Seasonal Fieldwork Instructor

Award-winning environmental education charity, Wild Things, is seeking an experienced outdoor practitioner to join the fieldwork team in the delivery of our charitable and social enterprise programmes.

Contract Duration: March-November 2026

Hours: 35 hours per week (fulltime) or we may consider a part time role also

Salary: £26,500 per annum (pro rata)

Other benefits include:

• Company pension
• Beautiful office location on Findhorn Bay
• 35 days of annual leave per year (pro rata – including bank holidays)
• Discounts on holiday activities for children

The right candidate for this role must have experience delivering environmental education and bushcraft skills to a broad client group as well as being able to process information quickly and lead groups from the start.

We would like to bring into the team someone who is playful yet professional, who loves spending time outdoors, sharing their passion for the natural world with both young and old. Our ideal candidate will engage people on a variety of activities that promote an understanding and care for the environment as well as the health and wellbeing of our clients and participants.

The successful candidate will not only contribute towards a wide variety of outdoor education activities across Moray and the Highlands through our various charitable programmes, but will deliver a wide variety of social enterprise and conservation activities with both clients and volunteers.

To enable the smooth flow of our programmes, the ideal candidate will have excellent organisational skills and have experience of logistics, preparing resources, session plans and caring for equipment and tools.

Ideally, you will hold relevant experience and/or qualifications in:

• Bushcraft as well as strong naturalist skills and environmental knowledge.
• Leadership of outdoor learning activities focused on environmental education (Woodland Activity Leader Training, Forest School L3 or other equivalent training and/or experience – we are also interested in candidates from other educational backgrounds who are willing to develop their naturalist skills and knowledge)
• Outdoor First Aid qualification
• Hold a clean driving license (and ideally a D1 minibus license).

All employees are subject to PVG checks in line with our Child Protection policies. See Job Description for further details.

For further information please see the role description or visit the Wild Things website: www.wild-things.org.uk

If you require further information, please feel free to get in touch: contact [email protected].

We reserve the right to close this job listing early on receipt of sufficient applicants.