Find your place in the field of good food

Our goal is to connect good people with good food. We advertise sustainable food jobs and training opportunities to help jobseekers and employers find each other.

Roots to Work is a project of Sustain: the alliance for better food and farming.

Job description

Brief: As one of our education team, you will be responsible for leading our school education programmes under the new overarching theme of ‘Explore and Engage: Learning through Nature’. You will be responsible for designing, promoting, recruiting and delivering these programmes to an agreed target.

Education:

• Deliver an engaging and stimulating programme of activities to a range of secondary school groups with a focus on schools with high indices of deprivation. 
• Promote and recruit visiting groups ensuring booking forms and risk assessments are completed fully. 
• Ensure evaluation forms are completed after each visit and collate for any reporting requirements.
• Support with grant applications for future funding.

Involving volunteers:

• Support Education Support volunteers in their role.

Health and safety:

• Ensure that all visits are undertaken with due regard to health and safety and ensure compliance with our own policies and H&S legislation.
• In collaboration with the rest of the team, ensure that the setting is always a safe, clean, friendly and welcoming place for all people working and visiting the site.

Other:

• Promote Susan’s Farm and partner organisations whenever possible. 
• Abide by all our charity’s policies.
• Undertake other duties as requested by your line manager and in line with the post.

Person Specification: Experience:

Essential

• Experience of working with secondary students in an informal or formal education setting (NQTs can apply) Essential Experience of using a range of effective behaviour management strategies  
• Experience of working in the natural environment
• Experience of working with livestock    
• Desirable
• Experience of working alongside volunteers  

Knowledge and Understanding:

Essential  

• Knowledge of farming, wildlife and/or nature  
• Knowledge of safeguarding regulations and best practice  

Skills and Qualifications:

Essesntial

• Teaching or Youth Work qualification or equivalent  
• Creative and innovative to meet the educational needs of all   
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills  

Desirable

• Use of social media for customer engagement   

Personal Qualities:

Essential

• A flexible ‘can do’ approach 
• Willingness to work flexibility when needed, working around the weather and in response to the needs of the farm 
• A real passion to help promote a farm, rich in wildlife for everyone   Personable, energetic and engaging 
• Has a genuine interest in environmental issues  

Desirable

• Driving licence with D1 (for small mini-bus) 

Application information

Apply by visiting www.susansfarm.co.uk/vacancies

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