Museum Session Leader Edinburgh, Scotland
Lloyds Banking Group
Full Time
Edinburgh, Scotland
22000 - 22110 GBP ANNUAL Today
Job description
End Date
Saturday 23 September 2023
Salary Range
£22,000 - £22,110Agile Working Options
Job Description Summary
This is a 0 hour contract to work only as required, not a full time position where you'll work with groups of school pupils to deliver themed sessions on money.
Job Description
- JOB TITLE: Museum Session Leader/Front of House
- SALARY: £12.08 per hour
- LOCATION: Edinburgh
- HOURS: – Casual Contract
- WORKING PATTERN: This is a zero-hour contract. We expect you to average two sessions per week during term time, though this depends on demand. Sessions usually run 9:30 – 13:30/14:00, Monday – Thursday, with limited Friday and Saturday work.
About this Opportunity
This key role is to work with groups of school pupils to deliver themed sessions on money. These are usually P4-S1, but we get groups from nursery age to young adult with a mix of abilities.
- Deliver in-person and digital workshops to a wide range of age-groups and abilities
- Prepare and tidy up after each session
- Take lead role and deliver introductions to visits as required
- Deliver informal learning such as coin-striking or Science Festival sessions to public outside of term time
- Provide cover for Museum Reception Desk and Giftshop/Till as required.
About us
The Museum on the Mound was set up as the corporate museum of Bank of Scotland (now part of Lloyds Banking Group). It tells the story of money in all its shapes and forms, the history of banking, and the advent of building societies and life assurance. Our Education Service delivers both hands-on money-based activity sessions for visiting school groups, and facilitated digital workshops for groups unable to visit. Both provide an engaging and interdisciplinary approach to the subject.
The sessions explore: unusual currencies from around the world, coins, banknotes, and keeping money safe. Duties will involve: welcoming groups, setting up material in advance and packing away at the end, supervising the handling of original artefacts, encouraging and motivating pupils to take part in discussion, providing feedback to the Museum team. A typical on-site session will last approximately 4 hours and require delivering the same session three times. Sessions are usually run 9:30 – 13:30/14:00.
Facilitated Digital workshops last 30 – 60 minutes each, but usually several runs in a day. These require to present to a class over Teams, though the class will have been sent several items to interact with during the session.
There may also be additional shifts available Front of House/in our giftshop facilitating visits from the public and operating the till.
Full training will be provided.
What you’ll need
- Excellent communication and presentation skills are essential, especially spoken English
- You should be enthusiastic, professional, responsible, courteous, flexible, and a good teammate.
- Experience of working with young people
- Experience of/interest in museums and/or history would be an advantage.
And any experience of these would be really useful
- Experience working in a Front of House or Retail role
About working for us
Our focus is to ensure we're inclusive every day, building an organisation that reflects modern society and celebrates diversity in all its forms.
We want our people to feel that they belong and can be their best, regardless of background, identity or culture.
We were one of the first major organisations to set goals on diversity in senior roles, create a menopause health package, and a dedicated Working with Cancer initiative.
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If you're excited by the thought of becoming part of our team, get in touch.
We’d love to hear from you.
At Lloyds Banking Group, we're driven by a clear purpose; to help Britain prosper. Across the Group, our colleagues are focused on making a difference to customers, businesses and communities. With us you'll have a key role to play in shaping the financial services of the future, whilst the scale and reach of our Group means you'll have many opportunities to learn, grow and develop.
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