Farming and Rural Skills Senior Educator - Cumnock, United Kingdom - The Princes Foundation

The Princes Foundation

Verified Company

Cumnock, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

Posted by:

Tom O´Connor

beBee Recruiter

Description

Position:
Farming and Rural Skills Senior Educator

Reports to:
Farming and Rural Skills Education Manager

Salary:
£30,500 per annum

Hours:
Full Time (37.5 hours)

Location:
Dumfries House, East Ayrshire, KA18 2NJ

About The Prince's Foundation
The Prince's Foundation provides holistic solutions to challenges facing the world today.

We champion a sustainable approach to how we live our lives and build our communities, we run a diverse programme of education and training for all ages and backgrounds, and we regenerate and care for places where communities thrive and that visitors enjoy.

We work nationally and internationally but at the heart of our organisation is the heritage-led regeneration of the Dumfries House estate and its wider community, where our principles and philosophies are explored and put into practice.

The work of The Prince's Foundation is inspired by our charity founder HRH The Prince Charles, Prince of Wales's philosophy of harmony:

that by understanding the balance, the order and the relationships between ourselves and the natural world we can create a more sustainable future.

The Role:

The post holder will have day-to-day responsibility for co-ordinating the Prince's Foundation's education initiatives, within the farming and rural skills curriculum area, ensuring they link directly to the overarching strategic plan led by the Farming and Rural Skills Education Manager (FRS).

Specifically, the post holder will lead, where necessary, and assist on the development, implementation and delivery of school workshops, short courses, teacher training programmes and public events related to farming and rural skills.

Drawing on the experience and knowledge of the Prince's Foundation and Harmony approach in delivering education, the post holder will be responsible for assisting the FRS Education Manager in the development of a network of educational institutions, industry partners, placement providers and supporters and ensuring the delivery of high quality education courses to students.

The Farming and Rural Skills offering is currently delivered from Valentin's Education Farm on Dumfries House Estate through practical hands-on workshops and events, targeted predominantly at primary and secondary school aged learners.

Our Farming and Rural Skills offering is being expanded through the development of a new national centre for excellence - The MacRobert Farming and Rural Skills Training Centre.

The centre will provide training for new entrants to the sector, as well as assisting those already working in the industry to diversify and hone their skill set.

The centre's vision is to ensure sustainable agriculture practices becoming industry standard and to support land based skills training.

The post holder will be responsible for overseeing delivery from The MacRobert Centre, helping to realise the vision of the Prince's Foundation and support the industry skills gap at local and national level.

Due to the holistic nature of our education strategy, the post holder will have the opportunity to work with colleagues, on interdisciplinary programmes, from the wider education team including STEM, Food and Horticulture, Activity and Adventure, Hospitality, Textiles and Building Crafts.

Key Tasks

Ensuring the smooth delivery of the Prince's Foundation's education strategy and core FRS programmes by:

Delivering farming and rural skills workshops and activities to a variety of age groups and abilities.
Designing and evaluating workshops and activities that are in line with the aims and vision of the curriculum area and wider foundation including Learning for Sustainability and the Principles of Harmony.
Supporting the FRS Education Manager on development of new short and long term courses in an organised and creative manner.
Keeping up to date with current practices and policies in FRS education and industry, through networking, CPD and personal development.
Overseeing and maintaining effective administrative systems, policies and procedures to provide an organised and efficient structure for the delivery of programmes and communication within the FRS curriculum area including coordinating timetabling of delivery and utilising existing booking systems and attendance records.
Assisting the FRS Education Manager in working to an agreed budget plan annually.

Supporting the FRS Education Manager to build and maintain relationships with funders and partners by:

Assisting the FRS Education Manager with compiling evidence for annual reports and newsletters for directors, funders and partners.
Communicating regularly with stakeholders.
Liaising with external partners and consultants utilised in the delivery of education programmes.

Supporting the FRS Education Manager to maintain the FRS education facilities, staff and equipment by: