Schools Coordinator

Role Profile: Schools Coordinator (Part-Time)

Location: Yorkshire Air Museum, Elvington, York. YO41 4AU
Reports to: Collections Officer
Contract: Part-time 15 hours per week
Salary: £27,300 pro rata, actual £10,920
Working Pattern: Primarily 2 days per week, Thursday and Friday

Role Purpose

The Schools Coordinator is responsible for developing and coordinating high-quality
school engagement at the museum. The role focuses on coordinating and delivering
onsite school visits through the volunteer team, managing school bookings, developing
new learning opportunities, and ensuring safeguarding and compliance standards are
met.

Key Responsibilities

1. School Visits & Onsite Delivery

•  Coordinate and oversee onsite school visits to the museum.
•  Lead and support volunteers involved in delivering school sessions.
•  Work collaboratively with museum staff to ensure spaces and resources are

prepared for school visits.

•  Ensure visits run smoothly and meet learning, safeguarding and health and

safety standards.

•  Evaluate visits to maintain high standards.

2. Bookings & Administration

•  Manage all school visit bookings, enquiries, and communications.
•  Maintain accurate financial records of visits.

3. Learning Development

•  Develop self-led school visit resources.
•  Gather and use feedback from schools to improve learning offers.
•  Work with colleagues to ensure learning content reflects the museum’s

collections and stories.

•  Develop school holiday based family activities.
•  Build and maintain positive relationships with local and regional schools.

4. Safeguarding & Compliance

•  Ensure all school visits comply with safeguarding, health and safety, and

museum policies.

•  Support risk assessments and compliance documentation related to school

activity.

Person Specification

Experience

Experience working with schools or young people in an educational, museum or
heritage setting.

Experience working with volunteers.

Experience administering or coordinating group visits, events or programmes.

Skills & Knowledge

Good interpersonal skills

Good administrative and organisational skills

Understanding safeguarding and child protection responsibilities.

Ability to develop engaging learning materials for school audiences.

Interest in aviation, World War Two or museums

Desirable:

Experience in a museum, heritage, or informal learning environment.

Knowledge of the UK primary school curriculum (KS1 – KS2)

Experience of learning evaluation and reporting