Storytellers/ Actors/ Tutors – Part Time, Hampstead

Are you a performer/ teacher/ creative person with an eager and optimistic outlook in north-west London? We’re so glad you found us!

Story Time Chess is the only company in the world that teaches children as young as 3 years old how to play chess completely through fun and silly stories. No chess experience necessary.

Story Time Chess teaches more than 15,000 children a week across the United States and Asia, and now we’re bringing it to families, nurseries and schools in Hampstead and north-west London!

We are looking for fun, creative people with experience working with children. We value fun more than chess mastery. What we want most are people with passion, heart, and joyous hospitality: those who see teaching children and connecting with families as meaningful and rewarding.

About the Role

We’re hiring part-time storytellers/ actors/ tutors to teach in nurseries, schools, community venues and family homes across Hampstead, Camden, Barnet and neighbouring areas.

If you can tell a story, you can teach chess!

You’ll use our proven curriculum packed with stories, games, and puzzles, designed to make your lessons fun and engaging. We set you up for success with clear lesson plans, training through Story Time Academy, and ongoing support.

Requirements

• Fun, animated, and great with children aged 3-7

• Fluent spoken English

• Organised, responsible, reliable and punctual

• Great communicator - responsive to families, schools, and our team

• Able to travel between lessons across north-west London

• Familiarity with chess is a plus but not required

• Background in performance, teaching, or early years education is a bonus

• The right to work in the UK

• An Enhanced DBS check with the children’s barred list before you start working with children (we can help you apply if you don’t already have one)

Schedule

• After-school hours primarily, with some in-school and weekend sessions

• Choose the days that suit you

Location

• Hampstead, London

Position Details

• Pay: hourly rate in GBP, shown on this posting

• In-person

• Part Time

Safeguarding

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, and we expect everyone who works with us to share that commitment. This role involves regulated activity with children, so an offer is subject to an Enhanced DBS check with the children’s barred list, right-to-work checks and satisfactory references. The role is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974, so relevant spent convictions and cautions must be disclosed, but cautions and convictions that are protected (filtered) do not need to be disclosed and will not be taken into account. Having a criminal record will not necessarily bar you from working with us.

We welcome applicants of every background. All qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, or sexual orientation, in line with the Equality Act 2010.