- GMFJ Reference
248476
- Wages
£780.00 p/w
- Hours
22.50 per week
- Date Posted
05/04/2024
- Start Date
08/09/2024
- Duration
Not Specified
- Location
Tetbury
- Status
Now Taking Applications
- Sector
Education & Training
- Opportunity Type
Graduate
- Employer
The King's Foundation
Description
This design and making programme, for a small cohort of six students, will establish an understanding of the process from woodland management to design and production. Tuition fees and materials are covered by The King’s Foundation Scholarships through the generosity of its donors.
The small cohort of graduate furniture design students will be immersed in creative exploration during their training at the workshops on the Highgrove Estate in Gloucestershire. They will be guided by a Lead Furniture Tutor renowned in their field and supported by a School Manager and Workshop Assistant. Students will be given exercises in batch producing furniture, an introduction to managing woodland and growing trees for timber, as well as experience in planking and drying wood, all of which will inform a series of design briefs, leading to made furniture prototypes.
Students will look at optimising timber as an environmentally sound material and develop and produce items of furniture that illustrate a sustainable and imaginative approach to this wonderful natural resource. The course has strong links with Woodland Heritage and their teaching facilities in Herefordshire and will involve guided visits and field trips to experience first-hand the process of managing woodland and harvesting wood.
Tutor
The Furniture Design Tutor is responsible for teaching and maintaining skills and quality set by the Furniture School Manager. The Furniture Design Tutor will work collaboratively within the onsite team, deploying specialist expertise whilst developing pedagogy and curriculum in innovative directions. Collaboration and sensitivity to the working methods of visiting artisans will be essential to the success of the partnership.
The Self-employed Furniture Design Tutor will be expected to:
· be responsible for a maximum of 6 postgraduate (or similar level) students.
· progress and maintain students’ skill levels and practical and critical understanding, keeping records and liaising with colleagues as appropriate.
· demonstrate specific furniture design skills in the selected technique areas.
· provide, in line with a level of responsibility set by the Furniture School Manager, pedagogy and curriculum that stimulate thought and practice capable of challenging the canon of furniture, with a view to promoting diversity, inclusivity and sustainability.
For more information about this vacancy please contact The Furniture Makers' Company on +44 20 7256 5558 (Ref ID: 248476)
Company website : https://www.kings-foundation.org/education/create-furniture-programmes-highgrove
· Undergraduate degree (or similar qualification/experience) in Furniture (essential)
· Higher degree (e.g. MA) in Furniture or associated subject (desirable)
· Teaching qualification (PG Cert or equivalent) (desirable)
- Considers equality, diversity, inclusivity, and sustainability in all aspects of teaching (essential)
- Shows commitment to understanding the range of students’ experiences.
· Collaborates and works effectively within a team, the artisans and across different professional groups.
· Works effectively and respectfully with a wide range of people.
· Evidence of using contacts within the subject to develop partnerships or collaboration.
· Plans, prioritises and manages resources effectively to achieve objectives.
Duties and responsibilities
Teaching:
•To undertake teaching as appropriate to your areas of expertise and as directed by the Furniture School Manager and visiting tutors.
•To extend the level of subject skill, expertise, and critical understanding of the students
•To provide appropriate academic and pastoral support to students
•To initiate or engage in pedagogic inquiry and teaching development as required with the specific focus of improving student skill level, experience, and progression.
•To participate in the engagement of students in feedback processes and, in consultation with the school team and visiting tutors, pass issues raised through this engagement on to the King’s Foundation management.
•To contribute to the devising and delivery of activities which will benefit students’ educational experience and outcomes.