Description
- Working hours: 1 or 2 evenings per week: 17.00 – 21.30, flexible days (excluding Fridays) and 1 weekend per month 9.30 – 17.40, hours are negotiable
- Rate of Pay: £6,000 per annum for 1 evening per week & 1 weekend per month (£500 per month for 32 hours)
- Type of role: 1 year fixed term contract (with potential to extend)
Blackhorse Workshop is looking to recruit additional woodwork tutors to contribute to teaching our popular courses. We are looking for makers with a passion for their craft, and who are keen to share their skills with others.
At Blackhorse Workshop our mission is ‘to bring people together through making; inspiring and supporting creative ambitions and building communities’. We are an open access public workshop providing access to tools and machinery for our members; both professionals working in the creative industries, and hobbyists keen to develop their making skills. Specialising in wood and metal equipment, we also run courses, training programmes for young people and special one-off cultural projects. We aim to support people to make a living doing what they love, open up the benefits of making and bring people together.
Role Description:
The role is responsible for delivery of our range of beginners and intermediate woodturning courses. The evening classes will run termly for 2.5 – 3 hours, teaching small groups. Weekend courses generally run 10.00-16.00. You’ll coordinate the purchase of materials with our workshop coordinator and prepare any materials for the course. Between terms help to develop and prototype new course ideas.
Person Specification:
- 2 years of experience as a woodturner with a passion for promoting the craft
- Previous teaching experience is desirable, but not an essential requirement
- We are looking for people who are confident and enjoy working with people, and are able to apply their experience to support others in their practice.
- Good awareness of Health and Safety is essential