Museum Early Years Assistant 533008 Bradford, Yorkshire and the Humber, England
Bradford Metropolitan District Council
Full Time
Bradford, Yorkshire and the Humber, England
24054 - 26845 GBP ANNUAL Today
Job description
Department & Service Group
Place, Sport & Culture
Museums Early Years Assistant
Band 7: £24,054-£26,845 pa (pro rata for part time posts)
1 x 37 hours per week
Full-Time
Temporary
(Fixed Term until March 2026)
Reports to: Learning and Outreach Manager
Based at Bradford District Museums & Galleries
Are you looking to work in new and exciting ways bringing your early years skills and knowledge into an exciting, rewarding and transformational cultural environment?
Bradford Museums & Galleries is seeking an Early Years Assistant to develop, test and deliver a new Early Years curriculum as part of our Arts Council England National Portfolio programme.
Recently awarded Arts Council England National Portfolio status we aim to meet the experiential needs of our surrounding communities and help drive forward the museum service’s development and leading role for the 2025 City of Culture.
NPO funding acknowledges the potential for our world-class collections and our three year (REPLACEMENT_STRING26) development process will transform the service and see us working with a wide range of local community partners to deliver programmes which are both relevant and engaging for the diverse communities across the District.
- The Early Years Assistant will play a key role in the Learning Team and will be working in partnership to ensure that early years setting, schools and families have access to ambitious, heritage and cultural learning experiences.
- You will be responsible for the development, testing and delivery of an exciting new Early Years Curriculum with the exhibitions and collections at the heart of all programming.
- You will work with wider Museums & Galleries team to build relationships with key stakeholders, including identified early years practitioners, nurseries, schools and community partners to facilitate partnership opportunities with them.
Bradford Museums & Galleries is committed to diversifying our workforce and we are seeking to broaden our thinking and improve representation in our team.
We particularly welcome applications from D/deaf, disabled and neuro-divergent people, people from ethnically diverse communities and people from disadvantaged socio-economic backgrounds.
Working across our four venues; Bolling Hall, Bradford Industrial Museum, Cliffe Castle Museum and Cartwright Hall Art Gallery within the Bradford District, you will need to be able to combine high professional standards with great people skills and a flexible and proactive approach to working.
The Code of Practice on the English language requirement for public sector workers, Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016, requires that Councils ensure that all candidates applying for customer facing posts must be assessed in order to establish their fluency in English.
The criteria under special knowledge and experience on the job profile which is shown in this advert, outlines what level of fluency you will be expected to demonstrate. Therefore, it is essential that you provide examples in your application.
If you are interested in applying for this role, please read the Job Profile attached.
If you would like to know more about this vacancy, have a look on Home - Bradford Museums & Galleries or contact James Steward to arrange an informal discussion – [email protected]
Please note, we do not accept Cover Letters or CVs.
Closing Date: 8th June 2023
Bradford Metropolitan District Council
www.bradford.gov.uk
Bradford, United Kingdom
Kersten England
Unknown / Non-Applicable
10000+ Employees
Government
Regional Agencies
