“I’ve seen what happens when a course loses its lecturer mid-year. The learners pay for it, and so does your department.”
JOE BURNS, FOUNDER
Most of my work over five years has been in further education: 250+ placements, and not one permanent placement has needed a rebate.
THE FE PROBLEM
The people who know the trade usually earn more outside education.
The best engineers, electricians and chefs are still working in industry, and a lecturer’s salary rarely matches what they’re on. Finding someone who knows the trade, can teach it and wants to make the move is the hard part. That’s the gap I bridge.
HOW I CAN HELP
However you need to hire.
Permanent
Lecturers and curriculum leads who join your staff and stay.
Temporary
Cover that starts fast, for a term, a course or as long as you need.
Interim
Fixed-term cover, including maternity cover.
Executive search
Principals, heads of department and senior leaders.
HOW I WORK
The Full Role Brief
Most agencies ask who you’re looking for. I ask why.
1. Tell me what you need.
First, the basics: the role, the subject, the start date and the budget. Get these wrong and nothing else matters.
2. Then you tell me why.
This is the part most agencies skip. Does the course need someone straight from industry, or someone who’s taught it before? And if what you want isn’t out there, I’ll tell you straight.
3. I send you lecturers who know the trade, and stay.
Lecturers chosen for what your course really needs, not just the job title. Each one someone I’d put my name to.
SUBJECTS
Vocational and academic
Construction
Brickwork, carpentry and joinery, painting and decorating, plastering, tiling, plumbing, electrical installation, surveying, civil engineering
Engineering and manufacturing
Mechanical, electrical and electronic engineering, welding and fabrication, motor vehicle, aerospace, CAD/CAM
Health, social care and early years
Hospitality and catering
Professional cookery, bakery, hospitality management
Hair, beauty and wellbeing
Land-based
Agriculture, horticulture, animal care, forestry
Public services, travel and tourism
Uniformed services, aviation, events
Academic
English, maths, Functional Skills, ESOL, sciences, humanities, languages, business, computing, creative arts, sport
SEN AND SUPPORT
SEN and learner support
SEN lecturers and learning support assistants, for colleges and specialist providers.
No learner’s future should be the price of a recruiter chasing a quick fee.
THE EDWARD BURNS GUARANTEE
100% of your fee back.
If a permanent placement doesn’t work out within three months, I refund the fee in full. In five years, I’ve never needed to.
Applies to permanent placements. Full terms on request.
What colleges say
HR Officer, sixth form college
Got a post you can’t fill?
Tell me what you need. I’ll take it from there.