Schools Officer

Are you an engaging facilitator with experience of delivering workshops for primary school aged children in a museum setting? If you thrive in a fast paced, team environment that values collaboration and creative problem solving, then this could be the job for you! Hackney Museum is recruiting a permanent, full time Schools Officer. You would be joining the small yet ambitious team at a very exciting time of change and redevelopment thanks to a £2.9m redevelopment project.

The Schools Officer will ensure the continuation of the schools programme, during the service’s transformation through new outreach sessions, supporting the annual Black History Schools programme and assisting the Museum Learning Producer in the development of schools sessions in response to the museum’s new galleries, opening in 2026/27.

The role of Schools Officer is mainly delivery-focused. Our sessions develop pupils’ sense of Hackney through the museum’s collections with person-centred storytelling that reflect the Museum’s key narrative of migration and settlement using enquiry-based learning. The Schools Officer is also responsible for the booking, administration and promotion of Hackney Museum schools programme and general administrative support for the museum service.

The successful candidate will have a proactive and creative attitude, excellent organisational skills, a keenness to learn and develop local history knowledge, with the ability to contribute to a fast-paced team and inclusive approach to working with a diverse school population.

The role will be based at Hackney Museum, located in Hackney Central, E8. The role supports flexible working within the needs of the service (e.g. core delivery of school sessions during the school day). Occasional evening and weekend working as required.

Hackney is one of the most dynamic and progressive local authorities in the UK. We are a resilient, vibrant, and creative borough in the heart of London, with strong, diverse communities and a powerful set of shared values.

Over the past twenty years, the Council has built up first-class services, outstanding public infrastructure, and a reputation for excellence, innovation, and ambition. We are leading the way on essential work such as our fight for equity in Hackney with a particular focus on becoming an actively anti-racist borough. But the work doesn’t stop there, we are proactive in our approach to bringing fairness to all aspects of life including gender, neurodiversity and across the poverty divide.

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Closing date for applications: 21 April 2025 (22.59)

Interview date: 07 May 2025

We are also working towards our vision, which is to be a place for everyone; where residents and staff can be proud; a place that celebrates diversity and where everyone can feel valued, included and involved. In order to achieve this, we look for people who are: Proud; Ambitious; Pioneering; Open; Proactive; Inclusive.

Hackney Council works to eradicate discrimination on the basis of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, and sexual orientation. We also recognise that people can be disadvantaged by their social and economic circumstances, so we will also work to eliminate discrimination and disadvantage caused by social class. We also welcome those interested in flexible working. We particularly welcome applications from disabled people, as this group is currently under represented in our workforce.

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