Job Description

Job title: Learning Officer \xe2\x80\x93 London Transport Museum

Salary: \xc2\xa329,250 - \xc2\xa333,650 PA free travel on TfL services plus benefits

Location: Covent Garden / Albany House (St James Park) / Museum Depot at Acton & Hybrid
Contract Type: Permanent

About London Transport Museum (LTM)

Based in Covent Garden, we are the world\xe2\x80\x99s leading museum of urban transport and an award-winning day out. But that\xe2\x80\x99s just part of our story. We are passionate. We are curious. We are adventurous.

As a heritage and education charity, we reach every primary school in the capital to fire the imaginations of tomorrow\xe2\x80\x99s engineers, designers, scientists, and arts enthusiasts. With business partners and industry decision-makers, we tackle the topics that matter to London, from smart cities to green innovation.

We want to close skills gaps, redress gender imbalances and create opportunities for under-represented and disadvantaged communities.

We want to ignite curiosity to shape the future.

Overview of project/role

The post holder works as part of the Young People\xe2\x80\x99s Skills and Communities team to manage the development and delivery of the ACE NPO funded Creative Careers programme. This is a comprehensive career support and development offer for young people aged 16-25 who are seeking careers in the cultural sector.

This includes managing and supporting apprentices and other young people in entry level roles at the Museum, Young Freelancers and the Khadija Saye Photography Fellow (KSPF); delivering young volunteer projects, employability training and wellbeing workshops; and sharing best practice in the sector through partnership projects and advocacy.

This postholder will focus on young people\'s engagement - this includes the line management of an apprentice, delivering monthly 1:1s and managing Young Freelancers and KSPF, organising and delivering young volunteer projects and supporting and advocating for the design of new apprenticeships across the organisation.

Key Accountabilities

• Develop and manage, efficiently and to budget, the ACE NPO funded programme for young people seeking careers in the creative and cultural sector.
• Ensure that young people have a range of opportunities to be involved with LTM, building their professional networks, helping them to progress and take an actual step on their career paths.
• Ensure active participation through strong relationships and collaborative projects with young people and young people\xe2\x80\x99s organisations.
• Work closely with key internal stakeholders \xe2\x80\x93 particularly Operations, Development and Marketing teams \xe2\x80\x93 to ensure that the programme is visible, valued and integrated with the wider work of the Museum.
• Using the Learning team\xe2\x80\x99s Theory of Change evaluation framework and working with the Engine Advisory Group, to consistently evaluate and measure impact of the programme to inform its on-going development.
• Line manage the Learning Apprentice: Creative Careers to ensure their professional development is valued alongside their administrative and logistical support for the programme.
• Support 6 Young Freelancers and 1 Khadija Saye Photography Fellows on year-long freelancer development programme.
• Manage freelancers, Young Freelancers, apprentices and people in their early careers to deliver the programmes as needed.
• Develop and maintain external partnerships with cultural sector organisations that support and enrich young people\xe2\x80\x99s skills programming across London and the UK, including Young Freelancers and Photography Fellowship partners.
• Working with the team to advocate for and develop the wider strategic priorities of the museum by finding opportunities to share best practice, create pathways and training so that all early career staff can progress at LTM.

Skills, Knowledge & Experience

Skills

• Effective interpersonal skills to engage and work with a range of stakeholders in a clear and confident manner. Exceptional ability to build personal and organisational relationships at all levels (Essential)
• Strong organisational skills: a proven ability to work on own initiative and in a team, to prioritise and manage own time and that of others to meet deadlines (Essential)
• Excellent communication skills: the ability to effectively represent the Museum through formal presentations, one-to-one meetings, written proposals, reports and promotional copywriting (Essential)
• Demonstrable flexibility in approach to work; able to adjust plans as necessary to meet overall ambitions of the Learning team and the Museum (Essential)
• Ability to successfully articulate, plan and deliver a coherent programme of varied projects (Desirable)

Knowledge

• Proven knowledge of issues affecting young people today, and passionate about inclusion, engagement and participation best practice (Essential)
• Learning and mentoring skills: Demonstrable ability to enable learning for all young people aged 16-25 (Essential)
• Proven knowledge of the requirements of delivering and evaluating successful projects (Essential)
• Proven knowledge of working alongside partners to deliver a learning programme (Essential)
• Digitally literate with experience in the use of MS Office, video conferencing platforms and web-based tools for sharing information & resources (Essential)
• A good working knowledge of Transport for London\xe2\x80\x99s services and the history of public transport in London or demonstrably prepared to acquire this (Desirable)

Experience

• Experience of working with young people in an informal educational environment to achieve personal and professional positive progression (Essential)
• Experience of managing, delivering and evaluating projects (Desirable)
• Experience of successful working in diverse teams (Essential)
• Experience of successfully managing people at all stages of their careers, particularly freelancers, young people and volunteers (Desirable)

Equality, diversity, and inclusion

We are committed to equality, diversity, and inclusion. We want to represent the city we serve, which will help us become a more innovative and efficient organisation. Our goal is to make our recruitment as inclusive as possible. We are a disability confident employer who guarantee an interview to any disabled candidate who meets all of the essential criteria. We also use anonymising software that removes identifying information from CVs and cover letters to make the process fair.

Application Process

• Please apply using your CV and a one page covering letter. Word format preferred and do not include any photographs or images
• Think carefully about the skills, knowledge and experience in the advert and cover this in your CV and cover letter.

The closing date for applications is Wednesday 6th September 2023 @ 23:59

Benefits

In return for your commitment and expertise, you will enjoy excellent benefits and scope to grow. Rewards vary according to the business area but mostly include:

• Final salary pension scheme
• Free travel for you on the TfL network
• Reimbursement of 75% of the cost of a standard class Ticket for National Rail travel from home
• 30 days annual leave plus public and bank holidays
• Private healthcare discounted scheme (optional)
• Tax-efficient cycle-to-work programme
• Retail, health, leisure, and travel offers
• Discounted Eurostar travel.

Additional Information:

This role will require an enhanced DBS with Barring

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