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Enfield Museum Service is looking for an experienced educator to deliver hands on sessions to school groups in conjunction with the 'Their Past Your Future' exhibition. Venue: Art Start, 11-12, South Way, Claverings Industrial Estate, Montagu Road, Edmonton N9 0AB Dates: Weds 2nd, 9th, 16th and 23rd November 2005. Hours: 9.30am to 4pm. Pay: £25 per hour This opportunity has arisen due to the museums education officer going into hospital. THEIR PAST YOUR FUTURE explores how the Second World War changed the people and the places of the UK forever. Developed by the Imperial War Museum and funded by the BIG Lottery Fund, 9 versions of the exhibition are touring the UK throughout 2005 and 2006. Enfield museum service hosts the exhibition between 19th October and 27th November 2005. The exhibition will be on display at Art Start in Edmonton. Developed from personal stories that reveal how wartime experiences changed people's lives and how people remember those they lost,THEIR PAST YOUR FUTURE includes diaries, letters, objects and poems, unseen footage and photographs from the Imperial War Museum archives and an audio-visual display. It is designed to encourage visitors to explore what they can learn from the Second World War from their local landscape, veterans, family and friends, and to highlight the ongoing significance sixty years on. In Enfield, the core exhibition will be supplemented by graphic panels and objects from the Enfield at War exhibition. Role ·To deliver pre booked hands on sessions Sessions ·A morning or afternoon session consists of 2 different 1 hour sessions with the children swapping over after a short break. Slot 1 involves looking at the exhibition and meeting a home front character. Slot 2, for which the person will be required, is artefact handling and dressing up. Person Specification Experience/skills Required: ·Experience of working within the museum or heritage sector (paid or voluntary) ·Commitment to making history popular and accessible ·An understanding of equal opportunities and the importance of its application ·Experience of facilitating history based hands on sessions for school children ·Awareness of child protection and Health and Safety issues. ·Fluent in spoken and written english Desirable: ·Up to date Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) check. ·Understanding of the social history of the Second World War, and particularly of the home front To Apply Application is by CV with two referees including your current or most recent employer, and supporting letter which should set out and give examples of how you meet the criteria as set out in the person specification. It should be submitted by Friday 28th October to Val Munday by post or preferably e-mail: [log in to unmask] Please call on the number below if you have any queries. Val Munday Museum Development Manager Enfield Museum Service London Borough of Enfield PO Box 58, Civic Centre Silver Street Enfield EN1 3XJ Direct line: 020 8379 1468 Fax: 020 8379 3777 e-mail: [log in to unmask] web site: www.enfield.gov.uk/museum ************************************************************************************* Any opinions expressed in this email are those of the individual and are not necessarily those of the London Borough of Enfield. This email and any attachments or files transmitted with it are strictly confidential and intended solely for the named addressee. It may contain privileged and confidential information and if you are not the intended recipient you must not copy, distribute or use the communication in any other way. If you receive this email in error please contact the sender as soon as possible and delete the email and any attachments. *************************************************************************************