Museum Teacher – St Albans Museums

We are seeking dynamic and passionate workshop educators to join our team of museum teaching delivery staff.  Whilst we are looking for teaching staff to work across all our sites the majority of the teaching will be delivering the Sandford Award winning learning programme at Verulamium Museum with some teaching at St Albans Museum + Gallery.  There is also the opportunity to teach at our historic sites of The Clock Tower and Sopwell Ruins.

You will teach with us on a casual basis at mutually agreed times and in response to service demands and bookings.  This will be up to a maximum of four hour-long sessions per day (with lunch break).  You will need to be available during term time and between 10am and 3.30pm for this role.

You will:

• Be an excellent communicator, passionate about sharing knowledge with others and in particular, young people and school children of a wide range of ages and abilities (Early Years, Key Stage 1-5 and beyond)
• Have experience of facilitating and delivering high quality, high energy learning experiences to a variety of audiences, either in school or in a museum/gallery/arts/theatre or other similar environment. (Qualified teacher status not required.)
• Have some knowledge of the National Curriculum and/or be prepared to develop that knowledge
• Have the ability to be flexible, reliable and work effectively in a team
• Have excellent time keeping and classroom/group management
• Have a passion for objects, collections, history, art and culture and be prepared to develop that knowledge to understand the stories inspired by the collections of St Albans Museums on an ongoing basis
• Have some knowledge of how to adapt sessions to accommodating additional learning needs/SEND.

Knowledge of Latin would be an advantage.

Full training will be provided.  An enhanced DBS check is required for this post.

Salary: £20 per hour

Closing date: deadline extended: 9am Friday 5 August 2022

Interviews: week beginning 15 August 2022

For more details and to apply: https://stalbanscityanddistrictcouncil.livevacancies.co.uk/#/applicant/516