Circus Skills Club Lead

enquiries@ymcanorthtyneside.orgenquiries@ymcanorthtyneside.orgCircus Skills Club Lead, North Shields

(Up to) 2 hours per week

Freelance fee dependant on experience

YMCA North Tyneside is a Voluntary Sector Organisation undertaking youth and community programme work in areas of North Tyneside, South Tyneside, and Teesdale. We are part of the worldwide YMCA movement, which started in London in 1844 and now has grown to become the world’s largest and oldest youth movement. Now more than 175 years later YMCA is operating in 119 countries, with 64 million people reached annually around the world. Guided by our Christian values, we believe everyone has potential, and we serve our communities so that all can hope, belong, contribute and thrive.

Overview

Have you got skills that amuse and delight spectators of all ages? Do you enjoy and have experience working with children and young people?

Through feedback from local parents and young people, YMCA North Tyneside have identified the opportunity to start a Circus Skills Club and are looking for an experienced person to help start and lead on this exciting initiative!

This club will form part of our Path with a Purpose programming which seeks to create purposeful opportunities and activities for children & young people to realise their potential as they grow to HOPE, BELONG, CONTRIBUTE, and THRIVE. Path with a Purpose programmes are geared towards developing each young person’s character while also providing them wider real-life context to learnings at home and in the classroom during key life stages.

Club specifics

It is intended that the club would run weekly during term-time, on a weekday or Saturday afternoon, for 1 to 1.5 hours, exact details to be decided with post holder, to be held in our main building on Church Way in North Shields.

We forecast between 10 – 20 children per session, ranging from the ages of 7 – 12.

Role and Support

Within this role, you would lead a pool of volunteers with the help of a YMCA support staff to help plan and facilitate the club sessions. Further support will come from the support services of the YMCA and along with guidance from the Programmes, Impact, and Mission Manager.

Who we are looking for

To help us succeed in bringing this programme to life, we’re looking for someone who is:

• Dependable
• Organised
• Experienced with teaching circus related skills
• Experienced in working with Children and Young People
• Experienced in running groups, clubs or similar
• Experienced in successfully leading a small team

Role Details

We are intending to offer this role on a committed freelance basis. The post holder will need to hold a recent enhanced DBS, or be on the update service.

Compensation dependant on experience.

For an informal chat or if you have questions please get in touch and ask for Nathan Cagney on enquiries@ymcanorthtyneside.org

To Apply: Visit this link below for our online application form

http://bit.ly/YMCAonlineapp

Closing date: please apply online by Friday 8th December 2023

Interviews: if you are successful interviews will be week commencing 11 December 2023