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TAMWORTH BOROUGH COUNCIL
TAMWORTH CASTLE
Castle Education & Schools Assistant
£24,796 per annum pro rata
Site based
Term time only
12.75 hours per week
Permanent
Set in the beautiful county of Staffordshire, Tamworth is a vibrant town with rich heritage. Located in the centre of Britain, with a growing population of over 77,000 people, Tamworth is a borough with much to be proud of. Our transport links, unique shopping experience, developing town centre, green spaces, leisure offer, including our cultural and wide-ranging outdoor events programme, as well as our heritage buildings, all help make it a great place to live, work, study, and visit.
In addition to all that Tamworth already has to offer, exciting times are ahead as we embark on a period of significant transformation. Multi-million-pound projects, such as the Future High Street Fund development will help to bring about lasting change and improvements in the future. This will assist with our mission to restore Tamworth town centre as the beating heart of the community, a place that people want to visit, rather than a place they have to visit.
Working for Tamworth Borough Council is more than just a job, it’s about making life better for the people who live and work in the Borough. We recognise that everybody who works at Tamworth Borough Council is key to successfully delivering its aims and objectives. We can’t do this without skilled and ambitious workforce working in a positive environment empowered to do their best.
We are looking to appoint an Education & Schools Assistant to deliver a great visitor experience through the day-to-day delivery of the education and schools’ programme.
Reporting to the Castle Officer, duties include; providing front line education and schools visitor services, assisting in all aspects of pre arrival and post departure set up and dismantle of education and school activities, ensuring all activity is delivered in line with laid down lesson plans and in a timely manner, assisting with reviews and enhancements to the education and school activity to ensure material is fit for purpose, participating in and advocating the Castle’s remote online learning education and schools programme and being flexible to support elsewhere on a needs basis.
The ideal candidate will have an awareness of current education issues and broader national curriculum, an understanding of how to work successfully with children covering a wide range of ages and needs, the ability to absorb detailed information on the schools workshop topics, history of the castle and its displays to provide effective outcomes for service delivery, and an awareness of living history presentation techniques, as well as being a team player and having excellent customer service skills.
The rota is as follows:
12.75 hours contract - Typically worked over 3 days Monday to Friday, term time only.
We have an extensive benefits package including flexible working, a non-contributory health scheme, Local Government pension scheme, generous holiday entitlement, discounted gym membership, and payment of professional fees (where applicable), for further details please refer to the application information document on our website.
Appointment will be subject to satisfactory references, right to work in the UK check, medical clearance and DBS check.
For an informal discussion about the role please contact Linda Baker - Castle Education Events & Heritage Officer on 01827 709632 or 07528 630052.
Late applications and/or CVs will not be accepted. Agencies need not apply.
If you have any queries about the recruitment process, please contact recruitment@tamworth.gov.uk.
Closing date: 14 September 2025
Interview date: 23 September 2025
In the event of exceptionally high levels of response, we reserve the right to close the post before the date stated to prevent the number of applications received being unmanageable. Therefore, you are advised to submit your completed application as soon as possible to have the best chance of being considered. Following the closing date, the Recruiting Manager will shortlist, and you will be notified.
Tamworth Borough Council is proud to be an Equal Opportunities Employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.
We operate two guaranteed interview schemes which support individuals who meet all the essential criteria to be guaranteed an interview for a vacancy. The Disability Committed Employer scheme supports applicants with a disability and the Veterans Guaranteed interview scheme supports those defined as veterans, military spouses/partners and cadet instructors.
This authority is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. DBS checks are required for relevant posts.
We are committed to ensuring that people are not disadvantaged in accessing our services. We will make reasonable adjustments for those people that need further assistance, depending on the individual’s needs, further guidance can be found in our Reasonable Adjustments guidance Equality and diversity | Tamworth Borough Council.
Public facing roles are covered by the Fluency Duty as outlined in section 78 of the Immigration Act 2016, to serve the public it is vital that those working in public facing roles can communicate in English with members of the public receiving local authority services.
Job Types: Part-time, Permanent
Pay: £24,796.00 per year
Benefits:
- Company pension
- Flexitime
Work Location: In person