| Organisation: | River Thames Boat Project |
| Salary: | £24,000 - £26,000 |
| Location: | Richmond |
| Hours: | Part Time |
| Position type: | Paid |
| Contract: | Fixed Term Contract |
| Website: | www.thamesboatproject.org |
| Contact name: | Miranda Jaggers |
| Contact telephone: | 020 8940 3509 |
| Contact email: | miranda@thamesboatproject.org |
Job Purpose:
The Co-ordinator will be building on School on the River our well-established environmental education programme that has an increasing number of bookings, which needs taking forward. Reporting to our Executive Director you will be actively involved in developing and running School on the River; plus a new outreach programme for local schools, universities and youth groups; and producing new environmental learning resources for primary children, trainee teachers, youth and family learning groups.
Normal Place of Work:
66 Hill Street, Richmond TW9 1TW and on board the Thames Venturer, our community boat and floating classroom (home mooring in Kingston) or such other place of employment in London area as the charity’s service may require.
Hours of Work:
20 hrs/week, 3 year project subject to funding
20 hrs/week, 3 year project subject to funding
Salary:
£24,000 – 26,000 pro rata depending on qualifications and experience
£24,000 – 26,000 pro rata depending on qualifications and experience
The Organisation
The River Thames Boat Project is a thriving local charity that aims to give people from London and the South East opportunities of experiencing river and waterways environments to the benefit of their personal, social and educational development. We do this by running a variety of programmes for community groups and schools on our specially adapted, fully accessible community barge, the Thames Venturer.
One of these is School on the River, our successful Key Stage 2 environmental education programme that takes place at Teddington Lock, where the non-tidal Thames ends and the tidal estuary begins. It provides classes of 30 primary school children with a day of hands-on cross curricular activities on the boat, at the Lock and on the foreshore, giving them a greater understanding of the geography and ecology of the River Thames and London’s environment.
Our plans for a new education programme form an integral part of our 10 year Strategic Plan for the charity the aims of which include, amongst other things, to provide environmental education for children and young people of all ages from Key Stage 2 upwards and extend use of the boat into the early spring and late autumn.
Main Duties of Post:
Working as part of a small team you will develop our environmental education activities and run them with the help of our volunteer teachers and crew; you will report to our Executive Director and our Lead Trustee on Education.
• Help run our existing School on the River programme
• Develop our School on the River staff and volunteer team
• Develop a new outreach programme for local schools, universities and youth groups;
• Work with our small expert team to produce new environmental learning resources for primary children, trainee teachers and family learning groups
• Develop informal workshops to inspire children, young people and family learning groups to appreciate and value natural resources, take action to minimise their environmental impact and achieve family lifestyle changes
• Advise schools on how to use these new resources to develop and attain Eco-Schools status
• Develop self-assessment tools for children and students to use
• Monitor and evaluate outcomes for internal and external reports and newsletters.
• Develop our School on the River staff and volunteer team
• Develop a new outreach programme for local schools, universities and youth groups;
• Work with our small expert team to produce new environmental learning resources for primary children, trainee teachers and family learning groups
• Develop informal workshops to inspire children, young people and family learning groups to appreciate and value natural resources, take action to minimise their environmental impact and achieve family lifestyle changes
• Advise schools on how to use these new resources to develop and attain Eco-Schools status
• Develop self-assessment tools for children and students to use
• Monitor and evaluate outcomes for internal and external reports and newsletters.
The Person
To deliver this demanding, yet highly rewarding role, you will require a degree level environmental/teaching qualification. With excellent communication and interpersonal skills, you will be well organised and have the ability to plan and prioritise your own workload. You will have experience of delivering outdoor environmental learning and lifestyle change projects with children and adults, plus experience of partnership working and of working with volunteers. Good IT skills and knowledge of MS Office are essential. Above all, you will need a passion for the environment, sustainability and outdoor learning that will inspire the people you meet.
This is a role with the opportunity to make a real difference, building links with schools and pupils through regular visits. We are looking for someone with a can-do approach, passion and confidence in working with young people, schools and universities and a personal commitment to environmental sustainability.
Important information:
Thanks to funding from the City Bridge Trust, the City of London Corporation’s Charity, we are able to offer an initial three year contact to the successful candidate.
The successful candidate
• Must be willing to work occasionally in the evenings and at weekends to deliver environmental learning sessions, give talks, and assist at river events and open days.
• Will be given an Oyster card for travel to/from schools, nevertheless, you will need a clean UK driving license, access to a car and be willing to use it for occasional travel to/from schools and events.
• Be willing to obtain CRB clearance.
• Must be willing to work occasionally in the evenings and at weekends to deliver environmental learning sessions, give talks, and assist at river events and open days.
• Will be given an Oyster card for travel to/from schools, nevertheless, you will need a clean UK driving license, access to a car and be willing to use it for occasional travel to/from schools and events.
• Be willing to obtain CRB clearance.
The anticipated start date for this post is Monday 4 March 2013
This post is funded by the City Bridge Trust, the City of London Corporation’s Charity.
