HR89/70 - EDUCATION OFFICER

 

Powys

1 Year Fixed Term Appointment
Extension or conversion to permanency is possible

£17,465 plus benefits

You’ll help provide a fully integrated Education Service for Powys with responsibility for leading woodland visits, developing local partnerships, managing small projects and raising awareness of the use of woodlands for learning.

You will have experience of working with children or other groups preferably in the outdoor environment and ideally have a Teaching or youth work qualification. Alternatively a Forestry related degree or diploma would be desirable.

Competency in the use of e-mail and Microsoft Office applications and a full driving licence that enables you to drive in the UK is essential.

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable.

Benefits include a Civil Service Pension or stakeholder pension scheme, 25 days annual leave and
flexible working options.

Please click on the job specification to view further details regarding this post.

To download the relevant forms please click on the application pack

Email recruitment@forestry.gsi.gov.uk or write to Amy Cornelius, HR Services, 231 Corstorphine Road, Edinburgh EH12 7AT. 

Please note all applications must be accompanied by a Forestry Commission application form.

Please quote ref: HR89/70

No recruitment agencies please.

Closing date: 29 August 2008    

The Forestry Commission is committed to equality of opportunity and welcomes applications from all age groups and sectors of the community.