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Pottery & Ceramics Instructor, WEST Youth Zone

  •  London
  •  Under £10K
  •  Part time
  •  Closes April 12, 2025
  •  recruitment@westyouthzone.prg
  • #Visual arts

Description

Job Description

The arts offer at WEST is wide-ranging and includes visual arts, music, media, dance and drama. As a member of the Arts Team, you will be key in ensuring young people have access to an exciting and creative arts programme that will be challenging, stimulating, fun, engaging and developmental. You will plan and deliver a high quality programme focused on our FiredUp4 Project. This involves delivering 'Try' activities to over 20 young people per month and delivering 'Clay Clubs' twice a week. The role will require you to work with Juniors (8 - 12 yrs) and/or Seniors (13 - 19 yrs) and/or Beyond (members with additional needs up to 25 yrs).

Ideally you will have the following:

  • A varied portfolio that reflects a wide array of ceramic techniques and styles

  • In-depth knowledge of pottery and ceramics, including proficiency in kiln operation

  • Experience with young people from diverse backgrounds, inc. those with additional needs

  • Proficiency in wheel throwing, surface design, glazing, clay lifecycle and hand-building techniques such as coil, pinch, and slab construction

This is a fixed term contract for 1 year. The role will be paid monthly in line with London Living Wage (£13.15 p/h), and will require you to commit to 2x 4.5 hour sessions per week. Sessions run in the evenings and on weekends.

Job Requirements

  • Experience of working with groups of young people aged 8 to 19, or up to aged 25 with a disability.

  • Ability to teach pottery, modelling, wheel potting, ceramics and glaze work

  • A recognised qualification for pottery and ceramics or equivalent experience

  • Ability to produce and deliver a high quality pottery programme

  • Experience of delivering events, displays or exhibitions

  • Experience of working with young people from diverse backgrounds and with challenging needs

  • Experience of team working and working alongside volunteers.

  • Ability to deliver a high quality programme with young people who face social exclusion, disadvantage and disaffection and manage such a group.

  • Able to work as part of a team and under own initiative.

  • Able to plan and evaluate the programme of activities, including production of session plans and evaluations.

  • Able to communicate effectively with young people, parents, team members and members of the public.

Job Responsibilities

  • Together with the Junior Club Manager, Senior Club Manager and our Arts Coordinator, develop and implement a programme that is exciting, challenging and ever- changing.
  • To directly deliver a high-quality programme of activity that is exciting, safe, varied, innovative, developmental and directly responds to the diverse needs, concerns and interests of our members.
  • Ability to enthuse others including core staff, youth workers, volunteers, and young people.
  • To have great energy to establish positive relationships with young people and the wider youth work team and visitors to the Youth Zone.
  • To respond to the needs of the young people through activities and project work.
  • To work flexibly to ensure the needs of the members are met, including disadvantaged young people and those with disabilities or additional needs.
  • To ensure that the members maintain a high standard of behaviour and discipline during sessions by making the area a hub of activity and fun.

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How to Apply

To apply, send your CV and supporting statement OR completed application form to [email protected]
Interviews will be ongoing and applications will close once an offer of employment is made. WEST Youth Zone are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people, and vulnerable groups. This post is subject to an Enhanced DBS check.

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