Outdoor Learning Officer

About Under the Trees

Under the Trees is now in its 15th year of providing positive experiences in the outdoors, delivering a wide range of outdoor learning and wellbeing experiences including topic-based wildlife and environmental education, Forest School and Forest Kindergarten, outdoor play sessions, guided wildlife walks, woodland wellbeing sessions, practical conservation sessions, accredited outdoor education training and more! Partner organisations include local schools, community groups and we deliver to families too.

For us no two days look the same. We deliver our services using outdoor locations across Falkirk, Stirling and Clacks (and occasionally further afield) and have a dedicated site near Falkirk. It is recommended that you visit our website and social media pages to gain an understanding of who we are!

This is an exciting and challenging role funded by the Inspiring Scotland Cashback for Communities Fund. You will work with and support young people aged 10-25 as well as working with other delivery staff, volunteers and placements. The purpose of the "Root and Rise – Rewilding Youth Futures" project is to provide a nature-based development program for young people aged 10–25 who are at risk of, or already involved in, antisocial behaviour.

You will provide guidance and mentorship to young people to engage them with the outdoor, natural world in order to direct their attentions and energies away from activities which may harm local communities. You will also develop partnerships with other relevant organisations in order to ensure a good uptake of opportunities offered. This role will be assisted by a part time Assistant Outdoor Learning Officer with whom you will work to ensure the successful delivery of the project.

• Provide guidance and mentorship to young people to engage them with the outdoor, natural world.
• Develop partnerships with other relevant organisations to increase uptake of opportunities offered.
• Deliver activities such as bushcraft, conservation, outdoor cooking and nature-based creativity.
• Provide training and guidance on activities for staff with limited experience of working with the target service users.

This is an office and site-based role and it is unlikely that home-working will be possible as you must be available to volunteers in a face-to-face capacity. It is envisaged that the 32 hours will be worked across a 4 day week. You will be based at our office in Grangemouth in Falkirk District. We have two units within Newhouse Business Park which has good public transport connections and is close to Falkirk’s Active Travel network including National Cycle Route 76.

Bicycles (including UK legal pedelecs) may be brought into the building for secure storage while working.