Education Ranger

Job introduction

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About the role

Everdon Outdoor Learning Centre is a residential Centre offering environmental activities to school groups. We offer residential and day trips at the Centre and ranger led activities at Daventry and Brixworth Country Parks.

We work with school groups to enhance their learning in the classroom by taking them outdoors, where the groups can experience and discover the natural world around them and participate in a variety of activities including shelter building, woodland survival, tracking, fire lighting, river studies to name just a few.

These positions are annualised hours being 4.42 hours per week, 230 hours per year.

Additional information

You must have a genuine enthusiasm for working outdoors with groups along with excellent communication skills. Some experience of delivering activity sessions and a reasonable general knowledge of natural history are essential. Flexibility is a must and it is important that you can work independently using your initiative in all weathers.

You should hold a current UK driving licence to enable you to travel between sites if required.

Company information

At West Northants Council, it’s about our people. People who thrive with ambition, bubble with new ideas, demand better ways of working, caring about every detail, and who never shy away from a challenge. Our culture is a gateway for new experiences. A place to forge new opportunities. To empower you in your career and unite you with like-minded people.

Our vision is ‘to make West Northants a great place to live, work, visit and thrive’. We truly stand by this and work hard every day to make this a reality. Our corporate values, THRIVE, stand for: Trust, High Performance, Respect, Innovate and Empower, they underpin everything we do and how we deliver services. Hear from our Chief Executive, Martin Henry, about building a career at WNC.

We are committed to ensuring diversity, equality, equity, and inclusion is woven into the fabric of WNC and everything we do, to enable all colleagues to develop and maximize their full potential.  We are a disability confident employer, a member of the Armed Forces Covenant, and a Care Leaver Covenant partner

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