VACANCY - INVENTOR IN RESIDENCE

Vacancy: STEM Inventor-in-Residence for Lab 13

Lab 13 STEM inventor-in-residence, Crown Hills Community College. Leicester, 1 year in the first instance, £17K Term time only

Can you work with children of different ages, be helpful and explain things well, have an appropriate sense of humour (because kids will enjoy things more if they can have a laugh while doing them), be adventurous and know a lot about Science, be lively and exciting with wild ideas, carry out simple, cheap and exciting experiments, suitable for students between Year7 (aged 11) and GCSE and primary students for other schools?

Crownhills Community College are looking for a Science graduate with in depth knowledge and practical experience of working in STEM subjects. You must be flexible enough to work some Saturdays and holidays, by negotiation, in order to run family and out of school hours' activities. Additional hours' payment will be available for this.

Closing date for applications is 12.00pm Thursday 29 October.

Full application details are available from the Crownhills Community College website or email Valerie Molloy on vmolloy@crownhills.leicester.sch.uk for more information.

About Lab 13

Lab 13 was set up by Ignition, which is a three year programme of creative approaches to the learning and teaching of STEM subjects (science, technology, engineering and maths), involving teachers, students, parents, artists, scientists, inventors, designers, engineers, film-makers, writers and journalists. Ignition* is being delivered by Ignite! in collaboration with Creative Partnerships, and funded by East Midlands Development Agency (emda).

Lab 13 is a space where young people can explore and their curiosity can be let loose. Based in a school, but entirely managed by young people, and with an inventor, engineer or scientist in residence, the idea of Lab 13 is based on the world famous Room 13 art studio in Fort William, Scotland.

About the Science Learning Centre East Midlands

Open since October 2004, the Science Learning Centre East Midlands is ready to respond to the appetite for science education in the region. Our focus is to promote more effective teaching of science, to innovate and inspire in order to give pupils the knowledge and understanding they need - both as scientists and citizens of the future.

Run by the University of Leicester with satellite venues at the University of Nottingham, Bishop Grosseteste University College Lincoln and elsewhere in the region, courses are held at several venues to provide unsurpassed regional coverage.