Session Leaders (Dalston)
Employer: Literacy Pirates
Location: Dalston, Remote or Hybrid depending on need
Temporary: Fixed Term rolling contract
Working hours: 3pm-7pm 2-5 afternoons a week
Salary: £16 per hour
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Attributes
We are looking for candidates who are a good fit in terms of attributes and attitude and who are keen to learn and gain experience. These include:
Can independently deliver engaging sessions from a session plan, giving direction and creating energy with a large group of children (Young Pirates)
Balances a warm but structured approach that helps children have fun whilst staying safe and kind, with a positive approach to handling learning and behaviour
Passionate advocate for our Theory of Change and Pedagogy of reading for pleasure, everyone a writer and improving confidence and perseverance
Excited and curious about online delivery and using digital tools to improve outcomes for children
Communicates confidently with people from a range of different backgrounds, both one-to-one and in group settings
Models inclusion and values diversity
Motivated by improving outcomes for children with fewer opportunities
Thrives in a busy and changeable environment, calmly responding to curve balls such as tech issues or unexpected questions
Reflects on how things can improve, takes initiative to find solutions and identifies learnings from experience
Manages time well and can prioritise and get things done in a busy environment
Skills and Experience
While certain experiences will be helpful, we are not looking for a specific set of experiences. Consider any experiences you have from work, study, volunteering or personal projects and how these might demonstrate you have the right attributes and the ability to learn and perform in the role.
Essential:
Experience leading groups of children in workshops, sessions or similar
Other relevant experience may include:
Experience of session content related to ours – for example literacy or learning content
Experience of delivering or supporting online learning
Experience of informal learning environments
Experience of the communities we work in
Experience of working with children with barriers to learning
Safeguarding Competencies
As a Session Leader, you play a vital role in maintaining a safe environment for all Young Pirates. We are looking for candidates who:
Demonstrate vigilance: Can maintain appropriate awareness of Young Pirates’ wellbeing and behaviour throughout sessions
Communicate concerns effectively: Feel confident raising safeguarding concerns promptly and appropriately with senior staff
Create a culture of safety: Can model and encourage good safeguarding practice amongst volunteers, making it clear that all concerns should be shared
Respond appropriately: Understand when and how to escalate concerns, following our safeguarding procedures
Lead by example: Can foster an environment where volunteers feel supported to raise any concerns about children’s safety or wellbeing
During your interview, we will discuss scenarios related to safeguarding to understand how you would respond to concerns and support your volunteer team in maintaining our high standards of child protection.
Role Description
You will be working in the team to deliver daily reading and writing sessions to pupils in Years 5-8. Your timetable will include days when you lead session and days when you support session.
As Session Leader:
Leading learning activities on our Virtual ship and/or in person in Hackney
Leading termly celebration events to launch Young Pirate products
Briefing and supporting volunteers (Crewmates) in session
Deliver monitoring and evaluation activities to check progress
As Session Support:
Greeting and registering Young Pirates
Completing session admin
In virtual sessions, leading on the smooth running of Zoom Class and troubleshooting tech issues with Young Pirates
Liaising with schools and families to ensure Young Pirates attend as many sessions as possible
Providing extra support to learning activities in session
Leading breaktime
Debriefing with volunteers and taking feedback and safeguarding concerns
Behaviour, wellbeing and safeguarding:
Creating a safe and joyful environment in session for all Young Pirates to thrive.
Implementing the behaviour, attendance and wellbeing processes including reporting and following up on concerns.
Follow the Safeguarding policy and uphold high standards of safeguarding in everything you do.
Follow the Equity Diversity and Inclusion to uphold high standards of inclusion in everything you do.
Other activities to support the programme:
Engaging families with supportive communication about progress and behaviour.
Providing feedback on progress including writing teacher and family reports.
Striving to continually improve practice by taking part in Quality Assurance activities.
Representing the programme to visitors including teachers, funders and families.
Supporting the delivery of publishing projects.
Other activities to support the impactful running of the learning programme.
Benefits of working at Literacy Pirates
Flexible employment opportunity with benefits. Confirm your availability term on term – work it around your other commitments and still have the security and benefits of PAYE.
Be part of a committed, inclusive organisation that supports its team to thrive. We value each member of our team’s professional development and provide training to make sure you have the chance to develop your skills and grow your experience as part of our expanding team. Click here for more information about our commitment to Equity, Diversity and Inclusion.
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