Assistant Education Officer
Rate: £13.91 p/h
Hours: 37 hpw
Key Duties:
-Assist the Education Officer in developing, implementing and monitoring Belfast Zoos education strategy in line with relevant legislation, industry standards and curriculum requirements. Assist with driving income generation through delivering the education programme in line with agreed budgets and targets.
-Deliver Belfast Zoos education programmes concerning wildlife, conservation and other curricular-based topics, and organise and deliver educational activities, talks, and tours for visitors.
-Assist the Education Officer in developing, maintaining and monitoring risk assessments, industry standards and health and safety requirements for all educational activities.
-Visit external organisations including schools, nursing homes, hospitals, etc., to deliver educational talks and generally promote Belfast Zoo and its conservation and education programmes.
-Participate in courses for teachers and other external organisations promoting the zoo as a facility for attaining targets set up by the national curriculum.
-Assist in the preparation, upgrading and distribution of all educational and booking material including registration packs, worksheets, on-site information signs, display materials for exhibitions and events.
-Assist in maintaining and expanding a library of relevant visual aids, including books, photographs and artefacts and assist in storing this material on computer.
-Help maintain a collection of small animals specifically for educational uses. Ensure high standards of animal welfare through educational activity following husbandry guidelines and protocols for animals used for educational purposes and keep appropriate records.
-Participate in media work including radio broadcasting and television in line with departmental and corporate guidelines.
-Assist and take part in the organisation of promotional events, activities and exhibitions. Attend such events as required.
-Keep detailed records of own work and time for budget and performance monitoring purposes.
-Develop, maintain and monitor an effective administration of the educational activities including booking and financial procedures for educational programmes and activities.
-Develop reports and performance data to monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of education programmes and activities in achieving objectives and targets.
-Ensure high standards of service delivery and customer communications and deal with customer queries and complaints in line with departmental and Belfast City Council policies.
-Assist the Education Officer with coordination, implementation, monitoring and promotion of a volunteer scheme.
-Assist the Education Officer with coordinating research activities.
-Assist with developing a culture of conservation and environmental sustainability throughout the zoo.
-Participate in all induction and in-service training provided by Belfast City Council and in the induction and support of all newly appointed staff and other human resource management policies and procedures, as appropriate, including absence management, disciplinary and grievance procedure.
-Act in accordance with the council and departmental policies and procedures including customer care, equal opportunities, health and safety, safeguarding and any pertinent legislation.
-Undertake the duties in such a way as to enhance and protect the reputation and public profile of the city council including the provision of information to the public.
-Undertake such other relevant duties as may from time to time be required.
Essential Criteria:
-have a minimum of five GCSEs (grades A -C) including English, or equivalent qualifications;
and
-be able to demonstrate on the application form, by providing personal and specific examples, at least one years relevant work experience in each of the following areas:
-a teaching or education officer role or similar, teaching a broad range of people from pre-school children to adults;
-the organisation of events, exhibitions or education programmes; and
-the research and preparation of display materials for exhibitions and education projects.
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