Organisation: Leicestershire County Council
Work Location : Based at Bosworth Battlefield Heritage Centre, Ambion Lane, Sutton Cheney, Market Bosworth CV13 0AD, plus also working at museums in Melton Mowbray, Loughborough, Market Harborough and Coalville.
Worker Category: Fixed Location Worker
Salary: £34,350 to £37,950 Pro Rata
Working Hours: 14.8 hours per week (ideally Thursday and Friday but flexible).
Contract Type: Fixed Term
Closing Date : Monday 6th January
Interview Date(s): Mid January date TBC
Heritage Learning Officer
Are you looking for experience of working with families and schools in a museum setting?
Do you enjoy sharing stories in interesting and accessible ways?
About the Role
This role is a maternity cover until October 2025.
We are looking for an experienced and dynamic professional to work two days a week (preferably Thursday and Friday) to lead on the development, delivery and evaluation of our learning offer across Leicestershire County Council’s heritage sites. This includes the informal learning offer for all age groups across our five sites: Bosworth Battlefield Heritage Centre, The 1620s House and Garden at Donington le Heath, Charnwood Museum, Harborough Museum and Melton Carnegie Museum. The role will job share with the part time Heritage Learning Officer, who leads on the formal learning programme, working closely together to provide dynamic and engaging learning opportunities for all. The role includes the joint management of the Battlefield Guides at Bosworth Battlefield, which is shared with the other Learning Officer
The role will need someone with an understanding of the National Curriculum, experience of working with formal and informal learning groups, developing formal and informal learning sessions, experience of budget and staff management. Delivery of the programme will involve the post holder, front of house teams, creative and educator practitioners to deliver the learning programme across the service.
Our mission is to offer an excellent, relevant and sustainable learning provision that meets the needs of a diverse audience, making efficient use of resources and maximises opportunities for income generation. The role will work alongside colleagues in the museum’s events and front of house teams and a wide range of colleagues across the Service.
About You
To apply for this post, you must have:
• NVQ Level 4, or equivalent level of experience detailed in the Person Spec
• Experience of managing a team and budgets
• Experience of developing and delivering national curriculum-based workshops and family-based learning activities or resources
• Current knowledge of the National Curriculum and current issues affecting schools and colleges
• Proficient IT skills, including the ability to effectively use Microsoft packages
• Excellent communication skills both verbal and written, including the ability to resolve conflict and report writing
• Excellent time management and the ability and willingness to travel to all five museums sites around the county as necessary.
You must also have an understanding of, and commitment to, equal opportunities, and the ability to apply this to all situations.
In addition, we expect you to share our commitment to our values and will ask you to evidence when you have demonstrated them as part of the interview process.
This post is eligible for an enhanced DBS check
Interested in Flexible Working?
We are keen to support employees to balance their working life with other commitments. Therefore, wherever possible, we will consider working arrangements that suit an individual’s personal circumstances whilst still meeting the needs of the Council. If you would like to discuss the possible flexible working options that might be applicable to this role, please contact the person named below. This may include requests for term-time working, part-time hours, compressed hours, flexible start and finish times, home/remote working, etc.
Every role within the Council has a defined working style which determines where they can work. The worker category applicable to this post is detailed in the above advert. You can find out more about our worker categories in the Our Working Styles page on our career site.
For more information or an informal discussion, please contact:
Richard Knox
Access and Interpretation Manager
Telephone: 0116 3052180
Email: richard.knox@leics.gov.uk
How to Apply
Leicestershire County Council is an inclusive organisation which is on a journey to embed and celebrate equality, diversity, and inclusion at every level. We warmly welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, as having a diverse workforce with different perspectives and ideas is fundamental to our values and enriches the services, we offer our communities. We particularly welcome applicants from Ethnically Diverse and LGBTQ+ communities and people with disabilities to create a balanced workforce and one that reflects the communities we serve. Applicants with a disability who meet the criteria listed in the ‘About You’ section above will be offered an interview under the Disability Confident Employer Scheme.
To apply for this job, please click on the apply button. You will need to upload a supporting statement as part of your application which explains how you meet the criteria listed in the ‘About You’ section above. For more information, see the How to Apply section on our career site.
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