Education Policy Adviser jobs

Overview

Longtown Outdoor Learning Trust is an Outdoor Learning Charity based in Longtown, Herefordshire. The Trust runs a thriving residential Outdoor Learning Centre and a highly-regarded Educational Visits Advice Service (EVAS).

We are now seeking a knowledgeable and experienced Educational Visits Adviser to join the Longtown team on a 12-month contract, with potential for the role to become a permanent position.

Longtown EVAS provides advice, guidance and training to approximately 100 schools and settings mainly in the West and North Northamptonshire Council areas and in Bournemouth, Bristol, Cambridge, Canterbury and Llanelli.

As our Educational Visits Adviser, your key responsibilities will include:

• Managing the Trust’s Educational Visits Advisory Service.
• Supporting local authorities, multi academy trusts and schools to ensure that their educational visit policies, procedures and guidance remain current and compliant.
• Providing high quality guidance, support, training and advice to educational establishments.
• Delivering a variety of programmes accredited by the Association of Advisers for Outdoor Learning and Educational Visits (AAOLEV, formerly OEAP) including EVC training, EVC re-validation, Management of Visit Emergency training and Visit Leader training.
• Using on-line systems to scrutinise and review visit plans, provide feedback to schools, maintain records of staff competence and monitor compliance.
• In the event of a visit emergency, coordinating the Trust’s response to schools and liaising with local authorities, governing bodies, and emergency planning teams.

To excel in the role, you should have qualifications in at least one of the following areas:

• Teaching and learning
• Health and safety
• Outdoor activity leadership

We are looking for someone with experience in:

• Providing advice and guidance to educational establishments relating to off-site visits.
• Managing and leading young people and vulnerable adults in a range of off-site visits.
• Using online visit platforms (e.g. eVisit)

We are looking for someone who demonstrates:

• Strong communication, organisational and ICT skills.
• An ability to build professional and effective working relationships.
• An ability to work independently and use all available resources to provide prompt and effective guidance to schools.

Key Benefits

• Holiday allowance – 35 days (27 days annual leave plus 8 bank holidays, pro rata).
• Sector leading training and development opportunities.
• Pension scheme with 5% employer contribution.
• Group Life Insurance.
• Access to health and wellbeing services.

Pay: £45,782.00-£51,526.00 per year

Benefits:

• Company pension
• Cycle to work scheme
• Employee discount
• Flexitime
• Life insurance
• Sick pay
• Work from home

Education:

• Bachelor's (required)

Experience:

• outdoor education: 3 years (required)

Language:

• English (required)

Licence/Certification:

• teaching and learning qualification (required)
• health and safety qualification, level 3 or above. (required)
• outdoor qualification to lead groups in remote environments (required)

Willingness to travel:

• 25% (required)

Work Location: Remote