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Vacancy Id: 11098
College / Service: London College of Fashion
Location: LCF - East Bank Stratford, London UK
Salary: £38,359 - £47,109 per annum
Contract: Permanent
Term: Part time – 21 hours per week
Apply by: 21 August 2024 at 23:55
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The opportunity
London College of Fashion (LCF) is looking for a Specialist Technician Stoll Knit to join our technical team on a part time basis. This is a fantastic opportunity to contribute to the delivery of teaching and learning activities, and to ensure the seamless operation of College equipment and facilities.
Utilising your strong knitwear expertise, you will provide professional guidance and advice to students to facilitate development and to meet learning outcomes. This will involve providing formal or informal sessions to demonstrate key processes/techniques such as stoll, yarn, dubied, domestic and machine techniques, as well as knitted garment construction and pattern calculation.
In addition to your teaching responsibilities, you will also be responsible for overseeing the daily running of specific areas and facilities within the College. This will include managing the use and booking of specialist facilities (i.e. darkrooms and studios within and without timetabled teaching sessions), working closely liaising with the Technical Coordinator/Manager to ensure the safe use of equipment and facilities.
Outside of term time, you and the Knit team will be responsible for termly prep, including workshop planning, asset management, and the organisation of the studio with a sustainability and social practice awareness.
If you have any queries about this role, please contact the recruiting manager Sophie Jelinek at s.jelinek@fashion.arts.ac.uk
If you have any queries about the application process or need any reasonable adjustments for your application, please contact the Resourcing Team at vacancies@fashion.arts.ac.uk
About you
You will need a relevant degree, an equivalent qualification, or substantial experience in knitwear for fashion, pairing this with knowledge and experience of stoll, dubied, domestic knitting machines, hand knitting, garment construction, fully fashioning and cut and sew.
You will also be proficient in the use of the Adobe Suite and will possess experience of CAD knitting, including the Stoll M1 / create plus program.
Strong communication, organisational and teamwork skills are essential, along with the ability to plan and deliver technical instructions to a diverse audience.
We are UAL
University of the Arts London (UAL) offers an extensive range of courses in art, design, fashion, communication and performing arts. We are a collegiate University spread across London with six Colleges, four Institutes and five Research Centres. UAL also has two subsidiary companies, delivering specialist activities – UAL Short Courses Ltd, and UAL Arts Temps Ltd.
We’re made up of all types of people, coming together in London, the world’s creative capital. We are designers, artists, performers, thinkers, researchers and makers. Our students, staff and graduates form a global network of creatives, entrepreneurs and leaders. Together, our ideas change the world. Because the world needs creativity.
We are ranked highly across the board. We are ranked first for specialist art and design, second in the world for Art and Design in the 2023 QS World University Rankings (for the fifth year in a row), ranked fifth in sustainability and two of our colleges were rated in the top three fashion schools in the world.
Our culture
We have become one of the world’s most international Universities, welcoming over 22,000 students and 6,000 staff from 130 countries. And, as a global university, staff and students learn from different cultures and perspectives, which leads to new conversations and innovative work. At our very core, everything we do seeks to challenge the status quo by driving social purpose and standing up for what matters.
We welcome applicants from all backgrounds including those who may feel underrepresented in the workforce due to their socioeconomic circumstances such as those from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (B.A.M.E.) backgrounds. We aim to be a university where everyone can be themselves and are supported to reach their full potential.
With our commitment to inclusion and diversity, we are proud to be a Race Equality Charter (REC) member to help us reduce barriers that negatively impacts B.A.M.E. staff, a Stonewall Diversity Champion to ensure all LGBTQ+ people are valued at work, a Disability Confident Scheme Committed employer and member of the Business Disability Forum which help us to improve the lives of disabled people in the workplace.
Vacancy Id: 11098
College / Service: London College of Fashion
Location: LCF - East Bank Stratford, London UK
Salary: £38,359 - £47,109 per annum
Contract: Permanent
Term: Part time – 21 hours per week
Apply by: 21 August 2024 at 23:55
Please read through our FAQs page before applying.
A full copy of the job advert along with other information (such as interviews date, hiring process etc) is available by clicking on the ‘Apply’ button below.
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