Learning & Engagement Officer

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Brooklands Museum, in Weybridge, Surrey is on the 32-acre site of the world’s first purpose-built motor racing circuit and the most productive aircraft factories in Europe in the twentieth century. The stories of motor sport and aviation at this site are bound together from the beginning and share key themes of innovation, entrepreneurship and outstanding human endeavour. We are an independent charity and we welcome over 160,000 visitors each year including over 13,000 school students as part of our award-winning learning programme.

As a visitor attraction, our priority is delivering a memorable and inspiring experience for all visitors and ensuring we meet our commitment of ‘Brooklands at its best, every day’. So, no matter what role you join us in, you will have a very important part to play in this.

Brooklands Museum is recruiting a new Learning and Engagement Officer to join our current team to collectively lead, manage and develop STEM educational opportunities and activities through a busy and successful programme of workshops for school and college groups in term time, families during school holidays and on event days, and uniformed groups visiting outside school hours. You will be focussed on meeting the needs of our visitors, and ensuring that our STEM programme for educational groups, uniformed groups and families reflects the interpretation themes based in our collection, and realises the Brooklands Museum vision and purpose. You will be responsible for the Learning & Engagement Facilitators, Holiday Family Activity Facilitators, occasional freelancers and volunteers.

We are looking for the right person who believes in our vision - Inspiring people to shape the future through Brooklands’ history of innovation and endeavour – and translates this into all aspects of the role. Building on our inspirational heritage of innovation and risk taking, we seek to connect people with our story, finding connections between the past and the present – encouraging everyone to think differently about science, engineering, motorsport and aviation. We work in partnership with Bourne Education Trust and are fortunate to have a seconded teacher join the team once a week during term times to support our learning programmes. This has been vital as we have developed the Brooklands Innovation Academy. In 2023 this work was recognised when we won the Museum & Heritage Award for Learning Programme of the year. Brooklands Museum has an award-winning Learning Programme that delivers to 13,000 school students each year. These are interactive sessions that help bring learning alive outside the classroom, giving meaning to the lessons they are taught in class and provide valuable experiences that will help shape their future.

How to apply

Please apply via our recruitment website where you will find the full job description. You will be asked to submit your CV and a covering letter detailing how your experience could help us in this role and how you meet the requirements of our person specification. Please keep your covering letter to no more than two sides of A4.

The hiring manager will review all applications once the role has closed on the 25th March 2024 and we will be in touch with shortlisted candidates regarding an interview shortly after this date.

Benefits

We offer a number of benefits to suit your lifestyle and include:

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  Annual leave of 25 days in addition to Bank Holidays and Christmas Eve off
• Flexible Bank Holiday policy enabling you to take Bank Holidays at a time that suits you
• Flexible working to help you manage your home and working life
• 4% employer contribution into your pension
• Free Onsite parking
• 20% discount in our onsite café and Museum shop
• Free access to all that Brooklands Museum has to offer
• Access to our Reward Website providing access to deals and discounts for hundreds of shops online and in store, helping you save money on everyday shopping
• Full access to our online wellbeing hub providing access to a 24/7 telephone support line, telephone counselling sessions and expert support
• Access to our team of fully trained Mental Health First Aiders
• Opportunities for continuous learning and professional development

Working at Brooklands Museum

Brooklands Museum is a fast paced, unique and fun place to work, you’ll need to be able to keep a number of plates spinning every day but that just what makes Brooklands the special place it is. We are proud to have been a finalist for Surrey Employer of the Year in 2021 and a finalist for Large Visitor Attraction of the Year in the Beautiful South Awards 2022.

In line with our charitable purpose, we are active in ensuring that Brooklands is inclusive, so that everyone can feel welcome at, and benefit from, Brooklands Museum, including as visitors, staff, trustees, volunteers, members, partners, freelancers, contractors, participants, schools, and anyone else who wishes to visit or be involved with the Museum.

We have invested in our organisational culture over recent years and encourage everyone to be their true self at the Museum. The team have committed to ensuring we all feel involved, supported, and appreciated, by working as one team, communicating thoughtfully, being proactive and showing we care.

We recognise and embrace people that work in different ways, so if you need any adjustments to our recruitment process, please speak to our recruitment team who will be happy to support you.