The Holocaust Educational Trust team is made up of hard working, energetic people who are passionate about our mission to educate every person from every background in the UK about the Holocaust and its contemporary relevance. We believe that the Holocaust must have a permanent place in our nation’s collective memory. We work across the UK, providing a wide range of educational programmes.

The Trust’s Education Officers work within the Education Team, ensuring all aspects of our work are based on sound educational practice. The Education Officers deliver teaching workshops for students as part of our Outreach Programme, create new and innovative educational resources, deliver training sessions for training and practicing teachers, and educate on our flagship Lessons from Auschwitz programme for sixth form students.

As an Education Officer you will work directly with colleagues across two core programmes (Teacher Training and the Lessons from Auschwitz Project) to ensure that we are delivering high quality and robust educational material. You will work collaboratively with colleagues, feeding into the development of content and material. You will deliver Teacher Training (including but not exclusive of online sessions, in person and residential seminars and conferences, in person site based learning). You will also participate in the preparation, delivery and follow-up for our Lessons from Auschwitz Project. This will involve educating at seminars and on educational visits for more than 200 participants.

Please note, this role involves national and international travel throughout the year.

As a member of the education team, you would also be expected to contribute across the organisation’s delivery areas ensuring that all of our programmes are educationally robust, historically authentic, and engaging.

Our aim is to educate people from every background about the Holocaust and its relevance today – if you are interested in the role, and have the necessary skills and knowledge, we would love to hear from you.

The successful candidate should have these skills/experience:

• Qualified teacher status, or equivalent classroom based experience

• Detailed knowledge of the Holocaust and Holocaust education pedagogy

• Comprehensive understanding of the national curriculum, and the workloads and expectations placed on schools and teachers

• Knowledgeable regarding best practice when teaching about the Holocaust

• Ability to talk about the Holocaust in different ways to different audiences

• Willingness to engage in all aspects of our work

In your first 3 months, you’ll:

• Observe, be trained for, and start delivering on our Outreach Programme, Lessons from Auschwitz Project, and our Teacher Training Programme for primary and secondary school teachers and trainees.

• Shadow colleagues in dealing with inquiries and requests from within and outside of the organisation.

• Collaboratively plan and / or co-deliver bespoke educational sessions when needed.

• Accompany a cohort of teachers on a residential course, if one takes place within this induction window, or shortly thereafter if not.

After 3 months in post, we'd expect you to:

• Regularly plan and deliver Outreach, Teacher Training and Lessons from Auschwitz Project – drawing on the Education Officers and Outreach Team for guidance when useful. Please note, from the outset, this role will require regular national and international travel.

• Work on a Lessons from Auschwitz project as Lead Educator.

• Assist colleagues in the development of educational content across various projects.

• Take a proactive role facilitating the planning and delivery of residential courses as part of the Teacher Training programme, as well as the Lessons from Auschwitz Project.

• Plan and lead at least one Teacher Study Seminar on a topic, chosen in collaboration with the Education Team.

• Answer enquiries from colleagues, teachers, and other members of the public, putting them in touch with other colleagues or organisations where necessary.

Like the rest of the team, you will also benefit from:

Flexible working – staff have the flexibility to work their contracted hours around the core hours of 10am – 4pm and are able to make flexible working requests that will be assessed on a case by case basis.

Annual leave - 22 days annual leave each year plus bank holidays. This increases by one day after 2 years continuous service and is capped at 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays.

Office Closure days – Up to a maximum of 8 closure days per year.

Enhanced Maternity/Shared Parental/Adoption leave packages for employees with more than eighteen months service

Enhanced Paternity/Partner leave policy

Compassionate

leave

Pension scheme.

Private medical insurance

Sick Pay

Life assurance

Income Protection

Employee Assistance Programme

Season ticket loans

Next steps:

In order to apply, interested candidates should complete the assessment. Based on the assessment scores, shortlisted candidates will then be brought through to the next phase, which will include an interview and task related to the role.

If you would like to discuss the role in more detail before applying, please contact jonathan.milton@het.org.uk