recent employer.