Freelance Science Presenter

2 days ago

Leeds, United Kingdom Hands on Science Full time

_Freelance Science Presenter _
**We've had an opportunity arise for a freelance science communicator in LEEDS to cover Leeds Central, North Leeds, Bradford and up to Harrogate.**

**PART TIME, FLEXIBLE INCOME, ideal for Part Time Teachers, Supply Teachers and freelance Science Communicators. Choose the days you want to work, opportunities offered on a day by day basis, you can accept or decline workshop days to suit your schedule. Term time only, to fit around family life and other commitments.**

**A car is an essential requirement for this role.**

**Job Summary**

Hands on Science are one of the UK’s leading independent providers of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths) education into primary and secondary schools.

**Hands on Science In-school Workshops**

In primary schools these are typically running a day of five 1 hour workshops with a class 30 of children at a time typically based within the classroom setting.

In secondary schools a science day is ran with STEM challenges.

Workshop days run Monday to Friday, term time only.

**Job Type / Category**

As a skilled science communicator - our Workshop Leaders must have a love of science they want to share.

Our Workshop leaders have excellent class management skills and enjoy working with children.

We look for a sense of fun and inclusivity to ensure every child gets stuck in with practical investigations and experiments. This way we help as many children as possible develop a real enthusiasm for science.

Dedication, presentation, diplomacy and reliability are crucial. Our Workshop Leaders need to be proactive, quick thinkers to alleviate any challenges as they may occur whilst remaining calm and professional.

Flexible working around family or other commitments. There are no set days for working, workshop days are booked as they come into the business, so you can accept or decline a booking to suit your own commitments. All that we stipulate is that we book full days only so you will have to be available for a whole school day and include set up and clear down and travel time.

**All workshop resources are provided.**

All Workshop Leaders must be able to provide us with a current Enhanced Criminal Records Bureau Check / DBS. We can help arrange this.

**Skills required**:

- A skilled science communicator or teacher
- Excellent engaging and fun approach to presenting to children
- Proactive thinker
- Punctuality
- Good organisational skills
- Adaptability - can act quickly to adapt workshop formats to suit audiences
- Flexible and reliable
- Has own car or access to a car

**Desirable**:

- Has previously worked with children
- Has some teaching experience
- DBS (CRB) checked

**Benefits**
- Flexible working days, you can choose when you want to work
- Each workshop leader is expected to travel up to a 50 mile radius from their home
- Paid for mileage to and from each school location, all expenses paid for
- Excellent competitive pay on a day rate basis, better than supply rates

**Job Type**: Part-time, flexible

**Salary**: £175 per day

**Job Types**: Part-time, Freelance

Pay: £175.00 per day

**Benefits**:

- Casual dress
- Company pension
- Employee discount
- Free or subsidised travel

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday
- No weekends

**Experience**:

- science communicator: 1 year (required)
- Primary Teaching: 1 year (required)

Work Location: On the road

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