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Woodcraft & Woodland Management Tutor

Ruskin Mill Trust
Darlington, County Durham

Posted: 26 Nov 2025

Deadline: 7 Dec 2025

Compensation: £25,633 - £30,654 FTE

Paid Full-time Permanent

Job description

Woodcraft & Woodland Management Tutor - Clervaux Garden School

40 hours per week (term time only)

Fulltime equivalent salary = £29,215 - £34,938

Actual salary for working 40 weeks per year = £25,633 - £30,654

Being an active member of the Woodland Team, you will be working with a small group of students, delivering woodland-based qualifications, woodcraft, and woodland management skills along with other land and craft- based activities including green woodwork and primitive technology experiences throughout the seasons. This role will be working outdoors so you must be comfortable working outdoors in all weathers, as well as being experienced working with hand-tools and having experience working with woodland machinery, including chainsaws (in-house training/guidance can be provided).

The key duties in this role will include:

• Delivering teaching and training with a therapeutic and supportive approach, wherever possible linking students learning activities through our method; Practical Skills Therapeutic Education
• To be a part of ongoing assessment of students learning needs and to make reasonable adjustments as required minimising barriers to learning and achievement, being familiar with student background information, profile and risk assessment wherever reasonably possible
• To work with the Clervaux Garden school’s Land Manager to manage the day-to-day running of the Woodlands and any adjacent school woodland areas with regards to managing the land, the care and the development of infrastructure, (public) footpaths, hedges, trees and wild areas
• Processing of raw materials for the green wood workshop

Applicants for this post should have:

• Experience of working with young people and vulnerable adults with special needs, challenging behaviours and mental health difficulties
• An appreciation of Biodynamic principles is required, however, training will be provided, as the applicant will take part in the Ruskin Mill Trust Biodynamic Training Programme (2 years)
• Ideally hold, be working towards, or prepared to work towards relevant teaching qualifications in accordance with government regulations

You will be expected to attend training sessions as required by the Trust, which may be outside of your usual working hours.

Working at Ruskin Mill Trust is incredibly rewarding; we offer competitive salaries and holiday allowances, an auto-enrolment pension scheme with a salary sacrifice option, a health cash plan and employee assistance programme via Medicash.

In addition, staff receive valuable training opportunities including an in-depth interactive induction to enable our new team members to experience our Practical Skills Therapeutic Education (PSTE) curriculum and opportunities for further training and academic research including our own MSc in Practical Skills Therapeutic Education.

Full details of our benefits can be viewed on www.rmt.org/jobs

The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Successful applicants will be required to undergo a Disclosure and Barring Service Enhanced Level Disclosure as well as a medical check, references, evidence of qualifications, plus verification of the right to work in the UK.

Application information

In order to apply, please submit an application through the Ruskin Mill Trust careers page - www.rmt.org/jobs

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