Wilder Kent Education Officer

We have an agile working policy where staff can work from home, office or other agreed remote location, but location of employment will be the individual’s nearest Kent hub.  There will be occasions when delivery of the role mans you will need to work from Tyland Barn or one of our other Kent Hubs. 

The Job:

The Wilder Kent Education Officer will be creating new and developing existing educational programmes, events and schemes for the Trust while ensuring high quality marketing and standards. This role requires you to be passionate about connecting children, young people, and adults with nature through a variety of learning experiences. This role will help us expand our reach in engaging 25% of the population in Kent, helping to tackle the nature and climate crises. 

You:

Are you a confident and clear communicator with experience of working in an educational setting, formal or informal? Do you have the experience and ability to create new and exciting paid-for educational provision? Do you have a passion for wildlife and the environment and want to help us achieve our vision for a Wilder Kent?

We are looking for someone who has excellent communication skills, is organised, and has energy and creativity with the ability to think of new and impressive ideas. You will have experience of setting up efficient protocols and procedures to ensure effective educational delivery.

Please read the job description for the full person specification. 

Kent Wildlife Trust is the leading wildlife charity for Kent and Medway, supported by its members and staffed by committed professionals.  Join our team and help us create a Wilder Kent! In return we will inspire you, listen to you, value you, treat you equally and fairly, look after your health and wellbeing and encourage flexibility from day one, enabling you to draw on these benefits to be a better, happier and more productive you. 

Contact details: 

For an application pack please visit our website: www.kentwildlifetrust.org.uk/jobs 

The Kent Wildlife Trust Group is Wild About Inclusion. To us, this means inspiring, empowering and engaging people from all backgrounds, cultures, identities and abilities, to change the natural world for the better.

It also means cultivating inclusive workspaces that are free from discrimination, where differences are celebrated, everyone can be themselves and flourish, just like nature!