Learning Officer
| Posting date: | 17 April 2024 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £31,500 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 16 May 2024 |
| Location: | London, London, NW1 4RY |
| Company: | ZSL Whipsnade Zoo |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 52633629 |
Summary
Overview of the role:
This is a fixed term role until 24th July 2024. This role sits within the Learning team, which is part of the Community & Learning Department. As a Learning Officer you would be part of the team responsible for supporting the school groups we engage with, ensuring they have positive learning experiences. This will primarily involve delivering and supporting activities for school audiences, developing new activities and resources where required, and working with colleagues across London Zoo to maximise the learning experience.
Key responsibilities:
- Delivering and supporting educational activities to school groups to help ensure they have positive learning experiences during their time with us, supporting the development of new activities where required. These activities will be primarily at the zoo, but may also include digital and outreach delivery where required.
- Facilitating school group visits to the zoo, including supporting teachers and students throughout their time at the zoo, supporting and coordinating volunteers, assisting teachers to plan their time at the zoo and working collaboratively with colleagues across London Zoo to maximise the visitor experience for educational groups.
- Developing, maintaining and reviewing resources and activities that support educational visits and events.
- Supporting Senior Learning Officers and other colleagues where required on development projects related to school audiences and career courses.
- Working to improve the experience for schools and other educational groups engaging with us, including through reflective practice, evaluation and meetings.
The ideal candidate will:
Have experience delivering learning programmes, presentations, talks and events to children and young people, in either a formal or informal environment. They shall have strong verbal communication skills, a good knowledge of current environmental issues and sustainable actions, and an understanding of different approaches that can be applied to maximise learning. They shall be able to demonstrate their ability to ascertain the needs of an audience and adapt their delivery of an activity accordingly. Due to the nature of the role, the postholder will be expected to learn several different educational activities within a strict time limit. Training will be provided but the post holder would be expected to take responsibility for their own knowledge development.
As the post involves working with children an enhanced DBS check will be required.
We strongly encourage applications from all backgrounds and celebrate the value of having a team of employees with diverse skills, experiences, and heritage. We are committed to ensuring our teams can bring their authentic selves to work without fear of discrimination. ZSL has active equality networks for our staff with lived experience and those who provide active allyship in Race and Culture, Team Pride, Disability Network, and Menopause Network, complemented by our strategic EDI Steering Group.
About ZSL
We’re ZSL, an international conservation charity. Through our unrivalled animal experts in our two zoos (London Zoo and Whipsnade Zoo), the work of our pioneering scientists, our dedicated conservationists, our purpose is to inspire, inform and empower people to stop wild animals going extinct. Our vision is a world where wildlife thrives and we’re working every day to achieve this. From investigating the health threats facing animals, to helping people and wildlife live alongside each other, we are committed to bringing wildlife back from the brink of extinction.
What do we offer?
At ZSL, we are proud of our approach to employee benefits. Our benefits include:
- Our vision and purpose - you’ll work alongside colleagues who are passionate about science-led conservation, knowing that you will help us to inspire, inform and empower people to stop wildlife going extinct
- Pension scheme - we offer a generous pension scheme with up to 12% contributory pension
- Flexible working – talk to us about your flexible working requirements and we will do everything we can to make sure you work in a way that suits you
- Holidays – 25 days annual leave allowance, plus UK bank holidays Wellbeing – access to a blended programme of wellbeing initiatives, including confidential access to our 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme
- Life assurance – eligible employees will be enrolled in ZSL’s life assurance scheme from their first day
- Complimentary tickets – annual allocation of Whipsnade Zoo and London Zoo tickets, with a 30% discount in online and retail shops
- Cycle2Work - our cycle to work scheme enables you to lease a bicycle
- Season ticket loan - we offer an interest free loan for eligibly London-based employees to buy a season ticket for travel between home and work
- Family friendly policies – we offer enhanced maternity, paternity, and adoption packages
NB: We reserve the right to close our advertisement early or extend the advertising date until a suitable candidate has been found.
This is a fixed term role until 24th July 2024. This role sits within the Learning team, which is part of the Community & Learning Department. As a Learning Officer you would be part of the team responsible for supporting the school groups we engage with, ensuring they have positive learning experiences. This will primarily involve delivering and supporting activities for school audiences, developing new activities and resources where required, and working with colleagues across London Zoo to maximise the learning experience.
Key responsibilities:
- Delivering and supporting educational activities to school groups to help ensure they have positive learning experiences during their time with us, supporting the development of new activities where required. These activities will be primarily at the zoo, but may also include digital and outreach delivery where required.
- Facilitating school group visits to the zoo, including supporting teachers and students throughout their time at the zoo, supporting and coordinating volunteers, assisting teachers to plan their time at the zoo and working collaboratively with colleagues across London Zoo to maximise the visitor experience for educational groups.
- Developing, maintaining and reviewing resources and activities that support educational visits and events.
- Supporting Senior Learning Officers and other colleagues where required on development projects related to school audiences and career courses.
- Working to improve the experience for schools and other educational groups engaging with us, including through reflective practice, evaluation and meetings.
The ideal candidate will:
Have experience delivering learning programmes, presentations, talks and events to children and young people, in either a formal or informal environment. They shall have strong verbal communication skills, a good knowledge of current environmental issues and sustainable actions, and an understanding of different approaches that can be applied to maximise learning. They shall be able to demonstrate their ability to ascertain the needs of an audience and adapt their delivery of an activity accordingly. Due to the nature of the role, the postholder will be expected to learn several different educational activities within a strict time limit. Training will be provided but the post holder would be expected to take responsibility for their own knowledge development.
As the post involves working with children an enhanced DBS check will be required.
We strongly encourage applications from all backgrounds and celebrate the value of having a team of employees with diverse skills, experiences, and heritage. We are committed to ensuring our teams can bring their authentic selves to work without fear of discrimination. ZSL has active equality networks for our staff with lived experience and those who provide active allyship in Race and Culture, Team Pride, Disability Network, and Menopause Network, complemented by our strategic EDI Steering Group.
About ZSL
We’re ZSL, an international conservation charity. Through our unrivalled animal experts in our two zoos (London Zoo and Whipsnade Zoo), the work of our pioneering scientists, our dedicated conservationists, our purpose is to inspire, inform and empower people to stop wild animals going extinct. Our vision is a world where wildlife thrives and we’re working every day to achieve this. From investigating the health threats facing animals, to helping people and wildlife live alongside each other, we are committed to bringing wildlife back from the brink of extinction.
What do we offer?
At ZSL, we are proud of our approach to employee benefits. Our benefits include:
- Our vision and purpose - you’ll work alongside colleagues who are passionate about science-led conservation, knowing that you will help us to inspire, inform and empower people to stop wildlife going extinct
- Pension scheme - we offer a generous pension scheme with up to 12% contributory pension
- Flexible working – talk to us about your flexible working requirements and we will do everything we can to make sure you work in a way that suits you
- Holidays – 25 days annual leave allowance, plus UK bank holidays Wellbeing – access to a blended programme of wellbeing initiatives, including confidential access to our 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme
- Life assurance – eligible employees will be enrolled in ZSL’s life assurance scheme from their first day
- Complimentary tickets – annual allocation of Whipsnade Zoo and London Zoo tickets, with a 30% discount in online and retail shops
- Cycle2Work - our cycle to work scheme enables you to lease a bicycle
- Season ticket loan - we offer an interest free loan for eligibly London-based employees to buy a season ticket for travel between home and work
- Family friendly policies – we offer enhanced maternity, paternity, and adoption packages
NB: We reserve the right to close our advertisement early or extend the advertising date until a suitable candidate has been found.