Education and Children’s Activities Volunteer – Llandrindod Library

As an Education & Children’s Activities Volunteer, you will be supporting the Education & Access Officer (y Gaer)/Curatorial Team (Radnorshire Museum)/Branch Librarian (Y Lanfa and other libraries) to provide engaging workshops/activities for school parties and/or one-off and regular community family events/activities.

Tasks:

Your role may include some, or all, of the following:

• Supporting the preparation and delivery of formal learning activities for school groups. This may also include working with youth groups and adults with learning difficulties.
• Supporting the delivery of community family events at y Gaer and other locations.
• Undertaking research tasks to help with the design of craft activities and prepare demonstration items.
• Assisting with the setting up before and removal of resources after an event/activity.
• Welcoming and assisting with the registration of participants at activities/events
• Demonstrating individual activities and supervising small groups of children.
• Taking photographs and securing permission forms from visitors/guests/activity participants.
• Helping to monitor the quality of education & children’s activities through public engagement and feedback forms.
• Undertaking any tasks related to children’s learning and access as may be reasonably requested by the Education and Access Officer/Curatorial Team/Branch Librarian.

Qualities:

• A friendly and welcoming manner with excellent people skills.
• Flexibility and creativity.
• Previous experience of teaching or working with children would be an advantage.

An enhanced DBS certificate is required for this role.

Training:

Training will be provided by the Education & Access Officer/Curatorial Team/Branch Librarian. You will also need to complete online Powys County Council Fire and Health & Safety; Manual Handling and Cyber Security & GDPR Training.

Time Commitment:

For school bookings (where applicable), as required, depending on the type of booking. Regular community events/activities (e.g. Storytime for toddlers or after-school Lego Club) may take place in the daytime during the week or at weekends. One-off events/activities usually take place in the daytime during the week & at weekends during school term-time and holidays. Volunteering sessions last for approximately 1-6 hours, depending on the event/activity.