Life Model

Campus Hartlepool Hourly Paid Salary: £16.51 per hour Closing date for receipt of completed applications: 19/10/2025 Job Description Full Job Advert Equal Opportunities Application Form Please send your completed application to jobs@northernart.ac.uk
We are currently looking for Life Models. Life Models are frequently required for the majority of courses run within the School. Life drawing is a vital part of a student’s study and as such is a serious and rigorous activity. As a general guide life drawing sessions last for up to three hours although they can be longer. No qualifications are required although a mature disposition and confident personality are essential. No particular physical characteristics are required and post-holders with no previous experience will be given training and direction by the life drawing lecturer. It is essential that post-holders are flexible with regards to the timetable of hours worked in order to fit in with the academic syllabus. This will involve both daytime and evening work. What will you get if you join us? • The opportunity to work in an outstanding award-winning institution with creative people in a creative environment, where the exchange of ideas is integrated into the work ethic; • The knowledge that you have a positive impact on the development of students and the choices they make in life; • Work for an institution that supports work life balance, and cares for the wellbeing of staff; • Access to personal skills development to help you achieve your targets and your longer-term career goals • Access to the Local Government Pension Scheme (with significant employer contributions); and • Free car parking and access to other staff benefits.

Lecturer BA (Hons) Fashion

Campus: The Northern School of Art, Higher Education Campus, Hartlepool Contract: Academic Year Contract until July 2026 Hours: 7 Hours per week (1-day, 0.2 FTE) Actual Annual Salary - £6,018 (FTE £30,093) Closing date for receipt of completed applications: Sunday 19th October 2025 Job Description Full Job Advert Equal Opportunities Application Form Please send your completed application to jobs@northernart.ac.uk
The Northern School of Art has a 150-year heritage delivering high quality education for the creative industries. The higher education campus, based in the vibrant North East, offers a true Art School community where students and students collaborate across disciplines. We are industry focussed with a learning environment that fosters creativity and personal development. We are expanding our staffing on our BA (hons) Fashion degree. The Fashion programme has been designed to give graduates the tools to become innovative fashion practitioners and communicators, incorporating entrepreneurship, modern craftmanship and contemporary practice to establish their own personal design identity, cultivating both the creative and practical skills. We are seeking a dynamic degree level Lecturer (Creative Practitioner) to join our dynamic team and support the development of the programme direction and growth. The person we appoint will work in the Visual Art faculty. Skills will involve industry experience from a relevant fashion communication sector i.e. Trend, Fashion communication, design, styling, marketing, brand development, etc. Essential to this role are excellent administrative, planning, and organisational skills, as you will take responsibility and lead in areas such as module leadership, assessment of student progress and attendance. You will collaborate with colleagues on the implementation of assessment procedures, contributing towards the growth of the programme. We are looking for someone with relevant industry experience and contacts, as well as knowledge of contextual research and the current professional practice within the global fashion industry. Higher education academic experience would be desirable. What will you get if you join us? • Work for an institution that supports work-life balance, and cares for the wellbeing of staff; • Staff development opportunities; • Generous annual leave; • Free confidential counselling service and physiotherapy; • Free eye tests and contribution towards glasses for VDU use; • Free IT products including Microsoft Office and Adobe Creative Cloud; • Professional fees paid by the School; • Staff recognition awards • Free car parking and access to other staff benefits; and • Access to the Teachers Pension (with significant employer contributions).

Creative Technician (Fashion)

Campus: Hartlepool Contract: Permanent Hours: 28 hours per week (4-days 0.8 FTE) Actual Annual Salary - £18,652 (FTE £23,316) Closing date for receipt of completed applications: Sunday 19th October 2025 Job Description Full Job Advert Equal Opportunities Application Form Please send your completed application to jobs@northernart.ac.uk
The Northern School of Art, is an independent School of further and higher education delivering vocational, innovative industry relevant programmes of study. We achieved a Gold award in regards to teaching excellence framework. Based in the vibrant North East within a stimulating and genuine Art School context. We are seeking a Creative Technician for our higher education campus to support the Visual arts faculty, specialising in the fashion department. The fashion department is seeking a creative, highly organised and flexible individual who can support the needs of the course and work well facilitating a range of different learners. You will need to have strong communication skills, be able to problem solve and work well as part of a creative team. You will hold a relevant qualification in the area of fashion and have experience with garment construction, specialising in sewing techniques, pattern cutting and fabric manipulation techniques/sampling. A good understanding of the production process and how a design studio operates is important, as some experience with sewing machine maintenance will be needed. Experience with emerging new digital technology in the field would be desirable, but a willingness towards developing skills in this area will still be considered. The Creative Technician will provide support, instruction, and supervision to students in the safe and correct use of the relevant equipment, materials and processes. Duties will also include maintenance of equipment in designated areas, upkeep of relevant stock levels and the maintaining and supervising of the safe and efficient operation of the teaching area. There will be a need to support in relevant recruitment activities and facilitate the team in the growth of the fashion programme. What will you get if you join us? • Work for an institution that supports work-life balance, and cares for the wellbeing of staff; • Work for an institution that supports work-life balance, and cares for the wellbeing of staff; • Staff development opportunities; • Generous annual leave; • Free confidential counselling service and physiotherapy; • Free eye tests and contribution towards glasses for VDU use; • Free IT products including Microsoft Office and Adobe Creative Cloud; • Professional fees paid by the School; • Staff recognition awards • Free car parking and access to other staff benefits; and • Access to the Teachers Pension (with significant employer contributions).Work for an institution that supports work-life balance, and cares for the wellbeing of staff;

Art & Design Technician/Demonstrator: 3D Design

Campus: Middlesbrough Contract: Temporary (sickness cover) Hours: Full Time, 35 hours per week, Term Time (40 weeks) (Hourly paid) We aim to close applications by 29th September, but this may be extended or shortened depending on the outcome of the recruitment process. Please send a digital portfolio of work if you have one demonstrating your skills. Job Description Full Job Advert Equal Opportunities Application Form Please send your completed application to jobs@northernart.ac.uk
The Northern School of Art is seeking a skilled and enthusiastic Technician/Demonstrator with up-to-date expertise in 3D design to join our creative team. This role involves providing hands-on technical support, guidance, and supervision to students, ensuring safe and effective use of specialist equipment, tools, and materials within their course area. You’ll play a key part in fostering a dynamic learning environment, supporting students in developing practical skills and confidence in 3D processes, and contributing to the smooth running of our workshops and studios. Please note there may be an opportunity to also do some teaching alongside the role of technician/demonstrator. This can be discussed with applicants who are shortlisted for interview. What will you get if you join us? • Work for an institution that supports work-life balance, and cares for the wellbeing of staff; • Staff development opportunities; • Free confidential counselling service and physiotherapy; • Free eye tests and contribution towards glasses for VDU use; • Free IT products including Microsoft Office and Adobe Creative Cloud; • Professional fees paid by the School; • Staff recognition awards • Free car parking and access to other staff benefits; and • Access to the Local Government scheme (with significant employer contributions).
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Benefits

Working with us here at The Northern School of Art, you will get...

PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT

Access to personal skills development to help you achieve your targets and your longer term career goals.

AWARD-WINNING

The opportunity to work in an award-winning institution with creative people in a creative environment, where the exchange of ideas is integrated into the work ethic.

LIFE-IMPACT

The knowledge that you have a positive impact on the development of students and the choices they make in life.

TEACHERS' PENSION

Access to the Teachers’ Pension scheme (with significant employer contributions).

SUPPORT

Support and guidance in making any difficult decisions to achieve the targets you have been set.

Flexible Working

We try and offer flexible working to staff where possible to support them both in their home and work life! Hear from our staff..

"Flexible working has changed my life, I have a much better work/life balance which has aided my well-being. I am still getting excellent performance management reviews and I am much more able to keep learning and improving in my job. I hadn't realised that I could do this and would advise all to consider what might benefit them. There is a process, but you are well supported, and guidance is given. I am much happier at work and I think that is reflected in the quality of my work. I feel alive and renewed."
"The school has supported me to work flexibly to enable an excellent work-life balance along with giving me the opportunity to ensure my childcare needs are fulfilled."
"Since I started my flexible working it has really helped manage a better work life balance. This has really helped with my mental health."
"I cannot thank the school enough for the level of support they have demonstrated in my request for flexibility, whilst dealing with a family member becoming ill and home-schooling three young children during the lockdown. Never, have I worked for such a flexible, understanding, and supportive employer. I felt 100% supported in every aspect and I could not have managed to balance my home and working relationship without the schools continued support and assistance. Many thanks for your compassion and understanding."

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The Northern School of Art: those employed to work, or otherwise engaged to work GDPR: How we use The Northern School of Art’s workforce information We process personal data relating to those we employ to work as, or are otherwise engaged to work as part of The Northern School of Art. We do this for contractual employment purposes, to assist in the running of the School and to enable individuals to be paid. The collection of this information will also: · improve the management of workforce data across the sector · enable development of a comprehensive picture of the workforce and how it is deployed · inform the development of recruitment and retention policies · allow better financial modelling and planning · enable monitoring of selected protected characteristics · safeguarding of staff health and wellbeing The personal data includes identifiers such as Name, Date of Birth, NI number, qualifications special category data such as gender and ethnic group, criminal records and absence information. We will keep this information for 6 years after an employee leaves for HR purposes and 12 years for payroll purposes in secure conditions (both physical and electronic). The personal data we collect is stored electronically on our server in the United Kingdom. Information held on paper will be kept in a secure location. We will ensure that your personal data is treated securely and in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (2018). We will not share information about you with third parties without your consent unless the law allows or requires us to. We are required to share some of your personal data with: · the Local Government Pension Scheme · the Teachers’ Pension Scheme · the School’s payroll provider (Moorepay) · the HMRC Under data protection regulations, staff have the right to request access to information about them that we hold. To make a request for your personal information, contact foi@northernart.ac.uk. You also have the right to: · object to processing of personal data that is likely to cause, or is causing, damage or distress · prevent processing for the purpose of direct marketing · in certain circumstances, have inaccurate personal data rectified, blocked, erased or destroyed · claim compensation for damages caused by a breach of the General Data Protection Regulation 2018 If you require more information about how we use your personal data, please email foi@northernart.ac.uk. If you have a concern about the way we are collecting or using your personal data, we request that you raise your concern with HR in the first instance. Alternatively, you can contact the Information Commissioner’s Office at https://ico.org.uk/concerns/

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