Environmental Education Sessional Worker
SALARY: £10 per hour
CONTRACT: Zero hour
OPERATIONALAREA: Thames Valley
LOCATION: Iver Environment Centre (IEC), Slough Road, Iver Heath SL0 0EB
REF: EESW21
Groundwork South is committed to transforming people’s lives and places through social, economic and environmental action. In terms of development and delivery of these projects we work across three business themes, Parks & Open Spaces, Youth & Employment and Greener Living & Working.
Come and join our successful team at Iver Environment Centre. IEC is located within a stunning 2.5-acre rural site between Slough and Uxbridge. We connect people to nature through school visits from predominantly primary aged children (4-11 years) along with family fun days, drop off holiday activities for children and activities for community groups. Our education sessions include engaging activities such as pond and river dipping, gardening, butter making, fire lighting, den building and nature crafts.
We are looking for an Environmental Education Sessional Worker who is enthusiastic, creative and committed, with previous experience of teaching (a variety of settings will be considered) or playwork and an interest in the natural world.
Main Duties
- To assist in the development and delivery of our environmental education programmes for schools at Iver Environment Centre and Denham Country Park. (Predominantly primary schools).
- To assist in the development and delivery of community events at centres, including but not limited to family fun days, early years workshops, drop off activity days for children aged 7-11yrs and community workshops or open days.
- To deliver independently birthday parties at Iver Environment Centre which connect children to nature.
- To maintain equipment and resources used for education including the site itself.
- To ensure the highest possible standards of delivery. This will involve CPD, self-reflection, securing and sharing feedback.
You must be prepared to work outdoors in all weathers.
In return we offer:
- Full training in the sessions you will be expected to deliver
- First aid training
- Safeguarding training.
This post will be subject to an Enhanced Check with Lists from the Disclosure and Barring Service. Groundwork South’s Working with Children & Vulnerable Adults Policy supports staff in putting into practice our commitment to safeguarding the welfare of children and young people under the age of 18.
A job application pack can be downloaded from below. For more information regarding the post please contact Katy Barton on 01895 270730 or email at katy.barton@groundwork.org.uk
APPLICATION PACK
Education Sessional Worker Job Description and Person Specification 2021
Application_Form – Environment Education Sessional Worker
CVs will not be accepted. No agencies please. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Please note that we reserve the right to close applications early in the event of a large response. Application forms should be returned to Laura Dyke, Business Support Administrator at ldyke@groundwork.org.uk or post to Riverside Community Centre, Dickens Road, Gravesend, Kent, DA12 2JY.
Closing date: 21st May 2021 – 12 noon
Interview date: 26th May 2021
We are committed to the employment and career development of disabled people. To demonstrate our commitment we have been awarded the Disability Symbol, which is awarded by the Employment Service. We guarantee an interview to anyone with a disability whose application meets the essential criteria for the post. If you consider yourself to have a disability and would like to apply under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme please complete the Guaranteed Interview Scheme form (at the top of our current vacancies page) and submit this with your application.
We shall ensure fairness and equal opportunities throughout our workforce and in service delivery. We welcome applications from suitably skilled candidates regardless of ethnicity, gender, disability. sexuality, religion or age.