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Royal Botanic Gardens Kew Hiring for Science Education Coordinator Job at London, England , UK Full Time
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Details
Reference number
221834
Salary
£26,500 – £31,324
Grade
Executive Officer
Contract type
Permanent
Business area
RBGK – Science
Type of role
Education and Training
Science
Science
Working pattern
Full-time
Number of posts
1
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Location
London, London (region), TW9 3AE
About the job
Summary
In 2021, Kew launched its Manifesto for Change and training the next generation of experts is one of Kew’s five key priorities for the next 10 years. Instrumental to this is the training of global biodiversity scientists to understand, protect and restore biodiversity.
On joining the Science education team you will play a pivotal role in supporting the coordination of our postgraduate education programme. This will focus on coordinating the delivery of our three MSc courses by working closely with our academic partners and internal scientific and teaching staff. You will also support the wider education team in the delivery of a range of other educational courses.
Job description
As well as having a degree-level qualification, you’ll need to have experience in managing higher education programmes, be able to demonstrate an ability to work both collaboratively and flexibly, and have the skills to cut through complex administrative problems to find innovative and effective solutions. This is a hands-on position where your energy, style of communication and problem-solving skills are just as important as IT literacy, higher education administration experience and technical scientific knowledge.
Responsibilities
Collaborating closely with both internal Kew staff, and external partner organisations, you will be adept at managing large and complex administrative portfolios. You’ll need to balance managing the day-to-day MSc delivery, with longer term challenges in supporting the development of the three courses. With some of our teaching moving online, you’ll also be confident in helping staff to develop and deliver synchronous and asynchronous content through virtual learning platforms.
You will also be the main contact for students, so an ability to listen, support and offer impartial and confidential advice is also essential.
Benefits
Our fantastic benefits package includes opportunities for continuous learning, a generous annual leave entitlement, flexible working to help you maintain a healthy work-life balance, an Employee Assistance Programme and other wellbeing support such as cycle to work scheme and discounted gym membership. We also offer a competitive pension, an employee discount scheme and free entry into a wide range of national museums and galleries, as well access to our own beautiful gardens at Kew and Wakehurst.
Things you need to know
Security
Successful candidates must pass a disclosure and barring security check.
People working with government assets must complete basic personnel security standard checks.
Selection process details
If you are interested in this position, please submit your application through the Kew Gardens website
Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.
Nationality requirements
This job is broadly open to the following groups:
- UK nationals
- nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
- nationals of the Republic of Ireland
- nationals from the EU, EEA or Switzerland with settled or pre-settled status or who apply for either status by the deadline of the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
- relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals working in the Civil Service
- relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals who have built up the right to work in the Civil Service
- certain family members of the relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals
Further information on nationality requirements
Working for the Civil Service
The Civil Service Code sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.
We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission’s recruitment principles.
The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.
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Further information
https://careers.kew.org/vacancy/science-education-coordinator-491384.html
