Outdoor Learning Tutors

We are looking for people with excellent teaching and group management skills, experience leading environmental education activities for early years, primary and/or secondary, and a love and curiosity for nature. This is a great opportunity to develop your teaching skills and nature knowledge through leading a wide variety of outdoor activities for visiting school groups.

We are looking for one or more tutors to lead sessions in the following areas:

EYFS and KS1 – we offer a variety of creative and playful day visits for this phase. You’ll bring a gentle manner, storytelling skills, and an understanding of safe and immersive nature-based play and exploration for young children.
KS2 – our most popular residential visits are for this age, and include activities such as pond dipping, bushcraft, team building and night nature walks. You’ll need good general natural history knowledge and an understanding of habitats, food chains and lifecyles.
KS3 science and KS5 biology. For these visits you’ll need knowledge of the relevant curricula, and an understanding of various fieldwork sampling techniques and statistical tests used in A Level Biology. You’ll bring your excellent group management skills and your ability to inspire young people to consider a nature-based career.

The amount of work we can offer depends on demand and will vary across the year. We are looking for someone who can start as soon as possible. We expect to be able to offer one or two days a week to the right candidate in our busy season (Mar-Oct term time), with ad hoc work available in quieter months.

Avon Wildlife Trust is a charity dedicated to working with local people for local wildlife, covering the West of England region (former county of Avon). It is supported by more than 17,500 members, manages over 30 nature reserves and is one of 46 Wildlife Trusts in the UK. We want to see nature restored on a grand scale across the Avon region, with one in four people taking action for wildlife.

The Wildlife Trusts value diversity. We are committed to creating a movement that recognises and truly values individual differences and identities. We actively encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and cultures.

Pay: £14.05 per hour plus 12.07% rolled-up pay for holiday entitlement. We have robust safeguarding policies, this role requires two references and you must be willing to undergo an Enhanced DBS check. Ideally you will have a valid first aid certificate including outdoor first aid. You will also need your own transport as Folly Farm is challenging to access without a vehicle.

For an informal discussion about this role please email HR@avonwildlifetrust.or.uk to arrange to speak to our Learning Manager (Children & Young People)

To apply for the role, please complete an application form and upload to the Breathe HR portal - click on the Apply Now button below. Please also complete the Equality and Diversity Monitoring Form.

Please fill out the application form paying particular attention to the details of your relevant experience, knowledge and skills, which is used for shortlisting against the person specification. It is best not to assume prior knowledge and higher scoring is more likely if you explain carefully why you meet the person specification in the Role Description

When you click 'Apply Now' you will be asked to upload your application documents. The Breathe HR portal times out for editing after 24 hours, if you have any issues, please email your documents to to hr@avonwildlifetrust.org.uk.

We are actively interviewing for these posts - so will be conducting interviews as applications come in and will be ready to hire if we find the right person before the job ad closes. We will invite selected candidates to an informal interview at Folly Farm to discuss the role. We look forward to hearing from you!

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