Agriculture Practical Coordinator
Plumpton CollegeLewes, South East
Overview
This is a education role (full time) with Plumpton College based in Lewes. The advertised salary is Up to £38,000 per annum. Applications close on 21 September 2026. GovJobs has indexed this vacancy from its official source — use the apply button to view the full advert and apply directly.
Job description
Plumpton College is seeking an Agriculture Practical Coordinator to play a key role in linking our farm operations with our agriculture curriculum team.
This is an exciting opportunity for someone with strong agricultural knowledge, practical coordination skills, and a passion for supporting students to succeed. The role combines practical coordination with teaching, learning and assessment, helping to ensure that students benefit from high-quality, industry-relevant learning experiences.
As Agriculture Practical Coordinator, you will act as the main link between the farm and curriculum teams, ensuring practical activities are well planned, properly resourced and fully aligned with curriculum objectives, schemes of learning and assessment requirements.
You will coordinate practical sessions, organise schedules, prepare resources and help maintain high-quality learning environments that reflect current industry standards. You will also contribute to teaching, assessment, student progress, tutoring and quality improvement across the provision.
This role would suit someone who enjoys working collaboratively, is highly organised, and is committed to delivering an outstanding student experience.
- act as the primary link between the farm and curriculum teams
- coordinate and schedule practical sessions in line with curriculum plans and timetables
- ensure practical activities align with qualification requirements, schemes of learning and assessment criteria
- make sure equipment, materials, livestock and learning resources are prepared and available
- monitor the condition, maintenance and safe use of resources and facilities
- support the delivery of high-quality teaching, learning and assessment
- track student progress and help students achieve their potential
- act as a personal tutor and support students through induction, tutorials and progression
- contribute to quality improvement, programme development and curriculum planning
- take part in open days, recruitment activities and employer engagement
- promote equality, diversity, safeguarding and student welfare in all aspects of the role
We are looking for someone who shares our student-focused values and can bring both subject expertise and a collaborative approach.
Essential criteria
- a degree, professional qualification or equivalent relevant experience
- a relevant teaching qualification, or willingness to work towards one
- English and maths qualifications at Level 2 or above
- sector or industry experience and strong specialist subject knowledge in agriculture
- the ability, or clear potential, to teach to a consistently good or better standard
- excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- a strong commitment to student success and high standards
- a clear understanding of student welfare, behaviour and safeguarding
- strong IT skills
- a flexible, adaptable and solution-focused approach
- the ability to work effectively as part of a high-performing team
Desirable
- experience of teaching and learning
How this role compares
We hold 129 school vacancies in South East that publish a salary, and their median advertised starting figure is £25,185. This role pays more than about 88% of them.
There are 1,678 school roles open across the UK on GovJobs right now, 203 of them in South East.
You have 22 days left to apply. School adverts we hold typically run for around 18 days, so this is a longer window than usual.
Plumpton College has 14 other vacancies open on GovJobs, with a breakdown of what they pay and the kinds of roles they recruit for.
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