We the Curious
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Job: Live Science Team Member / Science Communication Facilitator
Job: Live Science Team Member / Science Communication Facilitator
Organisation: We the Curious
Postcode: BS1 5DB
- Job Title: Live Science Team Member / Science Communication Facilitator
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Salary: £20k-£25k
(pro-rata) - Hours:
Part time - Artform: Museums
- Role: Customer Service
- Contract: Temporary
- Closing date: Sun, 07 Apr 2024
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Location:
South Westnearmejobs.eu view on Google Maps
Job Summary
Job Description
As We the Curious gets ready to re-open, the Live Science Team are recruiting new team members! This is a really exciting time for We the Curious, and for our team, as we work towards welcoming back our visitors and members, and re-acquainting ourselves with our wonderful venue.
Live Science Team provide creative, playful , inclusive experiences to people who attend our venue. Enabling excellent visitor experience and supporting other Live Science Team Members will be your priority.
Within our venue you will be presenting shows, facilitating hands-on activities, starting conversations among exhibits and helping people to get involved by sparking curiosity, creating fun and promoting the value of people’s opinions and life experiences. You will also keep aware of the safety of our visitors by following our safeguarding and evacuation procedures.
In our ground-breaking Open City Research activities, you will be the link between our research partners and our visitors, explaining the background of real science research and helping them to participate.
Our venue and events are attended by lots of different people and age groups, but our main audience is families, so you should be confident working with children (aged 3-11 years) and young people, as well as being comfortable encouraging adults to get involved with activities.
Job Requirements
_You have previous experience in customer service, or working with a public audience, and are confident working with the public and being in a public facing role.
_You have excellent communication skills, and are able to engage both individuals and groups of people. You can find starting points for conversations on a wide variety of topics and adapt to people of different backgrounds, age, ability and interests.
_You feel confident presenting to groups of people and facilitating activities with diverse audiences.
_You have excellent listening skills and an understanding of visitor needs and expectations and have a positive attitude to solving problems and handling customer issues.
_ You can work on your own and as part of a team. You are happy to support other team members as well as self-motivating whilst presenting activities on your own.
_You are confident learning and retaining information, including some simple scientific concepts to present as part of activities or shows.
How to Apply
Deadline for applications: Sunday 7th April 2024 at midnight
Interview dates and location: Week commencing 22nd April, at We The Curious offices
Start date: Week commencing 27th May
Application process: If you would like to apply, please complete the application form. It contains questions designed to assess your experience and suitability for the role.
Please do not send in CVs or covering letters as we don’t review them.
We appreciate interviews can be stressful, so if you are invited for interview, we’ll send you the structure of the workshop and the questions that you’ll be asked beforehand so that you have time to prepare.
If you would like to talk about the role, the application or interview process, please email [email protected].
You are welcome to apply for any role that is being advertised in the run up to our re-opening, your applications are anonymous, and they will not be compared.
- Contact name: People Team
- Contact email: [email protected]
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