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Pay: £500 - £580 per week (+ holiday pay); full-time (40 hours per week)
Location: Training in Edinburgh. Tour throughout Scotland
Training: 16 January – 31 January (exact dates still to be determined)
Tour dates: Spring tour: 03 February – 1 April 2025* / Summer tour: 06 May - 06 June 2025

We are recruiting for Workshop Presenters & Performers to join our 2025 Generation Science Tour!

About the role:

Edinburgh Science runs an educational outreach programme called Generation Science that delivers science shows and workshops to over 54,000 primary pupils in schools across Scotland between February and June each year. It is the UK’s largest programme of its kind. We are currently looking for Workshop Presenters and Performers for our 2025 tour.

To find out more about our Generation Science Tour follow this link:
https://www.edinburghscience.co.uk/schools/primary/

About you:

Are you energetic, good with children and enthusiastic about science? Are you looking to gain key experience for your future career in primary education; performing arts or youth work? We are seeking workshop presenters to conduct engaging science workshops, as well as talented performers to captivate audiences during our science shows in primary schools across Scotland. You will have confident communication skills, a passion for presenting and some experience of working with children. Performance skills and some knowledge of science is desirable but not essential but an interest in learning is a must. Confident drivers, with at least 1 year driving experience strongly preferred. Applicants must live within a 30-minute commute of Edinburgh or Glasgow city centres.

Training sessions and rehearsals will take place throughout January 2025 in Edinburgh. Training/rehearsals paid currently at £84.00 per full day (+ holiday pay).

Successful candidates for this post will be required to join the PVG scheme and subject to a criminal check through Disclosure Scotland.

How to apply:

Click the link below to visit our dedicated careers portal. Please note that only applications submitted via our career's portal will be considered.
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To view the full job description visit: https://bit.ly/4dKOLFk
The closing date for applications is: Sunday 6 October at 11:59PM
Interviews will be held between: 11 October – 21 October 2024
Selection Centre: 18 November 2024 (in person)

Note: This is a temporary fixed-term contract.

*There may be the possibility of other short-term contract work during our annual Festival in the weeks in-between.

At Edinburgh Science we welcome applications from all backgrounds because we believe that bringing together people with different perspectives, ideas and experiences always leads to better discussions, decisions and results