LYSC Presenter
Accountable to: LYSC Manager
Location: 21 Albemarle Street, London
Contract Type: Permanent, Full-time, 35 hours per week, Monday to Friday with some weekend working
Salary: £26,000 to £29,000 per annum
About the LYSC
The L'Oréal Young Scientist Centre (LYSC) is an imaginative laboratory space for young people and their teachers to experiment and explore science and technology outside the classroom.
In the LYSC workshops, students become a scientist for the day, testing their own ideas by designing creative experiments. The whole experience ignites a passion for scientific discovery and encourages curiosity-driven learning. The students can make bath bombs, extract their own DNA, investigate forensic science, explore the chemistry of colour and much more.
Following a quieter period for the LYSC over the past 2 years, we are building back up to pre-pandemic workshop numbers and now need to expand the team.
As a successful applicant, you will act as the lead presenter for the delivery of interactive science workshops to children and young people in the Ri L'Oréal Young Scientist Centre (LYSC), to inspire attendees and engage them in a lifelong journey with science. You will have the opportunity to contribute to the Ri’s wider science communication programmes, including the family, schools and public programmes as well as the Christmas Lectures.
What will you be doing?
- Present a range of hands-on science workshops to young people aged 7 to 18, across various Chemistry, Physics and Biology topics.
- Work with the LYSC Lab Technician to ensure the timely set-up and clean-up of the LYSC lab for each workshop and maintain the cleanliness of the LYSC.
- Assist with the implementation of Ri Health and Safety procedures to ensure the safe delivery of LYSC workshops by effectively identifying and managing any risks. Update LYSC risk assessments as required.
- Contribute to the continual development of the LYSC’s programme for children and young people by making regular improvements to the content and delivery of existing workshops and by researching and developing new content.
- Collaborate with other teams to research, write and deliver science content for live, virtual, and recorded events in line with the charitable outcomes of the Ri.
What are we looking for?
- Experience of working in an educational setting with people of all ages including children and teenagers
- Good practical laboratory skills
- Experience of developing and writing educational workshops/activities
- Excellent all-round communication skills, including the ability to present in front of live audiences and to camera
- Experience of delivering engaging scientific education or learning
- Experience of working in a lab setting
- Health and Safety knowledge
Interested?
Please download the full job description and person spec below and send your CV and a supporting statement (no more than 500 words) explaining why you are interested in the role and how you meet the requirements of the person spec to recruitment@ri.ac.uk by 10.00am on Thursday 5 January 2023.
Interviews are scheduled for 16/17 January 2023.
Please also complete and return the recruitment monitoring form along with your application.
Equal opportunities
The Ri is committed to equality of opportunity at all stages of the recruitment process. The information supplied in the recruitment monitoring form will be treated in strict confidence and will only be seen by Human Resources. It will not form part of the selection process.
You may choose not to disclose some or all of the information requested in the form, and this will not affect your application in any way.
About the Royal Institution
The Ri has been connecting people with science for over 200 years and has a clear vision that ‘Science is for Everyone’. Through our packed event programme, our UK schools outreach and social impact initiatives, and our global digital reach including almost 1.5m YouTube subscribers we achieve our mission by connecting people with scientists to explore science together.
In our historic Grade I listed building in Mayfair, discoveries were made that literally changed the world. Today it is a busy, multi-purpose building which acts as base for the Ri team (approx. 60) and tenants (approx. 100) and our science communication activities as well as a vibrant event space for private and corporate events.
About the LYSC
The L'Oréal Young Scientist Centre (LYSC) is an imaginative laboratory space for young people and their teachers to experiment and explore science and technology outside the classroom.
In the LYSC workshops, students become a scientist for the day, testing their own ideas by designing creative experiments. The whole experience ignites a passion for scientific discovery and encourages curiosity-driven learning. The students can make bath bombs, extract their own DNA, investigate forensic science, explore the chemistry of colour and much more.
Find out more about the YSC and Science in schools programme here