Forest and Gardening Lead - Birmingham, United Kingdom - V.A.S.E Academy

V.A.S.E Academy

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Birmingham, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Forest and Gardening Lead

Here at VASE Academy we run outdoor programmes, including forest schools and community engagement programmes for pupils.

We use local woodlands, parks and natural spaces to bring pupils together, be active and feel good, working towards our vision:
communities and nature growing healthier together.

We are keen to appoint a Forest Lead and Gardening Lead who can deliver exciting forest school and outdoor activity programmes for children aged 11-16 with SEMH needs.

We are looking for a friendly, dedicated and proactive individual who enjoys working with young people and can share their love of forest school and the outdoors with pupils from a range of backgrounds.

The Forest School Practitioners will run regular, accessible and engaging forest school and outdoor activities in woodlands and outdoor spaces within the West Midlands.

The vision is for pupils to work together to take part in positive activities which promote health and wellbeing, support pupils to develop skills and improve and celebrate local woodlands and greenspaces.

If you are a great forest school practitioner and wish to join a friendly team that works hard to make a real difference to our pupils we would like to hear from you.

Job Title:
Forest School Lead/Gardening (Lead)

Job purpose:
Developing and leading forest school/Gardening and outdoor activities.

Job Titles Forest School and Gardening Lead.

(Support)

Job purpose:
Developing and supporting forest school and gardening activities

Take a lead on developing awareness of the programme through liaising with local communities
Work with the Teaching and Learning Lead to develop an exciting programme of outdoor activities and forest schools' sessions
Good planning and organisational skills and able to work to deadlines,
Proactive at prioritising, problem solving and getting things done
Able to use judgement and intellect to work on own initiative
Friendly and polite with excellent people skills and a sense of humour
A team player with a willingness to work cooperatively with staff, pupils and within communities
Committed to the schools' visions and mission statement.

Deadline: 27th February 2023 at midnight

Start date:

TBC

Job Types:
Full-time, Permanent

Salary:
From £19,000.00 per year

Benefits: