Education and Wellbeing Officer

Reports to: Youth Education and Wellbeing (YEW) Team Leader

Salary: £13.61 per hour starting salary

Hours: 2.5 days per week

Contract: Term Time

Based at: Salisbury or Trowbridge

The YEW Team has grown in recent years due to the success of the Forest School and Education programmes being offered by Wiltshire Wildlife Trust. This post supports the Trust’s aim of helping people to live more sustainably and engage with the benefits of the natural world.

Wiltshire Wildlife Trust is a national leader in the use of green prescription and Forest School techniques to support children, young people and adults with a range of needs and abilities. This role will continue to develop and progress this work. Applicants must be qualified Forest School Leaders with at least two years’ experience working with children with a variety of needs, and must have their own means of transport to get to sites. We are currently looking for Forest School Leaders to work in the west and south of the county in the Salisbury area and Trowbridge area.

The Education and Wellbeing Officer will work closely with other members of the YEW Team including Team Leaders and Support Workers. The role will also need to engage with conservation staff and volunteers who manage and support reserves where forest school activities take place.

In addition, the post holder will develop working relationships with education providers and other partners who work with children and young people throughout Wiltshire.

Wiltshire Wildlife Trust is fully committed to safeguarding the welfare of all children, young people and adults at risk. All WWT staff will receive safeguarding training and must ensure that they comply with WWT’s safeguarding policy.

Wiltshire Wildlife Trust is an exemplary employer with high staff satisfaction and multiple benefits for employees. These benefits include:

• Pension up to 7.5% non-contributory

• Group risk insurance – death in service and income protection

• Staff discount at WWT cafes

• Head office in town centre with free parking

If you would like to discuss this opportunity informally, please contact Gail Grimes (Youth Education and Wellbeing Manager) on 07736457649 or gailg@wiltshirewildlife.org.

Closing date for applications: Midnight on 02 April 2023

Interviews: 11 April 2023

Please submit your application to recruitment@wiltshirewildlife.org

(Please note we are only able to accept applications via our application form and when completing the form please ensure you use the ‘supporting statement’ section to evidence how you believe you meet the essential and desirable criteria detailed in the Job Description. This information will be used in our short-listing process).