Job Description

Introduction

Would you like to help the next generation connect with the important heritage of Middleport Pottery and the Potteries? We are looking for a Casual Learning Facilitator to support our successful schools sessions in the last continuously operating grade IIlisted Victorian Pottery. We are a growing charity in the UK's exciting heritage sector, with big ambitions to expand on our existing successes. We revitalize communities through the regeneration of heritage buildings at risk of decay and demolition. The areas in which Re-Form Heritage works are impacted by deprivation, underinvestment, and inadequate infrastructure - places which will benefit most from the regeneration and growth we successfully deliver.
As Casual Learning Facilitator you will support the delivery of Middleport Pottery's school sessions and informal learning programme. You will help set-up and host schools sessions and workshops, deliver informal learning workshops and support the learning team. This post is a zero hours freelance position reflecting our flexible learning schedule, and line-managed by the Heritage & Learning Manager. Schools sessions usually run term time, from 9.30am to 3pm but informal leaning workshops often occur on weekends and school holidays.

Your core tasks will include:

To support the learning team in the delivery and planning of outstanding, creative and dynamic learning sessions to school audiences as part of our formal learning programme. To support delivery and development of informal learning programme for families and other learners. Working with the Heritage & Learning Manager to ensure accessibility and inclusivity within sessions (including intellectual, physical and cultural). To be responsive and flexible in delivering planned sessions so they are consistent and of high quality whilst also being responsive to the ages and needs of a particular group, changes in weather and seasons and other factors that require flexibility. Set up and prepare for a session so it is well-prepared and ready to start on time; clear away at the end of the session, leaving spaces clear and tidy. Inform the Heritage & Learning Manager with regards to the replenishment of materials and equipment as needed and liaise with the Learning Officer regarding any other materials or resources that could enhance the programme. Liaise with the Heritage & Learning Manager to ensure health & safety, safeguarding children and vulnerable adults, security and emergency procedures are followed and deliver sessions against written risk assessments. Undergo a satisfactory DBS Check in accordance with the responsibility of the role.

JOB INFORMATION

Necessary Skills and Qualifications

Experience and understanding of a learning environment and delivering learning sessions to children. Strong educational delivery skills and confidence with engaging with a range of ages, backgrounds and skill levels. Enthusiastic communicator that enjoys interacting creatively with different audiences, especially children of all ages. Experience of safety and safeguarding of children. Flexibility for working ad hoc patterns including some weekends or school holidays. A commitment to equality and diversity. A passion for heritage and learning.

Preferred Skills and Qualifications

Experience of working in a heritage space. Qualification in education. Up-to-date knowledge of the latest trends and best practices in education and the current curriculum.

Time

: Freelance/casual

Salary

: 15 ph

Duration:

Freelance

Location:

Middleport Pottery, Stoke-on-Trent

About Re-Form Heritage

Re-Form Heritage is an independent charity which specialises in the restoration and rejuvenation of heritage buildings at risk of decay or demolition. Re-Form Heritage's objective is to transform historic buildings into local assets, creating job opportunities and catalysing wider social and economic benefit. Re-Form Heritage owns and manages Middleport Pottery and Harper Street in Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent. It also owns the Old Duchy Palace in Lostwithiel, Cornwall, which is operated by our partners at the Cornish Buildings Preservation Trust,

Our offices are located at Middleport Pottery in Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent. Office-based staff enjoy the opportunity to work at the Grade II*-listed Middleport Pottery on the banks of the Trent & Mersey Canal, the last continuously operating Victorian pottery factory in Stoke, and one of the most important industrial heritage sites in the west Midlands.

Re-Form Heritage particularly welcomes applications from Black, Asian, other ethnic minority, and disabled candidates, as these are all currently underrepresented on our staff.

For more information about our work and our sites, please visit our website: https://re-form.org/

How to Apply

Application is via submission of a CV, a cover letter (of no more than two pages) is optional.

Close of applications is 18th May 2025. Interviews will be held the week commencing 19th.

Job Types: Freelance, Zero hours contract

Pay: 13.00-15.00 per hour

Expected hours: 6.5 - 20 per week

Benefits:

Free parking On-site parking Store discount
Work Location: In person

Application deadline: 18/05/2025