Academy Programme Leader (Early Years)

Academy Programme Leader (Early Years)

Do you have extensive experience of developing and delivering training courses to adult audiences and a good understanding of current informal STEM engagement and Early Years research? Do you want to lead the development and delivery of training, resources and programmes?

About us

The Science Museum Group Academy develop and deliver high quality, inspirational, research-informed training courses, both online and face to face - to teachers, community groups, volunteers, museum and STEM practitioners, nationally and internationally. The Academy courses are designed to share our creative, hands-on approach to engage a wide range of audiences with STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics), underpinned by our science capital approach and wider educational research.

We are now recruiting for an Academy Programme Leader (Early Years) based at the Science Museum in London working 35 hours per week on a maternity cover, fixed-term contract until the end of July 2025. Hybrid working is also currently available for this position.

About the role

As the Academy Programme Leader, Early Years, you will be taking a lead on the research, development and delivery of an Early Years Learning project, that includes a new STEM engagement Early Years practitioner course and associated resources/activities. You will also be supporting the dissemination of the Science Museum Group's science capital approach through other communication channels, including blogs, events and talks.

You will be responsible for content producing and maintaining training courses, resources and programmes alongside creating and delivering training content across multiple different training platforms, including online, and face to face with an emphasis on early years practitioners.

You will also be developing and curating content and resources for the Science Museum Group Academy webpages and the Transforming Practice blog. You will also be establishing new and developing existing relationships with external key audience partners and networks. In addition to working closely with other colleagues across SMG Learning, marketing and other relevant teams to ensure the Academy programme is co-ordinated, well promoted and relevant.

About you

Joining us you will have extensive experience of developing and delivering training courses to adult audiences, coupled with a good understanding of current informal STEM engagement research and experience working with teachers or STEM and museum practitioners.

You will have knowledge of Early Years research in addition to experience managing small - medium sized projects from inception to completion, keeping to budget and deadlines. Crucially, you will be a good communicator, with the ability to motivate and support others as part of a team.

Applying

View the Vacancy Information Pack listed under 'Attachments' on the vacancy listing on our website for more details about the role and the application process, or click 'Apply Online' to submit an application.

Don't feel you meet all of the criteria? At SMG, we are committed to building a workforce that is open for all, and welcome you to apply, even if your experience doesn't fit perfectly. With your transferable skills, you could be the right candidate for this, or other opportunities that we have.

What we offer

Joining us as an employee, you will have the opportunity to develop your career in a world-class museum group. We understand that work/life balance and wellbeing is crucial to our colleagues, so we offer the perks listed below, as well as support for things that happen in life such as parental and adoption leave, sickness, and career breaks.

* Support with personal and professional development
* 27 days annual leave in addition to bank holidays
* Employee assistance programme
* Enhanced contributory pension
* Unmind App and other wellbeing support
* Interest-free loans
* Days Out discounts
* Health & Dental Insurance

Open for All is one of the Science Museum Group's five core values and sets out our important aspiration to be a place for everyone. We are working hard to understand our organisation better and to foster a culture that recognises and values different backgrounds, mindsets, skills, experience, knowledge, and expertise. By having greater diversity, we believe that we will be a stronger and better organisation, capable to continue to Inspire Futures.

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