Location: | London |
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Salary: | £31.24 to £32.77 per hour, depending on qualifications. |
Hours: | Part Time |
Contract Type: | Fixed-Term/Contract |
Placed On: | 13th September 2024 |
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Closes: | 30th September 2024 |
Hours: Variable
Pension: Teachers’ Pension Scheme
Benefits: Cycle to Work Scheme, Season Ticket Loan, Regular Training & A Subsidised Course of Your Choice.
Information about the Organisation
Who we are
Mary Ward Settlement
The Mary Ward Settlement is a medium sized multi-service charity founded in 1895, focused on supporting the efforts and achievements of people in the communities it serves through adult education, access to welfare and social justice and community services. Mary Ward’s work is focused on empowering people to enrich and transform their lives, in a welcoming and inclusive atmosphere. Advancing equality and diversity remains at the heart of Mary Ward’s practice and policy and continues to reflect our founder’s concept of ‘equalisation’ and original vision for adult learning which remains to open up the pleasures and opportunities afforded by education to all. Mary Ward works with Londoners to help create opportunities for them to reach their educational, social and economic potential, enabling them to learn not only practical skills but to feel part of a community.
The Settlement has three core areas of work which are spread over 3 sites, Stratford, Southwark and Holborn.
Purpose of the role
We are looking for someone with a passion for teaching in their textiles practice and who can bring interesting and innovative ideas to our community outreach programme. We are interested in textiles where hand stitch and embroidery skills can be used to make high end completed products. We are also interested in exploring other areas of textiles craft.
Widening the reach of our adult education programme has always been a key part of the Mary Ward Centre’s ethos. We work in partnership with community groups and organisations across Tower Hamlets, Newham, Hackney, and Islington. Our partnerships take place in community centres, schools, sheltered accommodation, older people’s centres, hostels and health projects, to offer a rich variety of courses. Our aim is to provide education and learning opportunities for those who have been traditionally excluded from mainstream education, and/or who may have a negative experience of formal education.
We are especially interested in tutors who can work in East London, particularly Tower Hamlets and Newham. If appointed, you will become part of a pool of sessional Widening Participation tutors who deliver short courses in local community settings, in response to local community needs and interests. This could be one off taster workshops or short courses running weekly and lasting 4 - 6 weeks.
Organisation wide commitment
To play a proactive role in all organisation-wide initiatives and developments to enhance and improve our work
To identify students, members or clients who may be at risk of harming themselves or others and to invoke emergency procedures or referrals where necessary, ensuring that duty of care responsibilities are discharged at all times under our safeguarding duties
To deal with all matters sensitively and discretely at all times abiding by relevant confidentiality and data protection policies
At all times to help maintain a safe working environment by attending training as necessary and to carry out responsibilities with due regard to the organisations Equal Opportunities and Health and Safety Policies
To undertake any other reasonable duties responsibilities as may be reasonably expected as part of this role and in line with the scale of the role
Participate in training that is needed for the role, identify training and development requirements and attend an appraisal and review each year.
Job Description
The tutor will be expected to:
Person Specification
Successful applicants will:
The Mary Ward Centre is committed to providing an adult education service which offers equality of opportunity. We believe that all people have a right to an adult education service which promotes social justice and is free from unfair discrimination on any grounds. We are committed to opposing discrimination both in the delivery of our adult education service and in our recruitment and employment practices.
This organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of service users and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
Please send in your completed application form, including the supporting statement saying how you meet the Person Specification to recruitment@marywardcentre.ac.uk
Deadline: The deadline to submit application forms is 09:00am Monday 30th September
If you wish to discuss the vacancy informally, please contact:
Maddy Fisk 020 7269 6088 or email maddy.fisk@marywardcentre.ac.uk
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