Learning Assistant

Visitgunnersbury; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 22,000 - 23,000; Part time

Job summary

Gunnersbury Park & Museum seeks a Learning Assistant to join the Learning Team on a casual, zero-hours basis. The role runs during school term times within a 34-week year and may include additional days in school holidays.

You will deliver museum and park-based workshops to visiting school groups. Ideal candidates have a drama/creative arts background, experience with children, strong communication/presenting skills, and familiarity with delivering workshops in a museum or heritage setting.

Qualifications

• Drama/creative arts background and experience with children.
• Strong communication and presenting skills for workshops.
• Experience delivering workshops in museums, galleries or heritage environments.
• Ideal: experience as a costumed character.

Responsibilities

• Deliver museum and park-based workshops to visiting school groups.
• Contribute to other programming and activities as needed.

Skills

Drama/creative arts background

Experience with children

Communication skills

Presenting skills

Workshop delivery in heritage setting

Costumed character (ideal)

Job description

Hours 34 week time frame (During school term times only)

Location Gunnersbury Park Museum (Involves some travel for outreach programmes)

Hourly rate £16.20 per hour

Responsible to Formal Learning Manager

Application Deadline Friday 23rd October, 9am

Who are we?

Gunnersbury Park & Museum offers an exciting and diverse learning programme where people of all ages, abilities and backgrounds can discover history and heritage through activities such as drama, object-handling and creative outdoor learning.

What are we looking for?

Gunnersbury Park & Museum is now seeking a Learning Assistant to join the Learning Team. It will be on a casual basis (Zero Hours) and will be to work term-time only within 34 weeks a year time frame but with the possibility of some additional days being offered in the school holidays. This role will primarily focus on delivering museum and park-based workshops to visiting school groups. There may also be opportunities to get involved in other aspects of our programming, delivering workshops and activities to a wider audience.

The ideal candidate will have a drama/creative arts background, will have experience of working with children, good communication and presenting skills, and experience of delivering workshops in a museum, gallery or heritage environment and ideally experience as a costumed character. You will also have a strong interest in history and helping others engage with related subjects through taking part in inspirational learning experiences.

This position will require a DBS check that will reveal any unspent convictions. A criminal record may not necessarily be a bar to appointment, as any decision will be treated on its merits and individual circumstances subject to the museum’s overriding obligations to protect the children and vulnerable adults in its charge, members of the public, the safety of the museum’s staff and the collection.
Gunnersbury Park and Museum Development Trust is keen to ensure our staff represent a diverse range of people across different communities and welcomes all such applications.