Looking for the next challenge in your environmental education career? Join us and become a Senior member of our team!
Love where you work!
Established in 1943, our network of Learning Locations provides day and residential outdoor education courses for all ages. We aim to create outstanding opportunities for everyone to learn about nature.
We value each of our team members and understand that every role is vital to deliver our mission, so, we provide great benefits* to reward and support you while you work with us.
What you’ll be doing
This role will see you working with primary and secondary schools, colleges, and universities to deliver curriculum-linked activities that will increase students understanding of nature and the environment.
Your day to day will include developing, planning, and delivering courses in outdoor teaching sites to students on science and geography school trips. This will involve leading groups of all abilities in the local environment, ensuring you always have the health and safety of the group in mind.
As a Senior member of our Education Team, you will be responsible for the management for some of our junior team members. This will include carrying out personal development reviews, coaching and providing support and guidance to your direct reports.
When you are not working in the field, you will also be happy to contribute to other aspects of working in a busy education centre. This is a very active role, some weeks will be long and tiring, but our tutors find this work very rewarding, and we promise you will too!
Follow this link to meet our Senior Tutor, Pippa. Let her show you what it is like to work at the Field Studies Council and why she loves where she works!
Please refer to the vacancy pack on our website for full details of the responsibilities of the role.
Where you’ll be based
Located next to Box Hill in Surrey, the Field Studies Council Juniper Hall centre has beautiful scenery and countryside surroundings yet is very easy to reach by car or public transport.
Juniper Hall has two accommodation blocks and can accommodate a maximum of 130 guests.
We are fortunate that our learning location has a variety of outdoor field sites in close proximity. This allows our visitors to study numerous subject matters including, grassland and woodland studies, urban and rural regeneration studies, fluvial studies, freshwater ecology, and coastal management.
Who we’re looking for
You will have a degree or equivalent in a relevant subject and some previous experience of teaching or tutoring. You will also be confident with producing and preparing various learning resources. In addition, you will have:
Sound like the role for you? Come and be part of the team! We look forward to your application.
* Your benefits whilst working with us will include:
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Financial - We offer competitive salaries, sick pay, pension schemes, life assurance, pro rata of 28 days annual holiday entitlement plus bank holidays and a further 2 extra loyalty days dependent on length of service.
If you have any queries regarding this vacancy, please call Oli Rogers (Education Team Leader) on 01306 734501.
The closing date for receipt of your completed application is 11.59pm on 27th November 2024
We reserve the right to close the vacancy early if we’re in receipt of sufficient applications. Please apply early to avoid disappointment.
Interviews are scheduled to take place at Field Studies Council Juniper Hall on 3rd December 2024
Shortlisted applicants will be contacted by email.
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