EDUCATION & LEARNING OFFICER
Salary £ 26,260 per annum
Standalone Farm – Letchworth
Vacancy listed 27/05/2025
Application deadline 20/06/2025
Details
35 Hours per week - working on a rota shift pattern

Join us in seeing our vision come to life, where living in Letchworth Garden City offers everyone the opportunity to flourish as part of a vibrant community, enjoy the best that both town and country offers, and benefit from easy access to nature with unrivalled facilities, culture, and support networks.   
 
This is an exciting time for us at Standalone Farm, we are looking for our Education & Learning Officer, could this be the role for you?

Reporting into the Commercial Manager, you will have responsibility for designing, delivering and managing engaging educational programs and activities to schools, youth organisations and our community who visit us at the Farm. 

As Education and Learning officer, you will work both independently and as part of the wider Farm Team to enhance the visitor experience of the venue, while assisting the management team with the smooth running of all events and daily operational management of the venue.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

  • develop, promote and deliver a diverse range of educational programs and activities aligned with the farm's mission and objectives.
  • create engaging and interactive learning experiences that promote visitor’s understanding of farm animals, agriculture, and the environment.
  • to deliver educational workshops, guided tours, and events to visitors of all ages
  • working closely with the Farm and Marketing Team on the publicity and marketing of education programmes, events and activities.  
  • work with the management team in setting goals for performance and deadlines in line with the company’s strategic vision 
  • to actively encourage new ideas and teamwork in order to promote our customer experience and engage staff in contributing a voice to such discussions
  • to ensure all visiting event performers and education groups have a positive experience and operate within health and safety guidelines.
  • to support the Commercial Manager with the Commercial operations as required.  

SKILLS/EXPERIENCE REQUIRED
 
  • Previous experience of designing and delivering education programmes / initiatives
  • a passion for education and learning
  • the ability to step up to provide supervisory support and develop other staff. 

OUR VALUES

Collaborative.  Evidence-based.  Inclusive.  Supportive. Impactful

We are a people business. We look for passionate people who will help us to meet our vision and values. Our values demonstrate our principles and guide our actions. We want our values to come to life through people’s experience of each other and the Foundation as whole - ultimately helping create a culture that ensures our commitment to achieving our vision and mission.
 
APPLICATIONS

Applications must include a CV and a covering statement/letter explaining why you are applying for the role.  Applications without a covering statement may not be accepted.  

We are happy to discuss reasonable adjustments to the application process should you require these, please contact hr@letchworth.com

Please note if we receive a large volume of applications for this role, we reserve the right to close the vacancy ahead of the published closing date.

EQUAL OPPORTUNTITIES 

Whether it is creating diversity in our services or building new teams, we care about our people and the opportunities they have. We are committed to equality of opportunity across our organisation.  At all levels we promote equality, ensuring our people are consistently treated in a fair and equal manner. 

SAFEGUARDING

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults at risk and expect all our colleagues to share this commitment.

FLEXIBILITY

We understand that you might need a little help balancing your work and home life.  Many of our colleagues work flexibly in many different ways.  Please feel free to talk to us about the flexibility you may need; we’re happy to explore what’s possible for you and the role.  

PERSONAL DATA

Letchworth Garden City Heritage Foundation (LGCHF) will only collect personal data relevant to the recruitment process and will process that data in compliance with the Data Protection Act 2018 / UKGDPR. Your personal data will only be shared with persons directly involved in the recruitment process, and LGCHF will retain your personal data for only as long as it remains relevant to LGCHF.  For further information please ask for a copy of our general recruitment privacy policy.  For information on your data rights, go to www.ico.org.uk.

 

 

 

 

Benefits

Every member of our team is valued, which is why we support them with a range of benefits to help them thrive both inside and outside of work.
Our benefits are grouped around three priorities – Health, Work life balance/time and Finances

Health:
Cash Health Plan
Cycle to work scheme
Employee Assistance Programme & Wellbeing resource
Smart Health 24/7 GP consultation

Time:
27 days holiday plus Bank Holidays (pro-rata for part time)
Holiday buy / sell scheme
1 day paid Volunteering Leave per year (pro rata for part time)

Finances:
Company Pension
Life Assurance
£220 Wellbeing Allowance per year
Electric Vehicle Scheme
Employee Discount Scheme
Discounts for our venues

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