Heritage Craft Instructor at Witch Shop

Teach broom making, bookbinding, yarn spinning, corn dollies and more to visitors of our witch craft shop in Leith.

• * Pay: £14.77 (£13.77 during 5 weeks’ training)
• * Contract:
  
  fixed term, ASAP til 31/01/27
• * Days per week: 3 (Weds, Fri, Sun) 8.25 hours/day
• * Perks:
  Paid lunch breaks;
  Enhanced sick pay at full pay (after 4.5 months' probation);
  Discounts on shop items

Our mission is to provide authentic, meaningful and handmade crafts to visitors and locals. We seek a Craft Instructor for our broom making, bookbinding, spinning and other classes, as well as our Craft Witch space, who can also carry out retail operations in a busy shop. The successful applicant will have experience in both retail and craft workshop instruction, plus a clearly shown knowledge of witchcraft and folk magic.

Candidate should be passionate about the mission of Wheel of Fate, confident with public speaking and instruction, and embrace the fluid and creative work environment. Flexibility and adaptability are essential, as you will be working as part of a team in both a customer-facing retail environment and a craft instructor role.

Professional experience in the world of art and handmade craft is a must, but we will provide all the training necessary to teach our workshops.

We cannot yet say whether there is scope to extend this contract past January, so the applicant should assume a fixed end date.

• Craft Instruction:
  Guide patrons through the creative process to create their crafts;
  Prepare craft materials
• Retail:
  Work Point of Sale;
  Create stock and products;
  Visual Merchandising;
  Cleaning;
  Open and close procedures; prompt packing and shipping of online orders;
  Field customer inquiries;
  Report to management with updates, reviews, issues relating to the shop.

• Craft Instruction:
  Strong communication skills, including public speaking (very important);
  Ability to teach classes of all sizes (1-10 people);
  Group management and leadership skills;
  Self-motivation and desire for self-development;
  Fibre arts experience (knitting, etc)
• Retail:
  Experience providing customer service;
  Ability to work autonomously;
  Ability to take direction and implement tasks
• Witchcraft knowledge: must be able to show general knowledge of the occult/pagan/witch world

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TAGGED:
Crafts / Traditional Arts / Cultural Tourism