Specialist Technician (Learning and Teaching) Stoll Knit

The opportunity

London College of Fashion (LCF) is looking for a Specialist Technician Stoll Knit to join our technical team on a part time basis. This is a fantastic opportunity to contribute to the delivery of teaching and learning activities, and to ensure the seamless operation of College equipment and facilities.

Utilising your strong knitwear expertise, you will provide professional guidance and advice to students to facilitate development and to meet learning outcomes. This will involve providing formal or informal sessions to demonstrate key processes/techniques such as stoll, yarn, dubied, domestic and machine techniques, as well as knitted garment construction and pattern calculation.

In addition to your teaching responsibilities, you will also be responsible for overseeing the daily running of specific areas and facilities within the College. This will include managing the use and booking of specialist facilities (i.e. darkrooms and studios within and without timetabled teaching sessions), working closely liaising with the Technical Coordinator/Manager to ensure the safe use of equipment and facilities.

Outside of term time, you and the Knit team will be responsible for termly prep, including workshop planning, asset management, and the organisation of the studio with a sustainability and social practice awareness.

If you have any queries about this role, please contact the recruiting manager Sophie Jelinek at s.jelinek@fashion.arts.ac.uk

If you have any queries about the application process or need any reasonable adjustments for your application, please contact the Resourcing Team at vacancies@fashion.arts.ac.uk

About you

You will need a relevant degree, an equivalent qualification, or substantial experience in knitwear for fashion, pairing this with knowledge and experience of stoll, dubied, domestic knitting machines, hand knitting, garment construction, fully fashioning and cut and sew.

You will also be proficient in the use of the Adobe Suite and will possess experience of CAD knitting, including the Stoll M1 / create plus program.

Strong communication, organisational and teamwork skills are essential, along with the ability to plan and deliver technical instructions to a diverse audience.

What we offer

To recognise the hard work of our staff and their contributions, we provide a wide range of benefits – please check our careers site/Canvas for further information as conditions and exclusions apply:

▪ at least 31 days of annual leave in addition to bank holidays.
▪ equal parental leave offering up to 6 months full pay for maternity and paternity.
▪ 2 days of paid volunteering leave for a UK registered charity.
▪ generous defined benefit pension schemes (LGPS/TPS}.
▪ discounts including gyms, nursery and private healthcare insurance.
▪ learning and development opportunities including free Short Courses.
▪ season ticket loan, cycle to work scheme, free counselling and more!

We are UAL

University of the Arts London (UAL) offers an extensive range of courses in art, design, fashion, communication and performing arts. We are a collegiate University spread across London with six Colleges, four Institutes and five Research Centres. UAL also has two subsidiary companies, delivering specialist activities – UAL Short Courses Ltd, and UAL Arts Temps Ltd.

We’re made up of all types of people, coming together in London, the world’s creative capital. We are designers, artists, performers, thinkers, researchers and makers. Our students, staff and graduates form a global network of creatives, entrepreneurs and leaders. Together, our ideas change the world. Because the world needs creativity.

We are ranked highly across the board. We are ranked first for specialist art and design, second in the world for Art and Design in the 2024 QS World University Rankings (for the sixth year in a row), ranked fifth in sustainability and two of our colleges were rated in the top three fashion schools in the world.