Title: Wildlife Watch Leader
Status: Voluntary
Location: Aberdeen
Closing date: 20th Dec 2024 – we recruit as volunteers apply!
About being a Wildlife Watch Leader
We’re looking for volunteer Wildlife Watch Leaders to help plan and deliver sessions for this nature club! You’ll be working with a team of local volunteers, with support from the Scottish Wildlife Trust.
Please note – the completion of an application to the PVG scheme is essential for this role, due to the close work involved with young people. Successful applicants will be supported through this simple application and costs covered by Scottish Wildlife Trust.
Main tasks will involve:
*Please note you will be working with a team of volunteers to deliver tasks.
- Planning and preparing sessions
- Collecting and storing data securely (such as parental consent forms)
- Delivering quality environmental education to children aged 8-12 years old
- Working as a team
- Supporting promotion of the group
What we are looking for:
- An interest in wildlife
- Creativity
- Good organisational skills
- Enjoys the outdoors
- Enthusiastic about helping children and/or young people to have fun discovering wildlife
Useful but not essential:
- Experience of working with children
- Lives locally
- First aid qualified
- Experience of working or volunteering for conservation
What you will get in return:
- A chance to be part of an excellent environmental education group
- Inspire the next generation to care about wildlife and the environment
- Get out and about and experience wildlife
- An opportunity to create and lead sessions
- Wildlife Watch induction and training in Safeguarding Children and GDPR
- Become part of a network of Wildlife Watch groups across all of the UK!
About the Aberdeen Wildlife Watch Group
Time commitment:
The Aberdeen Wildlife Watch will meet once a month for two hours at the weekend (day/time to be confirmed). Some time will also be needed for set up and packing down, planning and preparation.
Extra details about the sessions:
The Aberdeen Wildlife Watch Group has been on pause since the pandemic and has been struggling to get started up again. We’re looking for new enthusiastic volunteers to get involved in re-launching the group in Aberdeen!
To Apply
If you are interested in this opportunity please complete the word document form linked in this advert and return it by email to rfaichnie@scottishwildlifetrust.org.uk. We will get back to you as soon as possible. If you are using a Mac, please send the form as a word document.
Alternatively if you would like to find out more, please contact Rachel Faichnie, Engagement Officer – rfaichnie@scottishwildlifetrust.org.uk.