10 - 32 hours per week
Between £7.00 and £12.00 Per Hour
What are you going to do:
We are based in South-East London and specialise in teaching children how to write computer code through creating their own computer games. We are looking for passionate games developers to help our young students learn to code!
Please get in touch, making sure to include your CV with your application, if all of the following applies to you:
- You are an aspiring games developer (e.g., pursuing a university degree in computer games
- development)
- You have solid knowledge of various game creation tools and platforms
- You are actively creating your own games
- You are looking for a unique opportunity to be paid to teach children how to create their
- own games
- You are able to work weekend mornings (Saturday or Sunday). during the school term;
What we offer:
Working for Spark4Kids, you will be:
- Working in a fun, vibrant environment where playing games (testing the children's creations)
- is part of your job
- Building up experience for your future career
- Able to work hours that suit you/your study
- Paid to do something you already enjoy doing - be part of designing/creating games, and helping children design and create their own!
What we ask:
- GCSE/A Level/Undergraduate IT-based degree
- Work experience not required, however technical knowledge is (you will be tested)
Professional experience is not a pre-requisite, however you will need to demonstrably show (during interview and/or with actual games you have created or published) a deep knowledge and understanding of games development.
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Extra information
Of interest are as many of the following skills as possible:
Technical Skills
- Stencyl, Game Maker Studio, GameSalad, Unity3D, Unreal Engine, Construct 2 etc.
- ability to demonstrate coding ability (with games in development, published games etc.)
- general coding ability, knowledge of languages such as C# or Java and other languages would
- be a bonus
- eager to learn new skills, and to do so quickly
Inter-personal Skills
- patient with a pleasant demeanour, dependable, approachable and polite
- punctual, good at time-keeping and time management
- enjoys teaching and interacting with young children, liaising with parents
Tutoring Skills
- happy to participate in developing courseware (in conjunction with other Spark4Kids staff)
- goal-setting, guidance and technical support
- providing help to and mentoring children
Please note:
This role is based in West Dulwich, south-east London (10 minutes by train from London Victoria).
You will be required to take a technical test as part of the interview process. Applicants will be DBS-
checked prior to final job offer being made.
The position primarily entails working weekend mornings on Saturdays and/or Sundays, during the school term. All tutors also have the opportunity to earn extra by tutoring during Holiday Workshops (i.e., Summer, Christmas,Easter breaks).
- Status
- Closed
- Education Level
- College, Secondary School, University
- Location
- London
- Working hours per week
- 10 - 32
- Type of Contract
- Casual / Part Time Jobs, Weekend, Summer / Holiday Jobs
- Salary indication
-
Between £7.00 and £12.00 Per Hour
- Responsible for
- Tutoring children in games design and coding (course materials provided)
- Profession type
- Engineering , ICT
- Full UK/EU driving license preferred
- No
- Car Preferred
- No
- Must be eligible to work in the EU
- Yes
- Cover Letter Required
- Yes
- Languages
- English
London | Engineering Jobs | ICT Jobs | Software Developer Jobs | Casual / Part Time Jobs | Weekend | Summer / Holiday Jobs | College | Secondary School | University
