Overview

Senior Tutor

Field Studies Council London, Beckenham Place Park

Circa £24,353 per annum + excellent benefits!

37.5 hours per week / Permanent

Join our team and love where you work!

What you’ll be doing

This role will see you working with primary and secondary schools, colleges, and universities to deliver curriculum-linked activities that will increase students understanding of nature and the environment.

As our Senior Tutor, you will also provide effective leadership, support, and guidance to our other team members.

Your day to day will include developing, planning, and delivering courses in outdoor teaching sites to students on science and geography school trips. This will involve leading groups of all abilities in the local environment, ensuring you always have the health and safety of the group in mind.

When you are not working in the field, you will also be happy to contribute to other aspects of working in a busy education centre. This is a very active role, some weeks will be long and tiring, but our tutors find this work very rewarding, and we promise you will too!

Follow this link to meet our Senior Tutor, Pippa. Let her show you what it is like to work at the Field Studies Council and why she loves where she works!

Please refer to the vacancy pack for full details of the responsibilities of the role.

Who we’re looking for

You’ll have a degree or equivalent in an appropriate academic discipline, at least 2 years relevant work experience, and experience of writing and undertaking risk assessments. In addition to:

  • A great work ethic where aptitude and attitude are key
  • A natural pride in the work you produce
  • A flexible and adaptive approach able to perform using your own initiative both independently and as a team player
  • A professional manner in all that you do
  • An empathy with the aims and objectives of Field Studies Council
  • A committed and proactive approach to personal development; motivated to learn new skills and overcome new challenges

Where you’ll be based

This role is predominantly based at Beckenham Place Park. We work in partnership with work together with London Borough of Lewisham to deliver education services within Beckenham Place Park.

The Homestead Education Centre is in the 18th Century stable block. It has two classrooms, which can accommodate up to 60 learners and has easy access to many field sites across the park.

Please note that this role is part of the wider Epping Forest and London Education team and therefore you will on occasions be required to deliver courses at the Epping Forest Field Studies Centre or one of our other Field Sites in London.

Sound like the role for you? Come and be part of the team! We look forward to your application.

Benefits:

  • Holidays – 28 days + bank holidays + a further 2 extra loyalty days dependent on length of service
  • Pension
  • Sick Pay
  • 24hr Counselling Helpline Service
  • Life Assurance
  • Health Cash Plan
  • Training & Development
  • Happy to talk flexible working!
  • Staff discounts

If you have any queries regarding this vacancy, please call Stephen Cox on 020 8502 8500.

The closing date for receipt of your completed application is 29 June 2023.

We reserve the right to close the vacancy early if we’re in receipt of sufficient applications. Please apply early to avoid disappointment.

Interviews are scheduled to take place at Field Studies Council London: Beckenham Place Park in week commencing 3 July 2023.

Shortlisted applicants will be contacted by telephone and/or email.

About Field Studies Council

Field Studies Council is one of the UK’s leading providers of outdoor environmental education

We want to create a world where everyone feels connected to the environment, so that they can enjoy the benefits it gives and makes choices that help protect it – especially now when our planet is facing issues such as climate change and loss of biodiversity.

As an Investors in People charity, we realise that to achieve our vision we need diverse teams of staff who have a wide range of skills, a real passion for the work of the charity and a pride in their role within it. No matter what role you perform, everyone can make a difference and every role is vital to delivering our mission and vision…if this inspires you, we would love to hear from you.