Learning Officer

PURPOSE OF THE ROLE

Overview of the role: 

This is a fixed term role until 24th July 2024. This role sits within the Learning team, which
is part of the Community & Learning Department. As a Learning Officer you would be part of
the team responsible for supporting the school groups we engage with, ensuring they have
positive learning experiences. This will primarily involve delivering and supporting activities
for school audiences, developing new activities and resources where required, and working with
colleagues across London Zoo to maximise the learning experience.

Key responsibilities:

• Delivering and supporting educational activities to school groups to help ensure they have
  positive learning experiences during their time with us, supporting the development of new
  activities where required. These activities will be primarily at the zoo, but may also include
  digital and outreach delivery where required.
• Facilitating school group visits to the zoo, including supporting teachers and students
  throughout their time at the zoo, supporting and coordinating volunteers, assisting teachers to
  plan their time at the zoo and working collaboratively with colleagues across London Zoo to
  maximise the visitor experience for educational groups.
• Developing, maintaining and reviewing resources and activities that support educational
  visits and events.
• Supporting Senior Learning Officers and other colleagues where required on development
  projects related to school audiences and career courses.
• Working to improve the experience for schools and other educational groups engaging with
  us, including through reflective practice, evaluation and meetings.

ABOUT YOU

The ideal candidate will: 

Have experience delivering learning programmes, presentations, talks and events to children and
young people, in either a formal or informal environment. They shall have strong verbal
communication skills, a good knowledge of current environmental issues and sustainable actions,
and an understanding of different approaches that can be applied to maximise learning. They
shall be able to demonstrate their ability to ascertain the needs of an audience and adapt
their delivery of an activity accordingly. Due to the nature of the role, the postholder will
be expected to learn several different educational activities within a strict time limit.
Training will be provided but the post holder would be expected to take responsibility for
their own knowledge development.

As the post involves working with children an enhanced DBS check will be required.

We strongly encourage applications from all backgrounds and celebrate the value of having a
team of employees with diverse skills, experiences, and heritage. We are committed to ensuring
our teams can bring their authentic selves to work without fear of discrimination. ZSL has
active equality networks for our staff with lived experience and those who provide active
allyship in Race and Culture, Team Pride, Disability Network, and Menopause Network,
complemented by our strategic EDI Steering Group.

ABOUT US

We’re ZSL, an international conservation charity. Through our unrivalled animal experts in our
two zoos (London Zoo and Whipsnade Zoo), the work of our pioneering scientists, our dedicated
conservationists, our purpose is to inspire, inform and empower people to stop wild animals
going extinct. Our vision is a world where wildlife thrives and we’re working every day to
achieve this. From investigating the health threats facing animals, to helping people and
wildlife live alongside each other, we are committed to bringing wildlife back from the brink
of extinction.

What do we offer?

At ZSL, we are proud of our approach to employee benefits. Our benefits include: 

• Our vision and purpose – you’ll work alongside colleagues who are passionate about
  science-led conservation, knowing that you will help us to inspire, inform and empower people
  to stop wildlife going extinct
• Pension scheme - we offer a generous pension scheme with up to 12% contributory pension
• Flexible working – talk to us about your flexible working requirements and we will do
  everything we can to make sure you work in a way that suits you
• Holidays – 25 days annual leave allowance, plus UK bank holidays Wellbeing – access to a
  blended programme of wellbeing initiatives, including confidential access to our 24/7 Employee
  Assistance Programme
• Life assurance – eligible employees will be enrolled in ZSL’s life assurance scheme from
  their first day 
• Complimentary tickets – annual allocation of Whipsnade Zoo and London Zoo tickets, with a
  30% discount in online and retail shops
• Cycle2Work – our cycle to work scheme enables you to lease a bicycle
• Season ticket loan – we offer an interest free loan for eligibly London-based employees to
  buy a season ticket for travel between home and work 
• Family friendly policies – we offer enhanced maternity, paternity, and adoption packages

NB: We reserve the right to close our advertisement early or extend the advertising date until a suitable candidate has been found.