Master Instructor Arts and Culture - Woodworking

Job Responsibilities :

This position provides instructional wood working classes at the Queen Elizabeth Park Community and Cultural Centre to children, youth and / or adults in a studio wood shop environment.

The successful applicant must be an independent, reliable individual able to work with minimal supervision and expected to assist in developing curriculum.

Responsibilities include :

• Preparing, leading and delivering woodworking classes and introductory woodworking classes to meet the needs of all participants registered in the program including children, youth and adults
• Assisting with research and development of appropriate woodworking programming for beginner and practicing artists, ensuring that activities are safe, creative, and inclusive of all program participants
• Providing a positive learning and recreational experience for all participants
• To support Town department objectives and mandate

Qualifications :

• Enrollment in or completion of a post-secondary program specializing in Furniture Design, Fine Woodworking or a related discipline
• Demonstrated abilities and a strong knowledge of contemporary craft, fine woodworking, and / or design
• Familiar with a broad range of artistic techniques, practices and materials with one or more of the following interests / skills : furniture design, fine woodworking, carving, cabinetry
• Experience developing lesson and activity plans
• Previous teaching experience in an educational setting
• Strong organizational, planning, time management and leadership skills
• Ability to be flexible and adapt instructional practices to diverse audiences
• Ability to work independently
• HIGH FIVE Principles of Healthy Child Development (PHCD) is required for instructing children’s programs ages 4-12 years.
• Emergency First Aid with CPR B.
• Successful candidates who are new hires and / or who have not performed in this position previously will be required to provide as a condition of employment a satisfactory police vulnerable sector check at their own expense dated within the last 30 days.

Letters of application should address the candidate’s expertise in the areas of teaching, professional work, and community service.

All applicants must be able to provide a portfolio that demonstrates all of the above during the interview process.