My First Job Search

This week I have been looking into different jobs in my area of interest and from these searches I have turned up a couple of different positions and I have separated out the different requirements and listed them below. I have highlighted the requirements in the job listings for ease of reading.

Green  representing skills I already have, Orange for skills that need improvement and Red for skills which I do not currently have.

Cambridge Science Centre

Job Description: Exhibit Engineer

Come and Build Fun and Fascinating Science Exhibits (Cambridge) The Cambridge Science Centre is looking for a motivated and ingenious individual to work with our Exhibit Development Manager in the workshop and the Centre to prototype, design, construct and maintain exhibits.

The ideal candidate would also have experience with:

      ● machine tools 
      ● embedded programming
      ● electronics 
      ● welding 
      ● dealing with subcontractors
      ● face­ to ­face science communication 


KS2 Science Teacher

Job Description: Science Teacher

Class People are looking for KS2 teacher with an increasing demand for teachers on a day-to-day and short term basis The school is an Ofsted graded good school based in a strong community area. Children enjoy coming to school and there is a good level of behaviour as pupils go about their learning and are keen and enthusiastic in lessons. There is a strong sense of purpose through the school and children are happy and motivated. 

The essential qualities of the successful candidate are:

• Primary teacher who has gained QTS with a Science specialism
• Enthusiastic and passionate individual who is confident working in KS2
• Flexible and adaptable person who is looking to be a part of a strong team
• Up to date with current initiatives and strategies, including the National Curriculum
• Willingness to embrace the full culture of the school and to become an integral part of school life

Just Teachers

Job Description: Teaching Assistant

To be considered for the position you must:

• Hold a childcare based qualification – minimum NVQ 3

• Be able to provide at least 1 school based reference from the last 2 years.

• Have a professional and flexible attitude.

• Be able to work as a team as well as own initiative

• Be able to take responsibility for planning and assessing across the EYFS curriculum

From this preliminary job search I can see that all teaching jobs require qualifications that I will not attain through my current studies, however I can see a lot of transferable skills which I have acquired over the past few years such as team work and flexibility along with some more attainable criteria such as taking responsibility for planning the curriculum and learning embedded programming (in the instance of Cambridge Science Centre this falls mostly under Arduino compatible micro controllers which I am currently playing with as a hobby as well as teaching next week at the UCS STEM School) 

I will continue my job searches over the coming weeks and analysing them as I have done here. Through this I will be able to paint a clear picture of where I need to be to attain full time employment in my chosen sector,

References

Jobs – Cambridge Science Centre. 2015. Jobs – Cambridge Science Centre. [ONLINE] Available at:http://www.cambridgesciencecentre.org/news/jobs/. [Accessed 22 October 2015].

KS2 Science Teacher job - Classpeople - Gloucester | Indeed.co.uk. 2015.KS2 Science Teacher job - Classpeople - Gloucester | Indeed.co.uk. [ONLINE] Available at: http://www.indeed.co.uk/viewjob?jk=31b40642acc39679&q=Primary+Science+Teacher+ks2&tk=1a23gd6ku9m58c2q&from=web&advn=8297770179750067&sjdu=uPBE1tRsQoWS95deK63B2JjUXAySK2PSWky6tiK9O7UdEnMZsD-SdJB4JOKJ8L4O&pub=pub-indeed. [Accessed 22 October 2015].

Just Teachers :: Teaching Assistant - Cambridgeshire. 2015. Just Teachers :: Teaching Assistant - Cambridgeshire. [ONLINE] Available at:https://justteachers.co.uk/jobs/9138/teaching-assistant?utm_source=Indeed&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=Indeed. [Accessed 22 October 2015].