Assistant Outdoor Learning Manager – Eyam Edge Farm

Brantwood Garden School is located on the outskirts of Sheffield. In addition to the main campus, it includes a smallholding and a theatre/performing arts space. The curriculum at Brantwood includes clay work, jewellery making, felting and weaving, forge work and green woodwork. Brantwood Garden School is part of Ruskin Mill Trust.

Established in 1984, Ruskin Mill Trust is an educational charity that operates in England, Scotland and Wales.
We offer exciting outdoor learning environments, utilising practical land and craft activities to support the development of work and life skills in young people with autistic spectrum conditions and other learning differences. Our research-led method, Practical Skills Therapeutic Education, is inspired by the work of Rudolf Steiner, John Ruskin and William Morris. Working with hand, head, heart and place, Ruskin Mill Trust helps individuals to re-imagine their potential.

The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Successful applicants will be required to undergo a Disclosure and Barring Service Enhanced Level Disclosure as well as a medical check, references, evidence of qualifications, plus verification of the right to work in the UK.

Assistant Outdoor Learning Manager – Eyam Edge Farm   40 Hours per week, 52 weeks per year  Salary: £39,125 – £44,272
(starting salary dependent on qualifications and experience)

This is an exciting opportunity to join Brantwood Garden School as an Assistant Outdoor Learning Manager. We require a committed assistant for the current Deputy Principal of the Outdoor Provision to help further develop and manage our established farm school based in Eyam, Derbyshire.  This is a significant role, suited to a person with experience of working with young people with complex needs. In addition, it is essential that the right candidate has some experience of working with animals and ideally has teaching and horticultural experience.

This is a working farm with a focus on using Practical Skills Therapeutic Education (PSTE) to engage our students. We work on the land to inspire our students through seasonal activities using natural resources and the ‘seed to table’ approach. Helping to design, resource and teach such activities would be a key part of the role.  The successful candidate must be able to see the learning opportunities in the landscape and therefore contribute to the future development of the farm.

To be successful in this role you will:

• Have a full teaching qualification or equivalent experience (desirable)
• Be experienced working with animals (essential) with teaching and horticultural experience (desirable).
• Be trained in Biodynamic Agriculture or willing to attend training and work towards a qualification
• Have proven ability to lead, manage sensitive issues, and maintain confidentiality
• Hold a full driving licence (essential)

The ideal candidate will have experience in teaching and hold a teaching qualification. However, we would still welcome applications from individuals who have not yet achieved this but are willing to train and learn.

Working at Ruskin Mill Trust is incredibly rewarding; we offer competitive salaries and holiday allowances, an auto-enrolment pension scheme with a salary sacrifice option, a health cash plan and employee assistance programme via Medicash.

In addition, staff receive valuable training opportunities including an in-depth interactive induction to enable our new team members to experience our Practical Skills Therapeutic Education (PSTE) curriculum and opportunities for further training and academic research including our own MSc in Practical Skills Therapeutic Education.

Full details of our benefits can be viewed on www.rmt.org/careers

For further information or to apply, please visit rmt.org/jobs  or email the recruitment team at [email protected]