Coordinator

Contract type: Fixed term contract for one year
Hours: 2.5 days per week or 18.75 hours
Reports to: Director and MEEN trustees
Responsible for: Freelancers and volunteers

Working closely with the Director the Coordinator will assist in the delivery of MEEN projects, seek out funding and update and improve the MEEN website. Working alongside the director, volunteers and MEEN’s trustees the Coordinator needs to be confident in engaging with educational communities, including staff, children and their families.

This is a varied role in a busy environmental education charity where the successful candidate needs to be flexible in their approach, understand the processes of project management and delivery and have a deep understanding of the aims and methods of sustainability education.

Main duties of the post will be to:

1. Support the Director to organise and deliver environmental education projects within educational settings.
2. Help to access funding for environmental education projects.
3. Help to manage and update the MEEN website and its contents.
4. Participate in the monitoring, evaluation and learning development of projects in line with funding requirements.
5. Operate within agreed project budgets.
6. Help support volunteers involved in the organisation.
7. Ensure any duties are carried out with full regard to MEEN policies.
8. Travel sustainably throughout Greater Manchester as required.
9. Work in a flexible manner and undertake any other duties and responsibilities as may be assigned.

For further information including the person specification and relevant dates go to MEEN’s website.