Reading Group Facilitators - Liverpool

The Reader is a literary magazine published by The Reader which is a not-for-profit organisation based at the University of Liverpool. The Reader facilitates reading projects with different community groups and partners around Merseyside. One of its main partners is Liverpool Reads which is a city-wide reading initiative aiming to reach as large and diverse an audience as possible.

Reading group facilitators are needed for projects coming up towards the end of 2006 and into 2007. You must be a very keen reader, able to demonsdtrate a love reading and perhaps have some experience of reading groups. Excellent comunication skills are vital. Training will be provided and only after you have completed this training will you be assigned a project.

Work is sporadic and infrequent. You must be flexible, self- motivating and confident at dealing with groups of people in occasionally challenging settings. You must be well-read across a wide range of books for both adults and young people. Additional skills such as drama facilitation/creative writing/visual arts are favoured. The job is suitable for students, part-time workers and free-lancers. You will be paid a small fee for each reading session you run (around £30). The Reader encourages applicants from Black Minority Ethnic backgrounds. You must have a CRB check or be prepared to undertake one before you are assigned a project. An example of a project may be a two hour reading group each week for 10 weeks with a young people’s group or in a retirement home or with an ESOL class.

Please send your CV and a covering letter explaining why you are suitable for the role to: Jane Davis, The Reader, 19 Abercromby Square, Liverpool, L69 7ZG or contact jane.davis@liverpool.ac.uk for more details. Closing date 14th July.