STEM Projects Lead
The STEM Projects Lead will plan, coordinate and deliver high-quality STEM education activity for young people in Key Stage 4 and Key Stage 5 across Tyneside and the surrounding area. The postholder will work alongside the local team to deliver and promote engaging workshops, support STEM-based social action projects, supporting students to develop clearer ideas of the futures that they may want within STEM industries and Higher Education.
Salary:
£30,596 (0.8 FTE £24,477)
Working pattern: 1.0 FTE (open to 0.8 FTE; will consider flexible hours including term-time only)
Contract: Fixed term for 12 months (with the possibility of extension, funding dependent)
Location: Newcastle and North Tyneside with some local and national travel required
Reports to:
Assistant Director, Digital and Innovation
Closing date: 5 pm, 30 October 2026
Interview date: W/c 9 November 2026
If you would like to apply for one of our vacancies, please download and complete an application form and an Equality and Diversity Monitoring Form, and email them with a short covering letter to hr@villierspark.org.uk.
The ideal candidate
Skills and experience:
- Relevant qualifications, training or equivalent experience in a STEM subject, education, youth work, environmental science, conservation or a related field.
- Experience delivering engaging, inclusive STEM learning activities or workshops for young people, ideally with Key Stage 4 and/or Key Stage 5 learners.
- Strong understanding of STEM concepts and the ability to make them accessible, practical and relevant to young people’s lives, communities and future pathways.
- Ability to plan sessions, develop learning resources, coordinate equipment and logistics, manage competing priorities and deliver to agreed deadlines and outcomes.
- Understanding of how STEM can be applied to real-world challenges, including sustainability, climate action, community problem-solving and youth-led social action.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to engage young people, teachers, partners, colleagues and external stakeholders.
- Commitment to safeguarding, equality, diversity and inclusion, with confidence following procedures, escalating concerns and applying safeguarding practice in education or youth settings.
- Collaborative, reflective and adaptable approach, with experience or confidence working with schools, colleges, employers, universities, youth organisations, community partners, volunteers or STEM ambassadors; ideally in the Tyneside region.
- Ability to work flexibly, travel locally and nationally to other hubs or partner schools for delivery, and familiarity with delivering across Tyneside and the wider local area.
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