Castle Education & Schools Assistant

Reporting to the Castle Officer, duties include; providing front line education and schools visitor services, assisting in all aspects of pre arrival and post departure set up and dismantle of education and school activities, ensuring all activity is delivered in line with laid down lesson plans and in a timely manner, assisting with reviews and enhancements to the education and school activity to ensure material is fit for purpose, participating in and advocating the Castle's remote online learning education and schools programme and being flexible to support elsewhere on a needs basis., In the event of exceptionally high levels of response, we reserve the right to close the post before the date stated to prevent the number of applications received being unmanageable. Therefore, you are advised to submit your completed application as soon as possible to have the best chance of being considered. Following the closing date, the Recruiting Manager will shortlist, and you will be notified.

Tamworth Borough Council is proud to be an Equal Opportunities Employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

We operate two guaranteed interview schemes which support individuals who meet all the essential criteria to be guaranteed an interview for a vacancy. The Disability Committed Employer scheme supports applicants with a disability and the Veterans Guaranteed interview scheme supports those defined as veterans, military spouses/partners and cadet instructors.

This authority is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. DBS checks are required for relevant posts.

We are committed to ensuring that people are not disadvantaged in accessing our services. We will make reasonable adjustments for those people that need further assistance, depending on the individual's needs, further guidance can be found in our Reasonable Adjustments guidance Equality and diversity | Tamworth Borough Council.

The ideal candidate will have an awareness of current education issues and broader national curriculum, an understanding of how to work successfully with children covering a wide range of ages and needs, the ability to absorb detailed information on the schools workshop topics, history of the castle and its displays to provide effective outcomes for service delivery, and an awareness of living history presentation techniques, as well as being a team player and having excellent customer service skills., Public facing roles are covered by the Fluency Duty as outlined in section 78 of the Immigration Act 2016, to serve the public it is vital that those working in public facing roles can communicate in English with members of the public receiving local authority services., Disability Confident
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12.75 hours contract - Typically worked over 3 days Monday to Friday, term time only.

We have an extensive benefits package including flexible working, a non-contributory health scheme, Local Government pension scheme, generous holiday entitlement, discounted gym membership, and payment of professional fees (where applicable), for further details please refer to the application information document on our website.

Appointment will be subject to satisfactory references, right to work in the UK check, medical clearance and DBS check.