Environmental Education Facilitator - Wilderness Foundation

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Environmental Education Facilitator - Wilderness Foundation

Location: Multiple locations in Essex
Contract Type: Self-Employed Contractor
Salary: £17 per hour

About Wilderness Foundation
Established in South Africa in 1956, the Wilderness Foundation has taken 40,000 people into the wild. The purpose of the Foundation is to prepare and educate for the future. We believe that nature and wild spaces are of incalculable value not just to maintain biodiversity and wildlife but for human wellbeing. All our projects and programmes have the same basis - to connect people to nature for wellbeing benefits, mental, spiritual and physical - and to teach people in turn to care for nature into the future by teaching Leave no Trace Ethics, respect and understanding of our impact on a web of life.

Registered Charity No: (England and Wales) SC041697 (Scotland)

Our programmes engage over 6,000 children a year and our aims are to inspire young minds to respect and want to care for our natural world. We teach young people about the wonders of nature and biodiversity. We work across multiple sites in Essex including our main site in Chatham Green (400 acres of mixed woods, arable farming, and meadows), a 100-acre ancient semi natural woodland and Hatfield Forest. Mann Wood a 92-acre woodland located between Chelmsford and Braintree.

What you will be doing:

1. Supporting the Education Team in leading and running environmental education visits.
2. Leading classes and running workshops outdoors about the natural world.
3. Inspiring young people to care for and respect the environment through first-hand experience.
4. Risk assessing and setting up prior to visits and maintaining a high quality and standard of educational delivery.
5. Communicating with staff, pupils and parents to ensure all young people's needs are catered for.

The successful candidate will be:

• A team player who loves nature and believes in the same ethos as the Charity's.
• Experienced youth worker or outdoor facilitator.
• Experiential knowledge of the natural world or qualification in environment and conservation or similar.
• Understanding of primary and secondary curriculum.

A full driving licence and access to a vehicle is essential for this role.

This post is subject to an enhanced disclosure check and reference check.

Further information and how to apply:
For more information, please visit the Wilderness Foundation website at wildernessfoundation.org.uk and to apply, please submit your CV to .