Wilder Learning Officer at Ingrebourne Valley

Closing date: Friday 14 April 2023

Salary: £10,351.68 per annum (FTE £25,879.21)

Contract type: Permanent / Working hours: Part time

Location:
**Ingrebourne Nature Discovery Centre**,***:Ingrebourne Valley Nature Discovery Centre, Hornchurch Country Park, Squadrons Approach, Hornchurch, RM12 6DF (Sat Nav RM12 6TS)
- An exciting opportunity to deliver our nature based programmes at Ingrebourne Nature Discovery Centre.As Wilder Learning Officer you will be delivering wildlife and nature-based programmes to a diverse range of audiences to foster a deeper relation with the natural world and promote the work of Essex Wildlife Trust.

As the Wilder Learning Officer, you will plan and deliver an engaging and inclusive programme of activities for children attending our Nature Babies, Nature Tots, Forest School, after school clubs, birthday parties and school holiday events.

The successful applicant will work alongside our Wilder Learning colleagues at Essex Wildlife Trust in a dynamic, inclusive, and inspiring environment. You will have highly developed organisational and relational skills, experience of leading groups in education-related activities, and an infectious, driven energy for our work. You will also have the same passion as us for widening access to nature.

Essex Wildlife Trust has nine other Nature Discovery Centres across Essex, each with their own Wilder Learning Officer supported by Wilder Learning Leads and a Wilder Learning Manager, which the post holder will work alongside to share ideas and collaborative to ensure our planned activities and events continue to be an engaging experience for the children and young people attending.

This role provides an exciting opportunity for someone who is passionate about making a real difference to wildlife and people, joining a team that is the go-to organisation in Essex for formal and informal outdoor learning, and helping to build our profile as the largest provider of county-based outdoor education in the UK.

This role is well suited to applicants with prior experience in wildlife conservation, environmental science, and/or horticulture together with either formal or informal education delivery. A Level 3 Forest School qualification is desirable. It is essential that the successful person is passionate about wildlife, nature and providing age-appropriate engaging activities within a safe environment for a charity that protects wildlife for the future and people of Essex.