Sustainable Schools Advisor

4 days ago


Auckland City, New Zealand Auckland Council Full time

**He angitūtanga: The opportunity**

Our Sustainable Schools team has an opportunity for a Sustainable Schools Advisor to join a friendly team who are passionate about achieving tangible sustainability outcomes in Tāmaki Makaurau. This exciting opportunity is to work closely with Auckland schools and their communities and help us support and build new and innovative sustainability initiatives through student-led action.
You will engage with pre-schools, kura, wharekura and schools to embrace Māori world views with the purpose of fostering kaitiakitanga in our community. You will also work with the Team Manager to deliver and implement Auckland Council’s leadership role to catalyse, integrate and deliver sustainability education initiatives in south Auckland.

You can expect to work on:

- Programme management at our Auckland Botanic Gardens experience centre, covering everything from programme development, education delivery, procurement, health & safety, marketing and supporting education contractors.
- Partnering with Auckland Botanic Gardens to provide education for schools.
- Contributing to programmes like youth climate resilience, low carbon living, water quality, biodiversity and waste minimisation in schools,
- Aligning to school programmes to ensure best practise of educational learning and implementing behavioural changes,
- Empowering young people to take action for a sustainable environment and provide professional development opportunities for teachers around sustainability education and action in schools and their community

**He kōrero mōu: About you**

For this role, we’re looking for experienced teachers, facilitators or sustainability champions who have proven leadership skills and expertise in implementing environmental education for sustainability programmes in schools.

You will be resilient, adaptable, positive and relish engaging and enabling communities You’ll also be open minded and customer-focused; inspiring schools and community partners to work together to promote and commit to sustainable communities and kaitiakitanga.

We will be looking for experience in:

- Working with Māori and multi-cultural communities,
- Understanding of the NZ Curriculum and/or Te Whāriki,
- Teaching or education programme delivery and development
- Please note: _
- _A current NZ Driver’s license is required for any travel across the region._
- _This is Permanent 0.8 (32 hours/week) position_
- _This role is deemed safety sensitive and, in line with Auckland Council policy, you will be required to complete pre-employment drug & alcohol testing_

**Ngā āhuatanga kei a mātou: What we offer**

Auckland Council is one of the largest local authorities in the South Pacific providing essential services and facilities to nearly 1.5 million people. We are committed to environmental action and green growth to achieve our vision of becoming the world’s most liveable city.

The Education and Community Climate Action group works with schools and their communities to support and deliver education for sustainability programmes and experiences.

In return for your hard work, you can expect a flexible and supportive work environment.

Ehara taku toa, he takitahi, he toa takitini My success is not mine alone, but the success of many.

You’ll also have access to a range of fantastic Auckland Council benefits, including discounted Leisure Centre membership and a range of other partnership discounts

If you have the required experience and a passion for developing life-long learners who think and act sustainably, then we want to hear from you

**Please find the position description** here

**Applications close**: Tuesday 27th February 2024
- Auckland Council strongly encourages our employees to be fully vaccinated._



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