Job Title: Tree Surgeon and Instructor (0.6 FTE)
Location: Enfield with travel to other sites
Contract Type: Part-time, permanent
Hours per week: 21.6 hours, 3 days per week
Salary: £38,818pa inclusive of London Weighting pro-rata
We are excited to announce an opening for a Tree Surgeon and Instructor at our institution. As part of this role, you will be responsible for delivering instruction and assessing students in our Arboriculture programs. Your duties will include demonstrating tree surgery techniques on practical sites accessible to the college. You'll collaborate closely with the gardens team and academic staff to maintain high standards within the college woodlands, farm, and arboretum.
Qualifications and Responsibilities:
- Hold Qualification in Arboriculture and Forestry.
- Comfortably teach topics across various course levels, including Tree Felling, Climbing and Rescue, Practical Tree Work Skills (Pruning and Rigging), and Tree Identification.
- Support students with assignments and research.
- Bring industry experience to provide up-to-date knowledge and skills to learners.
- Opportunity for support in becoming an NPTC assessor and LANTRA instructor.
- Stay informed about the latest climbing and rigging techniques.
Benefits:
- Competitive salary and benefits package.
- Work in a supportive, collaborative, and picturesque land-based environment.
If you're passionate about arboriculture and eager to contribute to our educational community, we encourage you to apply!
Not looking for teaching roles? We are also registering teaching assistants, learning support assistants, learning mentors and technicians through to other FE positions including HR, finance, facilities, administrators. We also have a specialist team of interim and senior management consultants with over 20 years' experience in the sector.
Reed Further Education is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment by undergoing a 2 year' employment check and a DBS Application, completing mandatory training within 6 weeks of your first assignment and annually thereafter.
Thank you for your interest in working with Reed Further Education. We look forward to hearing from you soon.