Heritage Education Trainee
with the Green Estates
Co.
Title: Heritage
Education Trainee
Trainee code number: 10 U
Responsible to: Community Education Officer (SWT) & Access and Audience Development Officer (GE)
(This post is managed by Sheffield Wildlife Trust)
Overall purpose of placement
This post presents a unique training opportunity for the right individual to undertake training and develop skills and knowledge in order to further a career in heritage education. The post holder will develop and deliver a range of educational activities and community events (including education sessions and events and activities focussed on the natural, built, social and cultural heritage). The post will be based at Sheffield Wildlife Trust’s headquarters at 37 Stafford Road, Sheffield.
Main responsibilities & areas of learning:
Your application should clearly illustrate your potential to carry out these responsibilities and meet the Trainee Specification.
- Develop and deliver heritage education sessions
to Key Stage 1 and 2 classes.
- Organise and deliver out of school education
sessions (for example playschemes, summer schools).
- To plan, organise and run safe, fun, heritage-related
events and activities, for and with children,
young people and the local community.
- To occasionally, where appropriate, develop
and deliver sessions to Foundation Stage
or Key Stage
3 and above.
- To develop resources (teaching packs, props)
and promotional materials (posters, press
releases) to support all education projects
and events
and
activities.
- To keep thorough records of all projects
including school / group booking, photographic
records,
attendance monitoring and evaluation.
- To undertake and complete a programme
of level 3 training (mostly work based
learning
and
portfolio building) with support from
a mentor.
- To promote GE
and SWT and membership of the Trust at all opportunities.
- To supervise
volunteers working on education projects, events
and/or
activities.
- To ensure all work is undertaken
to SWT and/or GE’s policies (e.g. Working with Children,
environmental and health and safety policies).
- To undertake any other duties, as requested by your Line Manager, commensurate with the aims of the Sheffield Wildlife Trust and/or Green Estate Ltd.
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