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Closing date 14^th March 2022

The Engineering Education Scheme Wales Ltd is currently seeking a South Wales Activity Deliverer, who will work under the supervision of the Activity Manager and Chief Executive Officer to develop activities for the STEMCymru II Project and deliver exciting and motivating STEM activities in schools.

This is initially a fixed term contract until 30th June 2022 (with extension to March 2023 depending on funding).

As an Activity Deliverer, you will be responsible for delivering various STEM activities in schools.  You will deliver sessions to groups of pupils within their schools, as well as assisting the Activity Manager and other deliverers with the development of new STEM activities to be delivered across Wales.

This job role is suitable for teaching professionals or those who are looking to work in Education.

 

You are advised to read the Job Description before applying for this vacancy.

 

The hours of work will be 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday and will be based at the Waterton Centre, Bridgend/ Your own home (depending on location).  Travel across Wales will be required as part of this role and your own transport is essential.  The salary for this position will be up to £26,000 per annum (depending on experience), with an allowance of 28 days’ holiday (including bank holidays).

To download the Job Description, Application Form, Equal Opportunities Monitoring Form and Job Applicant Privacy notice please visit:  https://www.stemcymru.org.uk/home/resources/

Please send the completed application and equal opportunities forms and a copy of your CV to info@stemcymru.org.uk by midday on Monday 14^th March 2022.  Please note, applications will not be accepted unless the documentation is complete and the declaration on the application form signed.

This post is part funded by the European Social Fund through the Welsh European Funding Office, for the STEMCymru II Project (80726) and the Welsh Government Education Directorate.

Closing date 28th February 2022

https://theoxfordtrust.co.uk/vacancies/

This is a fixed term (14 month) full time maternity cover role leading the team that provide STEM activities, programmes and training for primary children and teachers, families and young people. The salary is £30-35K and the full job specification and application form can be found here: https://theoxfordtrust.co.uk/vacancies/

The deadline is 9am on Monday 28 February and interviews will be held on Tuesday 8 March.

 

Closing date Monday 28th February 2022

Job details

Job title: Engagement Officer

Directorate: Programmes

Reporting to: Engagement Manager

Responsible for: No direct line reports

Based: Our Head Office is based in London, but we have an agile working policy enabling people to work at another UK location up to 4 days/week for those who are office based.  

Requests for permanent, fully remote working will be considered and we welcome applications from people based in other parts of the UK.

Terms: Full-time (35 hours per week), permanent. Requests for part-time or flexible working will be considered.

Salary: £24,432 – £29,583 per annum (pro rata for part time)

Download the candidate pack for this role as a pdf or view our text-only version of the pack here.

About the role

The British Science Association is looking to recruit a talented and organised Engagement Officer to help us implement our vision and strategy.

The Association has a reputation for high-profile science engagement events including British Science Week and the British Science Festival. This role will support the Festivals Engagement team to co-ordinate the UK Sciences Festivals Network, and related projects, and deliver the British Science Festival.

The successful candidate will sit within the Festivals Engagement team, but work with colleagues from across the organisation. This role would suit someone with an interest in public engagement with science, co-ordination and administration experience and experience of working with festivals and/or events, in either a voluntary or paid capacity.

Key responsibilities 

The main responsibilities will be to: 

• Co-ordinate the UK Science Festivals Network, including organising and attending meetings and being the main point of contact;
• Update the content on the UK Science Festivals Network website and manage the inbox;
• Administer and co-ordinate Engagement grant schemes;
• Support the development of the UK Science Festivals Network conference and British Science Festival programme;
• Be part of the core team that will deliver the UK Science Festivals Network conference and British Science Festival;
• Help with the planning and delivery of evaluation for Engagement Programmes;
• Other administrative duties as reasonably required by the line manager;
• Occasional travel across the UK will be required, plus a week on site during the British Science Festival itself.

The successful candidate will be expected to work independently, efficiently and accurately.

Person Specification

Below is a summary of essential and desirable criteria needed for this role, as well as how we will assess a candidate’s suitability.

Essential criteria 

Criteria	CV	Cover letter	Interview
Experience in project co-ordination, administration and maintaining relationships with partners	Y	Y	Y
Experience of working on several projects/tasks in parallel	Y	Y	Y
Excellent time management and prioritising skills	Y	Y	Y
Resilience – adaptable with the ability to remain calm and effective when working on multiple fast-moving, high pressure projects	Y		Y
Clear written communication skills, including the ability to write for a range of external audiences	Y	Y
Good oral communication skills, with the ability to build good working relationships with internal colleagues, external partners & stakeholders		Y	Y
Understanding of audience needs and adapting content accordingly		Y	Y
Experience of programming and developing creative science content for non-expert audiences		Y
Experience of organising and delivering events	Y		Y
Good knowledge of Word, Outlook and Excel	Y
A self-starter, able to work on their own initiative and manage their own work effectively	Y		Y
A good team player with a positive and flexible approach to work	Y		Y

Desirable criteria

Criteria	CV	Cover letter	Interview
An interest in science and science communication		Y	Y
Experience of working on festivals	Y
Experience of using Salesforce and/or working on grant funding schemes	Y

Benefits 

• Agile Working policy enabling you to work at home or in another UK location up to 4 days per week, if office-based, and to vary your working hours outside our 10am – 12pm and 2pm – 4pm core hours, subject to the needs of the BSA;
• 27 days holiday per annum plus bank holidays (pro-rata for part-time employees); 
• Up to two days paid leave per year for significant voluntary commitments in support of professional and personal development, such as being a trustee of a charity or a school governor;
• Auto-enrolment pension scheme (4% paid by employer);
• Up to five days’ unpaid leave per year (this is down to the Manager’s decision and ensuring it does not affect work); 
• Life assurance from your first day, subject to scheme rules;  
• Occupational sick pay: up to six weeks’ full pay per year (pro-rata for part-time employees); 
• Interest-free loan for season ticket, bike to work, and assisted study.

To apply

Please send a CV and covering letter (each of no more than two A4 pages) that summarises your interest in the role and details your ability to match the criteria.

Applications should be made via this link: https://recruit.smb.co.uk/vacancy.aspx?id=grvAvTNZTtp6tWKq

The closing date for applications is 17.00 on Monday 28 February.

Interviews are due to take place during the week commencing Tuesday 15 March 2022.

You will be informed as soon as possible after the application deadline whether you have been selected for interview. We may carry out a second interview.

As part of the British Science Association’s commitment to being a Disability Confident employer, all disabled* applicants who meet the ‘essential criteria’ for this vacancy will be offered an interview under our guaranteed interview scheme.

If you wish to apply under the guaranteed interview scheme, you will be asked to indicate this when you submit your application by selecting ‘yes’ in the relevant box when asked during the application process. Applicants do not need to state any further information or declare their disability at the application stage.

The BSA follows government advice in that it is important to note that there may be occasions where it is not practicable or appropriate to interview all disabled people that meet the minimum criteria for the job. For example, in certain recruitment situations (such as a high number of applications), we may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people.

In these circumstances, we could select the disabled candidates who best meet the minimum criteria for the job rather than all of those that meet the minimum criteria, as we would do for non-disabled applicants.

Whether you are applying under the scheme or not, if you are successful in being shortlisted, we will ask candidates with disabilities or long-term health conditions to let us know if they need any adjustments during the recruitment process.

If you have further questions or would like this information in a different format, please contact: recruitment@britishscienceassociation.org  

Terms & conditions

From time to time the job entails working extended hours and occasional weekends, for which no overtime payments are made. The BSA operates a time off in lieu policy for weekend working and some other out-of-hours instances.

Only applicants who have a legal right to work within the UK will be considered. You will be asked to bring along proof of nationality and/or proof of ability to work in the UK.

You will also be asked to declare any previous convictions in line with your rights under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) order 1975.

This is a description of the job as it is presently constituted. It is the practice of the Association to examine job descriptions from time to time and to update them to ensure they relate to the job as then being performed, or to incorporate whatever changes are reasonably required, in discussion with the postholder.

It is the policy of the BSA to offer starting salaries at the bottom end of the salary band where appropriate.

A copy of our Privacy Notice is available on the vacancies page of our website.

*The Disability Confident scheme’s definition of disability is in line with the Equalities Act 2010: “a physical or mental condition which has a long-term and substantial effect on your daily life”.

Further information about our Disability Confident commitments can be found on the Disability Confident page of our website.

An exciting opportunity to be involved in the delivery of workshops for young people to ignite a passion for scientific discovery.

The L'Oréal Young Scientist Centre (LYSC) is an imaginative laboratory space for young people and their teachers to experiment and explore science and technology outside the classroom. In the LYSC workshops, students become a scientist for the day, testing their own ideas by designing creative experiments. The whole experience ignites a passion for scientific discovery and encourages curiosity-driven learning. The students can make explosive bath bombs, extract their own DNA, investigate forensic science, explore the chemistry of colour and much more.

We are looking for a Lab Technician who will initially focus on providing technical assistance to the LYSC team, with opportunity to get involved in presenting and content development. There is also the chance to contribute to the Ri’s wider science communication programmes, including the family, schools and public programmes as well as the Christmas Lectures.

Do you have

• Enthusiasm for science education and enriching the experimental experience of young people
• Good practical laboratory skills
• Experience in working with children and young people
• Proactive with the ability to learn quickly and work on own initiative?

If so we would like to hear from you!

Experience of delivering engaging scientific education or learning, of working in a lab technician role and Health and Safety knowledge would be an advantage.

Please see our website here  to download a full job description and person specification and for more information on how to apply. 

Deadline: 10.00am on Monday 21 February 

Becky Poyntz

Human Resources

Royal Institution, 21 Albemarle Street, London W1S 4BS

e: bpoyntz@ri.ac.uk

www.rigb.org

 

The ScotPEN Futures Working Group was set up to carry out a members’ consultation about the remit, membership, and structure of the network, and how this may be improved in the future. As part of this, we are looking for a consultant to work with people who have opted to be involved in ScotPEN, to understand what the network looks like now and what it might look like in the future.

Tender proposals (up to £2,500) must be received by 28 February 2022 and the project must be completed by the end of May 2022.

For more details on the background, scope, and how to apply, please see here: www.scotpen.org/futures  

All the best

Kirsty

kirsty.ross@strath.ac.uk  

Member of the ScotPEN Futures Working Group

https://www.totaljobs.com/job/technician/royal-horticultural-society-job96178664

 

Location: RHS Garden Wisley

 

Salary: £23,000 pro rata, depending on experience

 

Hours: 22.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday

 

Contract Type: Permanent, part-time.

 

We are looking for an Interpretation Technician to join our small Interpretation team at RHS Gardens, Wisley. The interpretation team at this busy visitor attraction designs and produces outdoor displays, interactive content and informational signage to our different visitors across the Gardens, engaging adults and children with our science and horticultural content and helping visitors to navigate their way around the site.

 

The Interpretation Technician will assist our 3D and graphic designers in the design of a range of interpretation components to budget, ensuring they are robust for the outdoor environment, for daily use by visitors and are easy to maintain. S/he will build interpretation and signage elements in our on-site workshop and, where required, liaise with external suppliers and fabricators to commission small design and builds externally, where needed, and obtain quotes. A core part of this role will be the installation and maintenance of signage and interpretation across the site, working in conjunction with our Curatorial, Facilities and Estates teams, and co-ordinating the maintenance and servicing of machinery in our on-site workshop.

 

You will be joining a creative, passionate, self-sufficient team. The right person for this role will ideally have experience in 3D production and running a workshop with power tools. Experience in designing and building interpretation for visitor attractions would be a bonus. You will be adept at managing your own time and, crucially, have a can-do attitude with a willingness to support the team, pitching in wherever needed.

 

https://uk.indeed.com/viewjob?cmp=Drum-Resourcing-for-Birmingham-Hippodrome&t=Graphic+Designer+Artworker&jk=feb546082259a9cb&q=graphic+designer&vjs=3

 

Location: RHS Garden Wisley

 

Salary: £23,000 pa, depending on experience

 

Hours: 37.7 hours (5 days) per week, Monday to Friday

 

Contract Type: Permanent, full time.

 

We are looking for a Graphic Designer / Artworker who can take the lead on the design and development of all daily signage and wayfinding needs at RHS Gardens, Wisley. Wisley sees visitors in excess of 1.5 million visitors per year and this role is core to delivering an exceptional visitor experience to visitors, aswell as supporting the daily operations of different teams across our busy site.

 

The Graphic Designer / Artworker will design and manage the production of all signage and wayfinding requests to the Interpretation Team, working with different internal clients to deliver their needs. The role will range from the design and production of informational and directional signage to the design of Garden Maps, leaflets and paper-based trails in the Garden. As the RHS prepares to roll-out a new brand, core to the role will be to implement the new brand across site-wide signage and the ability to organise an easy-to-access filing system of all signage templates.  The post-holder will manage the stock of print resources within the team, ensuring constant supplies and organising the servicing and maintenance of printers. Experience in liaising with external print production contractors would be an advantage. Where time allows, there will be opportunities to assist with interpretation projects in the Gardens to communicate scientific and horticultural content to our visitors in an engaging way.

 

This role is a great opportunity for an organised, self-sufficient graphic designer who has experience creating informational signage but who has an interest in developing wider skills to develop interpreted materials within a visitor attraction. Surrounded by 240 acres of Gardens, it would be hard to find a nicer environment to work in. So if you have the skills and experience we are looking for, please get in touch.

 

 

 

Reference:	JAN20221381
Expiry date:	23:59, 30 January 2022
Location:	National Maritime Museum, Greenwich
Salary:	£23,000 Per Annum
Benefits:	Excellent
Duration:	2 years

Do you want to use your love of the ocean to inspire our visitors? Are you passionate about contemporary maritime topics; from sea level rising to commercial fishing to the safety and wellbeing of seafarers? In a time of climate and ecological emergency it is vital to increase ocean literacy (the understanding of the important role that the ocean plays in all our lives). This role will contribute to communication efforts to increase public awareness, develop ocean citizens, embed safety and sustainability principles, and build on our maritime heritage. RMG aims to open its collection, actively collect new objects, and undertake partnerships with external organisations in order to engage our audiences with a wide range of stories of contemporary relevance. Contemporary maritime has a broad scope from ocean sustainability and the climate crisis to social history and the experience of maritime workers at sea today. This role will explore a broad range of potential topics from the potential of seaweed harvesting, sea level rising, global climate justice to the future of safe careers at sea. The work of curators is central to the operation of the Museum so you will also be involved in other curatorial activities including research, exhibitions, publications, activities, and events. This will be a varied role and you will work closely with colleagues from other departments and also with researchers, academics, fellows, interns, volunteers and of course the public. As an Assistant Curator you will have a passion for ocean sustainability and life at sea with a desire to share your knowledge and developing expertise with different audiences. Reporting to: Lloyd’s Register Foundation Public Curator: Contemporary Maritime. Key responsibilities: Public Engagement Public engagement is at the heart of the museum. As a member of the curatorial team the focus of all projects should be increasing access and engagement to the museum’s stories. This will require finding new ways of working and a flexible and problem-solving approach. Oral history project – Life at Sea As part of the oral history project team; assisting in selecting and recording oral testimonies of seafarers including those impacted by the Covid Pandemic, under-represented experiences and key moments of change. Cataloguing of both new and historical oral histories. Making the oral history collecting accessible through internal advocacy and public engagement projects. Ocean sustainability projects (Our Ocean, Our Planet) Commissioning external academics and experts by experience to write articles for the RMG website. Uploading the articles to the museum website. Helping with planning and running of programming related to ocean sustainability both online and in person especially to mark World Oceans Day. Writing introductory articles for the website. Increasing access Making our collections more accessible by working on and taking part in public programmes and activities in collaboration with other departments. Working with relevant teams (especially the Engagement teams) to support community research and co-curation projects. Research Undertaking research for objects, exhibitions, galleries, publications, due diligence, cataloguing, web content and public programmes. Overseeing volunteers, work placements and interns as required. Collections Cataloguing new acquisitions on the Museum’s MIMSY database and enhancing catalogue information as necessary. Contributing to collection development by identifying potential acquisitions, disposals, and storage and narrative improvements to existing collections through research (including provenance). Participation in the Collections Development Committee and completing supporting documentation. Supporting wider Museum activities Working with the Development Team contributing to membership and patron events and activities. Assisting with funding applications and other income-generating activities. Champion the Museum collections when required by the Communications team and Events team. For the full role description please see our website https://www.rmg.co.uk/about-us/jobs-opportunities/vacancies As well as actively working with the Disability Confident scheme, we also want to bring the talents of more ethnically diverse candidates into our workplace. Therefore, we offer a similar scheme for this role where we will guarantee an interview for any candidate who identifies as Black, Asian and/or Minority Ethnic and who meets the person specification requirements. Please state in your personal statement if you would like to be considered under this scheme.

Accountable to: Board of Trustees / Peer Management

Location: Nottingham, although remote working options will be considered

Contract type*: Fixed term (12 months) and 2 days per week, flexible to the person

Salary: Manager Band (SP1 £29,825 - SP6 £38,065), pro-rata.

Closing Date: Sunday 30 January 2022

More info: www.ignitefutures.org.uk/jobs

*This post is fixed term and 2 days per week due to income uncertainty beyond 2022. It is likely to be extended and our hope is that with increased financial security this post could increase in hours and become a permanent position. We are open to discussions on how the hours are taken.

Interested? Here's some more information...

We have a brilliant opportunity for a talented, passionate and ambitious person who will champion the successes and mission of Ignite! to drive the generation of income from diverse sources. 

Ignite! has a solid track record of funding, most prominently in grant funding from the public engagement with STEM sector, and we are seeking to continue this and diversify(!) our income to drive forward our vision and mission across Nottingham and beyond.

This is a role for someone with solid expertise in business development and fundraising, who can bring their skills and vision to Ignite!. We are also looking for someone with a can-do attitude, a strong team ethic, and a believer in the unique creative spark in every young person.

Ignite! has a long and distinguished history as a creative provider of youth development opportunities. We facilitate partnerships between professional sectors and communities of young people, including schools, youth groups and community groups, particularly those at risk of social exclusion. We link young people with a variety of professionals to share learning, develop understanding, and celebrate new ideas and ways of thinking.

Please visit the Ignite! website to review the job pack and apply.

Questions can be sent to the Ignite! Operations Manager at sarah@ignitefutures.org.uk

What is Reading Sparks?

With funding from Arts Council England and the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC), The

Reading Agency is delivering Reading Sparks between 2021-2023, a pilot project which harnesses the

proven power of reading to engage families with STEM activities and build science confidence among

families in communities living with deprivation in England.

The Reading Sparks pilot project will test and pilot new ways of using creative reading to increase STEM

engagement. 11 pilot library service partners in England will distribute reading and STEM book and activity

bags to families who have been particularly disadvantaged by the pandemic.

At the moment we have four themed science and reading bags in circulation, these themes are; simple

machines, invisible nature, animals and the moon.

Library services are also working with local youth organisations, schools and social care partners to develop

positive, confidence-building activities for young people aged 14-18 based in reading and STEM. The young

people will work with library staff and youth workers to design new reading and science activities engaging

families with children aged 4-11 in the library space and via the library service’s digital offer.

Our overall aim is to build confidence and engagement with STEM among children, young people and

families and to demonstrate the role that creative reading and arts activities can play in sparking

engagement with a wide range of subjects and topics.

The Reading Sparks pilot is taking place in 11 different locations across England:

 Barnsley

 Coventry

 Derbyshire

 Halton (Merseyside)

 Hillingdon (London)

 Hull

 Newham (London)

 Portsmouth

 Suffolk

 Swindon

 Torbay

You can read more on our website.

Why do we need your help?

As part of the project we are arranging visits from STEM communicators for these pilot locations. We hope

for visits to be made during the spring period of 2022, although this is flexible depending on your own

availability and the libraries schedule.

We are looking for STEM communicators who are experienced in engaging families to visit one of more of

the locations above and deliver interactive and ‘hands-on’ style family workshops.

 These 

workshops could have a focus on any aspect of STEM, as long as it is lively and engaging for

the audience and invites them to explore the subject further. Library services may take the

opportunity to promote and loan science and reading bags during your visit, but your workshop

does not need to be linked to the bags’ themes.

 STEM communicators who have lived experience of STEM professions would be brilliant, especially

from under-represented demographics in the STEM sector.

 We are also interested in STEM communicators who have links with one or more of the pilot

locations, although this is not essential. The reason for this is we want our families to be able to see

themselves in STEM, not just admire the achievements of others.

 Experience or an understanding of the barriers to STEM engagement would be advantageous. We

are keen not to reinforce traditional stereotypes of STEM, such as it being for geniuses, boffins or

for ‘mad scientists’.

You are invited to submit a proposal for delivering workshops in one or more of the locations. This could

include pre-prepared workshops or workshops tailored for a particular location or locations. Selected

proposals will be made available to Reading Sparks partners to book directly.

We are working within the 11 pilot locations initially, but there may be opportunities to work with other

locations as the programme expands.

If selected then we strongly encourage you to speak with Reading Sparks partners at different locations in

advance of delivering your workshop in order to optimise the outcomes and to make links with in-library

groups and activity.

The project is independently evaluated and we will be able to share overall impact data over the

course of the project, we may also be able to provide anonymous comments received from young

people, children and families engaging in author/ illustrator events when available.

Submission process

If you are interested in submitting a proposal then please complete this short survey giving details of what

your workshop entails. You are welcome to contact Liz Jeavans in advance of submitting a proposal if you

wish to find out more about the programme or have any questions; liz.jeavans@readingagency.org.uk.

https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/ReadingSparksCommunicators

Deadline for proposals is 1 February 2022. All proposals will be looked at by a team consisting of The

Reading Agency staff, STEM communication professionals and our Reading Sparks library partners.

Shortlisted STEM communicators will be contacted by end of February when we will also make your workshop available for library partners to book directly with yourself.