Team Leader - Youth Education and Wellbeing Team

Wiltshire Wildlife Trust HQ, Wiltshire Wildlife Trust
Elm Tree Court
Long Street
, Devizes, Wiltshire, SN10 1NJ

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.

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 four years’ experience working with children with a variety of needs, and must have their own means of transport to get to sites. We are looking for a Team Leader to manage the team of Forest School Leaders and Support Workers in the west of the county around Westbury, Trowbridge, Corsham and Bradford on Avon. The Team Leader will also lead Forest School and education sessions.

The Education and Wellbeing Team Leader will work closely with other members of the YEW Team including our other Team Leaders, and will need to develop and maintain strong relationships with other key individuals and teams at WWT, such as the conservation team.

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 equal opportunity employer. We are committed to developing an inclusive and diverse organisation, in which everyone feels supported, valued, and able to be their full selves. To achieve our vision of creating a world richer in nature, we need talented people, and more diverse people, on nature’s side. Wiltshire Wildlife Trust is an exemplary employer with high staff satisfaction and multiple benefits for employees. These benefits include:

• Employer pension contribution up to 7.5%
• Group risk insurance – death in service and income protection
• 27 days annual leave increasing to 30 days in your fifth year of service plus public holidays (pro-rata)
• Staff discount at Dragonfly Cafe
• Free tea and coffee
• Head office in town centre with parking
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Two staff wellbeing days per annum

If after reading the job description you would like to discuss this opportunity informally, please contact Gail Grimes on 07736 457649 or email Gailg@wiltshirewildlife.org.

Closing Date: 9am on Tuesday 3rd December 2024

PLEASE NOTE: if interest is significant we reserve the option to close the vacancy early and conduct interviews on an as required basis. Should the vacancy remain open until the stated deadline then interviews will be held on Monday 9th December 2024.

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).

As a charity Wiltshire Wildlife Trust Ltd is committed to saving costs. Therefore, if you have not received an invitation to attend an interview within three weeks of the closing date, you should assume that your application has been unsuccessful.

A full job description and application pack is available to download from below.