Title: Wildlife Watch Leader
Status: Volunteer
Location: Forres
Closing date: 31st May 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 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 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
- 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
- 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 help support sessions
- Become part of a network of Wildlife Watch groups across all of the UK!
Forres Wildlife Watch Group
Time commitment:
Forres Wildlife Watch will meet once a month at the weekend, so ~2 hour monthly are required for helping at the sessions.
Extra details about the sessions:
This group is just starting up but will meet once a month in and around Forres. The group still needs to decide on a location for the first sessions, plan the programme of activities, and advertise the group to attract members.
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.