Learning Assistant at Making Theatre Gaining Skills CIC

Background

Making Theatre Gaining Skills is a social enterprise established in 2011 that provides unique training courses in the Coastal West Sussex area. We work with long-term unemployed people who are affected by mental health issues, learning difficulties and other disabilities. Our courses are successful because they combine creative activities with employability and unusually, we can offer formal qualifications through our accreditation with NCFE. Alongside our core activity we run bespoke commissioned projects, short courses and community events. Our method is effective; we can help disengaged learners, enabling them to learn through doing and gain vital qualifications.

MTGS has been in residence at the Bognor Makerspace since October 2020. We currently run a range of courses and projects utilizing a learning room, training kitchen and art & craft space plus a carpentry workshop. The Bognor Makerspace is a large warehouse which is being steadily developed as a community resource, offering space for a range of creative activities. MTGS is now delivering a range of activities and formal learning sessions to support the Multiply programme.

The Multiply Programme

Part of the Government’s Shared Prosperity Fund and administered by the Department for Eduction, Multiply supports the Levelling Up mission to ensure that by 2030, the number of people successfully completing high-quality skills training will have significantly increased in every area of the UK.

Multiply specifically aims to help people improve their ability to understand and use maths in daily life, home, and work. Whether that be improving household finances, helping children with homework, making more sense of the facts in the media, or improving numeracy skills specific to a line of work. Multiply will offer a range of options such as free personal tutoring, digital training and flexible courses that fit around people’s lives and are tailored to specific needs, circumstances, sectors and industries and other innovative solutions for those who are aged 19+ and do not have a level 2 maths qualification.

About the Learning Assistant role

The Learning Assistant will be an essential member of our small well-established team working under the guidance of the Learning Advisor and alongside other colleagues.

Main duties

• motivating and encouraging participants

• supporting reading and writing

• assisting with marking and correcting work

• attending meetings and reviews

• undertaking learning related administration

• helping with events, trips and activities

Essential skills

• ability to build good working relationships with both participants and colleagues

• solid literacy and numeracy skills at level 2 or above

• excellent organisational skills

• good working knowledge of Microsoft Office applications

• ability to promote and demonstrate safe internet use

Desirable skills

• ability to deal with challenging behaviour

• experience in, or enthusiasm for theatre and creative arts

• ability to develop and adapt bespoke programmes of learning

• observation and evaluation skills

This is a part-time, temporary contract to run for 13 months from October. It may be extended, subject to future funding.

Hours/pay

Hourly rate between £15 and £20, depending on experience and qualifications.

Weekly hours are initially likely to be Thursday, 1pm – 4pm.

To apply, send your CV with a covering letter that includes brief answers to these questions:

Why are you interested in this post?

What can you bring to the role?

Email to: Janis Gadd (Learning Advisor) [email protected]

Deadline: Friday 29 September

Interviews will be held on Tuesday 3 October

Making Theatre Gaining Skills C.I.C. The Bognor Makerspace 58-60 Longford Road, Bognor Regis PO21 1AG

www.makingtheatre.co.uk

Job Types: Part-time, Temporary contract
Contract length: 13 months
Part-time hours: 3 – 6 per week

Salary: £15.00-£20.00 per hour

Benefits:

• On-site parking

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Bognor Regis: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Work Location: In person

Application deadline: 29/09/2023