Title: Wildlife Watch Leader
Status: Volunteer
Location: Aberuthven, Perth
Closing date: 20/12/2024 – 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 new group! 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:
- Planning and preparing sessions
- Collecting and storing data securely (such as parental consent forms)
- Delivering quality environmental education to primary school aged children
- 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 Aberuthven Wildlife Watch Group
The Wildlife Watch Group is just getting set up, with the aim of running the first session in the new year. Before the first session, there will be a chance to meet the other volunteers and plan sessions and activities for when the group launches.
Time commitment:
The Aberuthven Wildlife Watch group will meet once a month for 2 hours on a Saturday. So a time commitment of between 2-3 hours once a month is required.
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 our Engagement Officer at 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.