Casual Learning Facilitator

Job title:

Casual Learning Facilitator

Company

Portsmouth City Council

Job description

Casual Learning Facilitator – The D-Day Story

Salary: approximately £14 per hour.

Hours: This is a casual post – there are no set hours – you will be asked to work as and when needed.

Portsmouth City Council

At Portsmouth City Council we’re all about developing our staff, because we want to build a bigger and better city but we need the best employees to do so.

With a little over 207,000 residents and 7,000 businesses throughout this city, this unitary authority’s main goal is to ensure the best care and development of all those within the city. From customer service to multi-million pound projects, our residents are at the heart of everything we do.

Your New Role

An exciting opportunity for anyone with a passion for museum learning!

2024 marks the 80^th anniversary of D-Day and The D-Day Story is planning an ambitious and engaging programme of events and activities including the expansion of the museum’s formal education programme.

The D-Day Story is the only UK museum dedicated to telling the events of 6^th June 1944 using objects, interactives and video from the perspectives and accounts of those who were there. Divided into three distinct parts the museum includes LCT 7074, the last surviving landing craft tank which carried ten tanks to Normandy on D-Day and the impressive Overlord Embroidery.

The current focus of the museum’s education programme is the Key Stage 2 history workshops ‘Life in Second World War Britain’. Workshops are delivered in the museum engaging pupils through the use of artefacts, archives, dressing-up and role play.

Within this casual role you will primarily be responsible for delivering formal learning workshop to pre-booked school groups. The post-holder(s) will therefore be required to work during school term times. The number of days and hours will vary according to the number of school bookings. A typical day is 09.00 until 14.30 although specific timings will depend on the number of classes attending each day. However the service is looking to expand the informal events programme to include weekends and summer holidays.

This role will deliver high quality learning experiences using the resources and session plans provided. You will adapt your delivery as necessary and use questions and answer skills to facilitate participation and learning. In addition you will respond promptly to queries from other members of staff and ensure good standards of customer care and deal appropriately with any comments from customers or colleagues.

What you’ll need to succeed

A team player who is flexible and able to adapt your delivery according to the needs of the groups booking the sessions. You will have a good general level of education. It is essential that you have at lease GCSE/or equivalent in maths and English. Further qualifications in history or a demonstrable interest in World War II are desirable. You will have good experience of working with and teaching children as well as excellent interpersonal and communication skills.

Please read the job profile for the full details of the role and what skills you need to demonstrate to undertake it.

Portsmouth City Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, and young people, and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

DBS Disclosure at Enhanced level will be required prior to any offer of employment and this post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.

Every post is subject to PCC and Portsmouth Safeguarding Children’s Board safer recruitment procedures.

Application process:

How to apply: Please read the full job profile (click here) for further details on the post and remember to demonstrate why you are suitable against each of the points described in the ‘Who is the Person’ points on the profile. This might be through qualifications or descriptive examples from your work / personal experience, which clearly illustrates what you did and the effect it had. You may wish to attach an additional letter or document to supplement you application. Please read this alongside the ‘How to apply’ document on the home page of the careers portal. PLEASE DO NOT JUST SUBMIT A CV.

We are a disability confident employer – committed to ensuring that our recruitment and selection process is inclusive and accessible and welcome applications from all areas of society.

You will need to demonstrate that you have the Right to Work in the UK. No post will be offered without it.

Closing: 18 February 2024 @ 23:59 pm,

Applications received after this may not be considered.

We will email applicants from time to time; please ensure you check e-mail folders as sometimes our e-mails may go into spam/junk folders.

Should you require any support in completing the application form please contact [email protected].

Expected salary

£14 per hour

Location

Portsmouth

Job date

Sun, 04 Feb 2024 08:41:43 GMT

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