Coding & Gaming Project Facilitator

Job Summary

Please note that this position is temporary. Salary will be pro-rated for part-time hours.

Hours : 10.5 hours per week

Duration : 9 months

Location : Throughout East Dunbartonshire

East Dunbartonshire Leisure and Culture Trust Libraries Service is looking for a committed and enthusiastic person to devise and deliver project-based sessions using Minecraft, coding and other digital technologies.

You will be part of the Children & Families Team which offers activities like class visits, BookBug sessions, Code Club, Minecraft Club, crafts and activity days within our libraries. We have recently received funding to develop and extend our digital offer and a large part of this temporary post will be trialling, delivering and embedding sessions for 10-15yr olds with an emphasis on participants planning and creating small projects.

You should have experience of working positively with children and young people, and a real enthusiasm for Minecraft and coding, especially Scratch & Python. We are also looking for good organisational and communication skills plus a sense of responsibility and teamwork. Familiarity with standard office software such as Excel, Outlook and Word would also be a requirement of the post.

There will be considerable flexibility in the hours with a standard weekly pattern plus the ability to add extra hours to cover experimentation with sessional programmes especially afternoons (3 – 7pm), Saturdays and during the school holidays. There will be scope for discussion with the post-holder in creating schedules.

This post will be subject to Enhanced Disclosure / PVG