The Education Coordinator is responsible for putting in place the educational aspect of Sunseed Desert Technology for co-learning residents and staff. This position involves close collaboration within the Office Team and all other Coordinators to ensure that Sunseed’s development as an educational centre of experiential/informal learning, through the delivery of successful educational experiences, both internally and externally, is met. You are also in charge of managing the internships and the ESC programme. The work is diverse and wide-ranging, depending on the skills and knowledge of the successful candidate.

It is required that you bring your own laptop and phone to the project.

Core Responsibilities

Managing the recruitment of interns and ESC volunteers, supervising their projects and handling their documents

Researching and educating Sunseed members about decolonisation, degrowth and environmental justice including raising awareness about our surrounding challenges

Archiving educational materials, organising and making visible the existing archives (analog and online) and designing alternative archiving methods

Organise educational activities such as courses, workshops, open days, external visits, school visits, group visits, guided tours, seminars

Researching educational strategies, activities and programmes

Represent Sunseed in public events, such as talks and conferences

Develop and oversee a working mentoring system for all members of Sunseed





Encourage the development of monitoring and evaluation of activities and learning processes

Encourage the participation of staff members in courses and seminars for their further skill development

Maintaining and improving informational signs around the project

Conducting tours and giving information to visitors

Organising activities for co-learning residents within the education department

Maintaining files of important contact information on different organisations/networks, materials etc. and ensuring they are properly archived

Writing blogs and articles related to the educational activity at Sunseed

Requirements

Commitment to promoting low impact living and environmental education

Confident in public speaking, workshop delivery and facilitation with young people

Initiative and creativity to explore new opportunities, networks and ideas

Excellent communication skills, including ability to work as part of a closely integrated team; patience and open mindedness to work with all members of the Sunseed community in a non-hierarchical organisational method

Previous knowledge of NGO administration (desired)

A strong affinity with Sunseed’s vision and mission

Good organisational abilities

Proven experience engaging with a diverse audience

Ability to set targets, identify priorities and monitor progress

Ability to lead and motivate assistants, interns, ESC's and co-learning residents, who range from those with a wealth of experience to those with little or none

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📌 Education coordinator (España)
🏢 Sunseed Desert Technology
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