Join the Concept College Hairdressing Team of the Year 2025

We're looking for an enthusiastic, dedicated, and inspiring hair professional to join our award-winning Hairdressing and Barbering team. Based in Exeter city centre, our faculty offers a vibrant, specialist learning environment with commercial salons where learners develop real-world skills, confidence, and professionalism. You'll work alongside a highly successful, creative, and supportive team, sharing ideas and expertise with experienced colleagues who are passionate about education and the hair industry.

We know that outstanding learners are shaped by exceptional people. That is why we offer excellent conditions of employment, a positive and collaborative culture, and extensive professional development opportunities to support your growth and success.

What You'll Be Doing

• Delivering engaging, hands-on lessons in hairdressing, customer service, and professional standards
• Supporting learners across Level 1, 2, and 3 qualifications, including practical assessments and theory-based modules
• Collaborating closely with the hairdressing and barbering team to run our busy commercial salons
• Mentoring and motivating students to build confidence, professionalism, and industry-ready skills
• Contributing to curriculum development and maintaining high standards of teaching, learning, and learner experience

What We're Looking For

• Proven experience as a senior hairdressing professional, with significant and current industry knowledge
• A teaching qualification, or a willingness to work to work towards one
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with a positive and approachable attitude
• A genuine passion for education, learner progression, and student success
• The ability to bring energy, creativity, and professionalism into the classroom and salon environment
• You'll be committed, proactive, and learner-focused, ensuring students meet targets while enjoying a positive, inclusive, and values-driven experience. Your passion for hairdressing and barbering will inspire the next generation of professionals.
• If you're ready to shape careers, share your expertise, and be part of a Team of the Year that truly makes a difference, we'd love to hear from you.

About Us

Our Hospitality, Hair and Beauty faculty is based within the Laurence Building at our Hele Road campus, close to the heart of the city centre, just a few minutes' walk from Exeter St. David's and Exeter Central Stations. We have exceptional commercial facilities to include the @34 AA rosette Restaurant, three commercial hairdressing/barbering salons, four beauty therapy clinics and a Spa. We welcome applicants who can support our continued vision of collaboration across courses and with our industry partners and employers.

*the hourly rate includes additional elements for holiday pay, preparation and marking.

Ambition, Collaboration, Energy. These are our values. Watch this short video to learn more.

And see what our staff have to say here.

Benefits

We'll give you incredibly generous holidays and a superb pension scheme. You'll also get a package of amazing benefits, including free counselling and discounted supermarket shopping, spa treatments, electric cars and paddleboarding. Read more on our careers page.

Applying for the role

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The closing date for receipt of completed applications Monday 23rd February 2026 at midnight.

Interviews will be held in Exeter on the afternoon of Monday 2nd March 2026.

No CVs or agencies please.

Everyone's welcome to apply for a role here, regardless of personal characteristics, including race, age, gender, religion, ability, disability, or sexuality.

We're totally committed to the safeguarding and welfare of all our students, and we expect you to be too. We follow safer recruitment statutory guidance (Keeping Children Safe in Education).If you're successful, you'll be required to complete thorough pre-employment checks, including an enhanced DBS check and satisfactory references.All posts at Exeter College are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974. The amendments to the ROA 1974 (Exceptions Order 1975, (amended 2013 and 2020)) mean that when applying for certain jobs and activities, certain spent convictions and cautions are 'protected', so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. The MOJ's guidance on the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the Exceptions Order 1975, provides information about which convictions must be declared during job applications, related exceptions and further information.

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