Work with us

Luminate Education Group is committed to the safeguarding of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

All successful applicants are required to complete all mandatory pre-employment checks, including:

• Proof of right to work in the UK
• Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Services (DBS) check
• Children’s barred list check (we may also check the adult barred list if the role involves working with vulnerable adults)
• Two professional references
• Fitness to work, this is conducted by our occupational health partners, NHS Airedale
• Section 128 check for all staff entering management roles
• Prohibition check for all staff entering teaching related roles
• For more information on Safer Recruitment and pre-employment checks, please see section three of Keeping Children Safe in Education.

Please Note: All successful applicants who have lived or travelled overseas for three months or more in the past five years will be required to undertake an overseas check as part of the pre-employment checks.

More information on overseas checks can be found on the government website here

All offers of employment are subject to satisfactory pre-employment checks.

Working within an FE/HE environment can be very rewarding. At Luminate Education Group, we are looking for talented individuals who can help us to achieve our mission, which is “creating learning environments where every student can achieve their full potential.” There are a whole host of benefits available to employees of Leeds City College, Leeds Sixth Form College, Pudsey Sixth Form College, University Centre Leeds, Keighley College and Harrogate College:

Generous pension scheme – employees can join the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) which offers pension and tax lump sum benefits on retirement, as well as life assurance benefits with a generous employer contribution.

Occupational sick pay – we have a generous sick pay scheme, offering employees up to 26 weeks at full pay, with a further 26 weeks at half pay, depending on how long they have worked with us.

Annual leave entitlement – we offer an extremely generous annual leave entitlement starting from 39 days plus bank holidays.

Employee assistance programme – through our employee assistance programme, staff can access free confidential advice and support via a 24/7 telephone helpline and structured telephonic and face-to-face counselling, as well as a comprehensive online CBT platform.. Staff can also access 4 sessions of coaching per year, and 3 sessions of financial coaching per issue.

CPD Opportunities – annual staff conference plus 2 additional staff development days. Qualifications including PGCE, Apprenticeships, Leadership & Management courses.

Family-friendly policies – we offer flexible working opportunities to support the diverse needs of our workforce and sector leading, generous policies around family leave.

Travel Discounts – discounted travel and annual season ticket loans for those who regularly use public transport across the region.

Cycle to work scheme – our salary sacrifice scheme enables employees to pay for a bicycle through our payroll and save on tax in the process.

Simply health – employees can opt to join a cash plan, to access healthcare treatment and claim back money from their bills.

Discounted gym memberships – 20% off Bodyline gyms with no joining fee and £5 off monthly fees at Village Gyms.

Memberships – employees can acquire various membership cards/schemes, such as Costco, Lifestyle Savings from Vivup, TOTUM, Blue Light Card. These offer cost savings on a number of products or services.

IT products – employees can access Microsoft products at heavily discounted rates and free antivirus.

Luminate Education Group vacancies generate a lot of interest and we receive many calls and emails from recruitment agencies. Although we do appreciate the interest you have shown in Luminate Education Group, our policy is to recruit candidates directly wherever possible. We therefore do not accept any cold calls, speculative emails or CVs from agencies. Speculative emails and CVs will be deleted unread.

Please note that we cannot accept CVs as part of the application process.

Due to the high volume of applications we receive, we are unable to respond to every applicant. If you have not heard from us within four weeks of the closing date, please assume that your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion.