Accountable to: Head of Schools, Impact & Partnerships
Location: 21 Albemarle Street, London with some travel and opportunity for remote working
Contract type: 12-month Fixed Term Contract from January 2025 with option to extend subject to funding
Full time, 35 hours per week; Flexible working patterns considered
Salary: c. £33 to £35k per annum
About the role and you
The Royal Institution (Ri) is a charity which has been encouraging people to think more deeply about science and its impact on our lives for more than 200 years. We have always believed that access to science should be for everyone.
The aim of the Masterclass programme is to introduce children and young people to the excitement and beauty of mathematics and computer science, challenging them to creatively explore these subjects and their applications beyond the classroom experience. As a series of hands-on workshops, the Masterclasses offer an opportunity for extended engagement allowing young people to gain an insight into a variety of STEM topics.
The Ri has been running Masterclasses for over 40 years, having started in 1981 following the success of Professor Sir Christopher Zeeman’s 1978 CHRISTMAS LECTURES entitled “Mathematics into Pictures”. Our Masterclass programme now reaches students in all corners of the UK at both primary and secondary level, with over 4500 students from Aberdeen to Truro taking part in Masterclasses this year.
Do you have experience in writing and delivering workshops for young audiences, preferable in STEM subjects? If so, this is a fantastic opportunity working with Masterclass programme volunteers to generate ideas for workshop topics and activities that are inspired by and illustrative of contemporary computer science and mathematics and to develop existing and new workshop ideas and activities into full workshops, for primary or secondary students.
You will deliver workshops yourself or support volunteers to deliver them and evaluate young audience response and refine the workshops based on this evaluation, creating a package of presentation and support materials for the workshops to publish as ‘off-the-shelf’ Masterclasses, available to all Masterclass organisers for free from the Ri website.
The role will involve working across the programme with particular focus on the Computer Science network and content.
Ideally educated to degree level in a STEM subject or with equivalent experience working in STEM, you will have:
- excellent interpersonal and relationship building skills,
- experience writing and delivering workshops for young audiences, (preferably in STEM)
- experience in delivering training workshops and ideally presenter training
Some coding and design experience would also be advantageous.
Additional Information
Some Saturday working during term-time is essential, as you will attend Masterclasses both in the Ri building and across the UK as required. This may involve some travel and overnight stays, with time off in lieu for weekend work.
As the position involves working with young people, the post holder will be required to undergo an Enhanced DBS clearance and related checks as mandated by UK laws and regulations.
How to apply
To apply, please download the Job Description and Person Specification below and submit your CV and a supporting statement of no more than 500 words explaining why you are applying for this job and how your skills and experience meet the criteria set out in the person specification to recruitment@ri.ac.uk.
Closing Date: 9.00am on Tuesday 3 December 2024
Interviews are planned for 11 and 13 December
The Ri is a small and welcoming environment with a creative team who are committed to nourish everyone’s desire to engage with science
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