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Science Communicator

Organisation: Glasgow Science Centre

Salary: £18,270 - £20,517 per annum

Location: Glasgow

Glasgow Science Centre (GSC) is an educational charity and leading science centre and visitor attraction with a 5-star status. Our mission is to inspire everyone to explore and understand the world around them and to discover and enjoy science.

We are a place of learning, creativity, curiosity, and fun, inspiring and empowering around half a million people every year, both inside and outside our amazing centre in Pacific Quay, on the banks of the Clyde.

Our state-of-the-art centre contains more than 450 interactive exhibits, a digital planetarium, a science show theatre, a teaching laboratory, an IMAX cinema, and a maker space. We also take science out of our centre and across Scotland with our On Tour programme and our Community Engagement Programme works closely with people in our local communities.

Our staff are vitally important to us and play a key role in achieving our mission. We value diversity in our workforce and want our workforce to reflect the diverse communities we serve bringing a range of skills, experiences, knowledge, and ideas to help towards our mission.

Our company values are important to us as they underpin who we are and how we work, what we believe in and stand for:

We strive for excellence
We are inclusive
We innovate
We collaborate

ABOUT THE ROLE

Are you committed to seeking excellence, creativity and innovation? Do GSC’s mission and values excite you? Do you want to work in a positive, vibrant and collaborative environment?

We are recruiting for full time Science Communicators to join the Science Operations Team to deliver activities and programmes to all our audiences (education, publican and corporate visitors) in a variety of venues including our science mall exhibit galleries, planetarium, Newton flight Academy, and across Scotland as part of our touring GSC On Tour team

We are looking for people who are motivated to inspire and challenge others with science, have a passion for learning and experience of working with the public, children and community groups. Who have excellent interpersonal and communication skills and enjoy working with people. Who are inspired by our mission and share our company values.

If this sounds like you then we would love you to get in touch!

Full job description is available to download at the bottom of this page

APPLICATION DETAILS

Please visit the Jobs and Volunteering section of our website for further information about working at GSC and a link to an application form for this role.

We are equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from people of all backgrounds.

Application Deadline: Thursday 08/09/2022