Outdoor Learning Officer

GROUNDWORK GREATER MANCHESTER

Part time Outdoor Learning Lead -

Job Description &

Person Specification

SALARY

£24000 pro rata (actual £ 12,438.63) 19 hrs per week.

DURATION OF THE POST

12 month initial with view to extend

BUSINESS UNIT

Sustainable communities

LOCATION

Greater Manchester

ACCOUNTABLE TO

Youth Work Manager

RESPONSIBLE FOR

Sessional workers and volunteers

TEAM

Youth Team

OVERVIEW OF THE POST

Part time (19 hours per week post) – supporting the development and delivery of our environmental and outdoor learning offer to young people in Greater Manchester.

ROLE & MAIN PURPOSES OF THE POST

The post holder will enable young people to feel connected to nature by delivering activities at a variety of green spaces across Greater Manchester, in particular our own Green sites in Trafford and Rochdale. You will deliver projects that support young people to develop new practical skills, strengthen their emotional wellbeing and increase their physical activity levels.

The post holder will:

• work within our youth and community team to embed outdoor learning skills across our wider programmes, enabling sustainable behaviours and connectivity to nature to be embedded more effectively across the trust.
• work with schools and education partners to create suitable interventions from enquires and requests for support.
• identify potential opportunities for collaboration, create and implement a range of activities and projects that enable outdoor learning and positive interactions with nature sites.
• provide expertise and practical knowledge on food growing, biodiversity, outdoor activities, nature-based restoration and horticulture.

PERSON SPECIFICATION

Essential experience:

• Delivering outdoor learning activities to children and young people.
• Developing outdoor interventions and projects
• Collaborating with schools and/or other partners in delivering projects
• Managing projects and reporting on them

Desirable experience:

• Working with vulnerable children
• Delivering outward bounds/teambuilding activities

Essential knowledge, skills and qualifications:

• Understanding of environmental issues and sustainability
• Knowledge of food growing and biodiversity
• Practical knowledge of outdoor activities
• Knowledge of nature-based restoration
• Practical knowledge of horticulture
• Enthusiastic and able to motivate others

Able to:

• Work on your own, unsupervised.
• Work well under pressure
• Adapt and be flexible
• Be active outside all day
• Remain positive and in control of large groups of children

Desirable knowledge, skills and qualifications:

• Degree in environmental based subject
• Horticulture level 3
• Teaching/training qualification
• Forest school / Bush craft skills qualification
• Outdoor activities instructor qualification
• Able to relate activities to key stage 3&4
• Carbon literacy

Values and ethos:

• A genuine passion for Groundwork Greater Manchester’s mission and values;
• A commitment to the delivery of high quality services and value for money.
• Commitment to an agile project/team culture of ‘learning in action’ to ensure the team/project learns the most it can from its work in the community and adapts accordingly
• Commitment to inclusion and team-work
• A commitment to low-carbon ways of working

ADDITIONAL FACTORS

• Able to work outside of normal office hours within a flexi time / time off in lieu system.
• Environmentally aware and sympathetic to the aims and ethos of Groundwork and other project partners.
• Undertake training and development deemed necessary for the pursuance of the post.
• Comply with the Trusts Policies and Procedures including, but not exclusively, Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, Data Protection, Health and Safety and Environment.
• This post will be subject to a basic DBS check

HOW TO APPLY: please go to https://www.groundwork.org.uk/jobs/outdoor-learning-officer/and complete the application form.

PREPARED BY:

James O'Farrell

PREPARED ON:

26/01/23

Job Types: Part-time, Zero hours contract
Part-time hours: 19 per week

Salary: £12,438.63 per year

Benefits:

• Flexitime
• Wellness programme
• Work from home

Schedule:

• Flexitime
• Monday to Friday

Work Location: In person

Application deadline: 21/04/2023
Expected start date: 01/06/2023