Job Description
Grade UE06: £34,132 to £39,355 per annum, pro-rata
CAHSS/Edinburgh College of Art
Guaranteed hours contract (324 hours)
Open ended: Permanent
The Opportunity
The Fashion Programme at Edinburgh College of Art is seeking an individual to join our team as a Pattern Cutting Tutor. This flexible role will involve an average of three teaching days per week, varying across the academic year between two and four days depending on semester demands.
This role will support the development, design, and delivery of teaching in pattern cutting across our undergraduate Fashion programme. Key responsibilities include leading workshops and demonstrations across multiple year groups, as well as providing formative and summative assessment and feedback.
The successful candidate will have a strong background in Fashion Design and a comprehensive understanding of contemporary pattern cutting techniques. They must be able to teach a broad range of skills, including drafting patterns from scratch, creating and adapting blocks, tailoring, outerwear and creative pattern cutting methods.
About The Team
Edinburgh College of Art is a large and diverse school within the University of Edinburgh's College of Humanities and Social Science. It comprises Architecture & Landscape Architecture, Art, Design, History of Art and Music.
Our mission is to promote world-leading critical enquiry across all these subject areas through scholarly research, teaching and creative practice.
Over 3,000 students and more than 800 staff study and work at ECA and we enjoy strong relationships with museums, galleries, archives, practitioners and industry partners in Edinburgh, Scotland, the UK and internationally.
Your Skills And Attributes For Success
- Educated to degree level (or equivalent) in a relevant subject, or with substantial industry experience in fashion design or pattern cutting.
- Experience of teaching within higher or further education settings with a proven ability to work confidently and effectively with a diverse student body.
- Proficient in delivering a range of pattern cutting techniques, including basic block drafting, tailoring, outerwear construction, and creative pattern cutting.
- Strong, up-to-date knowledge of contemporary fashion design practices and trends.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
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As a valued member of our team you can expect:
- A competitive salary.
- An exciting, positive, creative, challenging and rewarding place to work.
- To be part of a diverse and vibrant international community.
- Comprehensive Staff Benefits, such as a generous holiday entitlement, competitive pension schemes, staff discounts, and family-friendly initiatives. Check out the full list on our staff benefits page (opens in a new tab) and use our reward calculator to discover the total value of your pay and benefits.
Championing equality, diversity and inclusion
The University of Edinburgh holds a Silver Athena SWAN award in recognition of our commitment to advance gender equality in higher education. We are members of the Race Equality Charter and we are also Stonewall Scotland Diversity Champions, actively promoting LGBT equality.
We welcome applications from all qualified candidates, and wish to particularly encourage applications from women and from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic candidates, who are underrepresented at this level. As a member of our team, you will benefit from mentoring and development programmes, local EDI Committees and related activities, staff support networks such as Disabled Staff Network, Edinburgh Race Equality Network, Staff BAME Network, Staff Pride Network, and knowledge networks such as GenderEd and RaceEd.
Prior to any employment commencing with the University you will be required to evidence your right to work in the UK. Further information is available on our
right to work webpages. If invited for interview you will be required to evidence your right to work in the UK.
The University is unable to sponsor the employment of international workers in this role. International applicants will therefore be unable to apply for and secure a Skilled Worker visa. They will only be able to take up this role if they can demonstrate an alternative right to work in the UK.
Key dates to note
The closing date for applications is
18/07/2025.
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