Education Officer

Education Officer

£29,000 - £30,000 per annum depending on experience Plus employer’s pension contribution (currently 10%)

Contract: 1 year fixed term contract, Full-time

Location: Our offices are located in Brockley, South East London. (This role includes regular national travel, as well as office-based work.)

Required: ASAP

We work directly with children and young people aged 3-18, as well as parents, carers, educators and professionals, hearing about their real experiences online, and the positive things they are doing as well as sharing safety advice.

We are looking for an experienced educator to help us create and deliver innovative, engaging and inclusive online safety education for children and young people across the UK, and those who care for them. 

This role would be ideal for an educator with experience of working directly with children and young people both in schools and remotely, who is looking to diversify their skills and broaden out their experience.  Childnet is undertaking exciting and pioneering work to ensure that online safety education is inclusive and accessible for all children and young people. This role will play a vital part in developing and delivering impactful education sessions for young people, parents and carers, and educators, as well as creating new teaching and learning resources. 

The role is very varied and provides opportunities to educate and empower young people to lead positive and safe lives online as well as engaging effectively with the adults who support them. The role sits within a dynamic, busy and collaborative Education Team made up of trained educators with experience of working with schools, in pastoral roles and of leading drama workshops. 

At Childnet we pride ourselves on the collaborative approach we take to tackling a broad range of online safety issues and our commitment to empower young people and champion youth voice. This role offers exciting opportunities to work closely with internet industry, other charities and international organisations. It will involve working with schools across the UK, helping to deliver exciting youth-led events and be at the forefront of delivering inclusive online safety education. 

In this role, you will   

• Travel to educational settings across the UK and work with educators to run sessions for children and young people aged 3-18, educators and parents and carers.    
• Deliver virtual education sessions for all these audiences as required.   
• Work informally with youth audiences to capture youth voice   
• Develop and update resources for children and young people, parents and carers, and educators - such as lesson plans, video content and online modules, e.g. Safer Internet Day education materials for schools   
• Work with colleagues across the Education Team and Digital Leaders team to develop and update digital content for our website and Digital Leaders Programme.

You'll need to have   

• Excellent communication skills with strong writing and personal presentational skills; and an ability to communicate often complex ideas in an accessible and persuasive style, both written and face-to-face, to children and parents   
• Excellent communication manner – online, telephone and face to face.   
• Highly developed interpersonal skills, and an ability to communicate effectively with a wide range of people outside the organisation   
• Strong organisational skills with demonstrable experience of being able to manage one’s own time and workload and managing competing priorities and deadlines.

You can enjoy a range of employee benefits including a generous pension scheme and annual leave entitlement.

Childnet embraces diversity and equal opportunity. We are committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. The more inclusive we are, the better our work will be.

At the moment we are working flexibly and both in office and remotely but with an expectation of resuming more office-based work going forward.

For a full job description, person specification and to apply, please click the apply button.

Closing date: 7th February 2022

Interviews: Held via Zoom on 15th and 16th February 2022, with second round interviews in the following week.