Southern Water Hiring for Education Officer Job at Falmer, England , UK Full Time

Education Officer

Location: Falmer, East Sussex, Hybrid working

Perm/FTC: Permanent

Hours: 37 hrs

Salary: Up to £33,400 based on experience

It is an exciting time to join us!
There has never been a better time to join us than now. Whilst Southern Water is a mature organisation, we are currently going through key transformational programmes therefore joining us will offer you windows of opportunity in this highly enterprising role.

As the Education officer at Southern Water you will be joining the Community Engagement Team in the privileged position to help build new programmes, inspire and support the education of young people across the region. You will be responsible for identifying and coordinating education offerings including site tours and liaising with schools and education settings to demonstrate that Southern Water cares about our customers, environment, and challenges faced by our communities.

A natural brand ambassador and networker you will be pivotal in promoting curriculum related initiatives and broader career specialisms in the water industry and work alongside the Community Engagement Officer and employees in supporting community related events.

Using your current experience working within an education setting and understanding of the challenges faced by schools and educators; this role will act as a bridge between those settings and our community objectives. You will use your passion for developing and supporting others by coordinating key education programmes whether that be via inhouse activity or partners and will represent Southern Water at community and education events

You will be an influential and engaging communicator with a proactive approach to your work, with confident and engaging presentation skills. You will produce content across a number of mediums to drive our schools related programmes and provide training for employees to support the delivery of key education, STEM and industry related programmes.

This role will require travel across the Southern Water region to attend events and meeting so a clean drivers licence is essential.

Does this opportunity excite you but you’re not 100% sure if you meet all the requirements for the role? Or are you concerned that ‘normal’ office hours aren’t possible given your personal circumstances? Whilst we can’t accommodate every flexible working request, we’ll try to find a practical solution. So why not engage with us and find out more about this role?

Our customers are at the heart of everything we do, because delivering water for life is our core purpose. To achieve this, we need 24/7 support in place to resolve incidents quickly and efficiently. All our employees understand the importance of out-of-hours incident support – because when problems appear, fixing them is our top priority. That’s why our people join together and support when and however needed to make sure our customers get the service they deserve. Joining the Southern Water family means you’ll become part of our incident support team. During your interview, your manager will speak to you about any incident support rotas that apply to your position.

Privacy Statement:
Please note: If you are an existing Southern Water employee, you will need to confirm within your application that your Manager is aware of your application.
All applicants must be eligible to live and work in the UK. You will need to provide evidence of eligibility (e.g. a passport or long birth certificate and proof of NI) and current proof of address (dated within the last 3 months), will be required as part of the recruitment process. If you do not meet these criteria, your application will not be considered

By submitting your details to this position at Southern Water, you are also agreeing to share your details with Gattaca PLC who are the managed service provider for all recruitment with Southern Water

Job Type: Full-time

Salary: Up to £33,400.00 per year

Additional pay:

• Bonus scheme

Benefits:

• Childcare
• Company pension
• Cycle to work scheme
• On-site parking
• Private dental insurance
• Private medical insurance
• Sick pay
• Store discounts
• Wellness programmes
• Work from home

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Licence/Certification:

• Driving Licence (required)

Work authorisation:

• United Kingdom (required)

Reference ID: 9598BR