Curriculum Curator

This Autumn, we are building on the success of our first three waves of Ambassadors programmes to work with over 400 young people in sixteen state schools within the London area. This enables us to test the design and sustainability of our programme further before opening it up to young people and schools across the UK.

We are searching for someone excited by the prospect of seeing how far we can develop and deepen the narrative of environmental education in schools and who has the contacts to help us partner with exciting people and organisations making real change for future generations. 

You will be a dynamic and experienced professional who loves designing innovative and real experiences for young people who care about the future of our planet and want to learn more by joining our Ambassador Programme and going on a one-year journey with their school and us.

You will also be committed to gathering truly diverse thought and pedagogical insight, bringing people and ideas together into robust curriculum design. Working closely with key team members across the organisation, the Curriculum Curator will ensure our curriculum and content are exciting, ambitious, inclusive and relevant for the young people we work with!

Responsibilities

At Bertha Earth, all of our programmes are underpinned by our five key pillars of environmental leadership, activism, storytelling, nature connection and self-care. 

The overall responsibility of the Curriculum Consultant will be to spearhead the design of a strong, values-driven and age-appropriate curriculum across all our programmes. Championing this within the organisation, their significant knowledge and experience will ensure it is the iterative and collaborative beating heart of our programmes.

Other responsibilities will include: 

Culture & ethos

• Model and support the ethos and culture of the organisation

• Contribute to the value-driven ethos of the organisation

Curriculum

• Lead content review meetings with our facilitators and delivery partners to get the best from people, capturing learnings from delivery for future curriculum design.

• Ensure the voices of young people are brought into our design and review process in a meaningful and authentic way.

• Foster healthy debate within a curriculum working group of content partners, and bring in freelance experts to foster new ideas and diversity of thought.

• Support the development of an exciting and robust theory of change

• Lead the design of strong, clear, engaging session plans for the young people on the Ambassador programme, which can be easily understood and consistently interpreted by other facilitators. This could later also include supporting content design for a teacher-training programme.

Safeguarding

• Adhere to best practice safeguarding standards, including individual school’s processes where relevant

• Support organisational responsibility for safeguarding and planning for safe programmes

Details of the role

This is a flexible role which can be shaped in conversation with the successful candidate.

• Freelance, Tuesdays and Thursdays preferred

• Holding a regular fortnightly curriculum working group at an agreed, regular time

This flexible role can be shaped in conversation with the successful candidate but must include holding a regular fortnightly curriculum working group at an agreed regular time. Tuesdays and Thursdays are preferred.

Initially, a fixed-term, 6-month contract working 2-3 days a week, with progression opportunities, including the opportunity for permanent roles within the organisation.

Working Pattern

To fulfil the requirements of this role, there may be occasional in-person touchpoints with the team in our London office or partner schools; the ability and desire to travel to these is paramount.

There may also be occasional travel outside of London, for which reasonable travel and accommodation expenses will be reimbursed.

Important dates

Please note that you will need to be available for all of the following dates for your application to be considered. Please note that CVs are optional and not a requirement for your application.

1. Application Deadline: 09:00 Friday 25th October - This is the deadline for receiving your answers to the questions and also your CV (optional)

2. Final Interview (In person at the Bertha Earth office in central London): Tuesday the 5th of November or Thursday the 7th of November (40-60 minutes)

Start date: Negotiable depending on availability and notice period of successful candidate

Please let us know if you require any reasonable adjustments to ensure you are able to take part in our interview process.

Candidates will be notified by Friday, 1st November at the latest if they have been successful.