Floristry Lecturer (Variable Hours) at Wiltshire College & University Centre, Salisbury

Floristry Lecturer (Variable Hours)

Location: Cross College/Salisbury

Salary: Unqualified Lecturer: £21.13 per hour plus holiday pay, Qualified Lecturer: £25.34 per hour plus holiday pay

Are you passionate about floristry and keen to share your creative skills with adult learners? Whether you're an experienced lecturer, a practising florist, or a floristry professional looking to move into teaching, we'd love to hear from you!

Join our team and help adult learners explore their creativity, develop practical floristry techniques, build confidence, and discover the enjoyment of floral design in a supportive and inspiring learning environment.

We're particularly interested in candidates with experience in floristry, floral design, flower arranging, seasonal displays, wedding flowers, or related creative disciplines who can inspire learners across a range of settings.

📌 Please note: This is a Variable Hours position, with work offered as required, subject to adult learning course provision, curriculum delivery, learner requirements, and the needs of individual college sites.

🗓️ Course Structure: Adult learning courses typically run for approximately 3 hours per week over 10 weeks, providing learners with the opportunity to develop their skills progressively through practical activities, demonstrations, and guided creative exploration.

💷 What We Offer

💰 Salary:

• Unqualified Lecturer: £21.13 per hour plus holiday pay
• Qualified Lecturer: £25.34 per hour plus holiday pay

🕰️ Contract Type: Variable Hours

📍 Location: Salisbury Campus, with opportunities to deliver teaching at other college sites as required.

📚 Working Pattern: Courses typically involve one session of approximately 3 hours per week over a 10-week period. Hours will be offered as required, subject to adult learning course provision, curriculum delivery, learner demand, and the needs of individual college sites.

✔️ Benefits

Teachers' Pension Scheme

Generous holiday entitlement

Employee Assistance Programme

Free on-site gyms

Lifestyle discounts

Cycle-to-Work Scheme

Professional development and CPD opportunities

A flexible and rewarding opportunity to share your creative expertise, work across our college community, and make a positive difference to adult learners' lives.

💐 What You'll Do

Plan, deliver, and assess engaging floristry sessions across college sites.

Introduce learners to a range of floral design techniques, flower varieties, foliage, materials, and tools.

Prepare lesson plans, demonstrations, and resources for short courses.

Teach practical skills such as hand-tied bouquets, floral arrangements, table centrepieces, seasonal displays, and other decorative designs.

Demonstrate the safe and effective use of floristry tools, equipment, and materials.

Encourage creativity, experimentation, and the development of individual design styles.

Introduce learners to colour theory, composition, balance, texture, and the principles of floral design.

Support learners to develop technical skills, creativity, and confidence.

Create an inclusive and supportive learning environment for learners of all abilities.

Adapt teaching to different workshop facilities, available resources, and learner needs.

Monitor progress and provide constructive feedback.

Promote sustainable floristry practices, including responsible material selection, flower care, and minimising waste where appropriate.

Maintain high standards of health and safety, safeguarding, and professional practice.

Collaborate with colleagues to support high-quality adult learning provision.

🎓 What You'll Bring

A relevant Level 3 qualification or higher in floristry, floral design, horticulture, or a related subject, and/or significant relevant industry experience.

Strong practical knowledge of floristry techniques, flower care, floral materials, and design principles.

Experience in creating floral arrangements, hand-tied bouquets, seasonal displays, wedding flowers, or other decorative floral designs.

An understanding of colour, texture, proportion, composition, and the creative use of flowers and foliage.

A passion for creativity and sharing knowledge.

The ability to demonstrate practical techniques and support learners with different experience levels.

Good communication, organisational, and interpersonal skills.

Flexibility to teach at Salisbury Campus and other college sites as required.

A commitment to inclusive learning, safe working practices, and creating a positive learner experience.

Teaching or adult education qualifications are desirable but not essential. Practising florists and experienced floral designers looking to develop their teaching experience are encouraged to apply.

✨ Why Join Us?

🕰️ Flexible working opportunities: Variable hours that reflect course provision and learner demand.

💐 Share your expertise: Bring your floristry knowledge, creative flair, and professional experience into adult education.

🌟 Inspire creativity: Help learners discover new interests, develop practical skills, and create beautiful floral designs.

💚 Make a meaningful difference: Support learners' confidence, wellbeing, personal development, and lifelong learning.

🌍 Work across our college community: Contribute to creative learning opportunities at Salisbury Campus and other college sites.

📅 Short-course delivery: Typically teach for around 3 hours per week over 10 weeks, offering a focused and rewarding teaching commitment.

🤝 Enjoy a supportive environment: Work with colleagues who value creativity, inclusion, and high-quality adult learning.

📚 Develop professionally: Access opportunities for continuing professional development and CPD.

Turn your passion for floristry into an opportunity to inspire creativity and lifelong learning across Wiltshire College & University Centre.

🌸 Inspire Creativity Through Floristry

If you're ready to share your floristry skills, inspire adult learners, and help expand floristry opportunities at Salisbury Campus and across our college sites, we'd love to hear from you!

Please note:

Your Application Form will be shortlisted against how your skills, qualifications and experience match the Essential and Desirable points on the Person Specification for this role, located at the bottom of this page as a downloadable document.

Vacancies may close early if sufficient applications have been received; therefore, we would encourage you to submit your application as soon as possible.

Safer Recruitment

Wiltshire College & University Centre follows Safer Recruitment Guidance outlined by the Department for Education in ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’. This involves conducting enhanced DBS checks, including checks against the children’s barred list, and other employment verifications, including an online presence review for shortlisted candidates.

We embrace diversity, recognising the valuable perspectives, ideas, knowledge, and cultures individuals from different backgrounds bring. Committed to safeguarding, we expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

As a Disability Confident Employer, we pledge to interview all disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for a job vacancy and assess them based on their abilities.

Closing date: 1st November 2026

Shortlist date: 2nd November 2026

Interview date: TBC