Do you have a passion for inspiring and engaging people with the natural world? Are you experienced in nature-based outdoor learning? Do you want to be part of a groundbreaking project to realise learning and wellbeing opportunities around an estate-wide nature recovery project?

Post: Wilder Connections – Alternative Provision Outdoor Teacher
Hours: Full or Part Time
Contract: Fixed Term to 31 December 2027. The role is partly funded by a grant from The National Lottery Heritage Fund which continues until the end of 2027, but our intention is that the role should extend beyond this time.
Location: Doddington Estate, Doddington, Lincoln LN6 4RU
Starting Salary: £30,000 to £33,000 per annum FTE
Responsible To: Engagement & Learning Lead
Application Deadline: 9am, Friday 11 July 2025

The Alternative Provision Outdoor Teacher role is fundamental to the delivery of this exciting project. This role will deliver engaging outdoor learning opportunities to students who face barriers to mainstream education, who may be in alternative provision, at risk of exclusion from mainstream education or who would benefit from learning outside the classroom.

Working with the relevant schools you will develop and deliver outdoor education that will engage students with learning experiences which create a connection to nature and foster personal development. Additionally, you will enable students to identify career opportunities, whilst developing life skills, resilience and independence ready for the next stage of their education or career path.

Note that the appointment will be subject to a satisfactory enhanced DBS check.

Wilder Connections

The Doddington Hall Conservation Charity has set up the Wilder Connections project in order to ensure that the unique opportunities presented by Wilder Doddington are seized and developed, ensuring:

Wilder Doddington’s ecological impact is maximised.
That we realise the social impact of the nature recovery for the local community:
- Empowering diverse people through nature connectedness
- Delivering opportunities for local people to take action on climate and nature – at home, at Doddington, and beyond – People-Powered nature recovery
That we inspire other landowners and managers, policy-makers, opinion-formers, funders and Third Sector organisations to take similar approaches that realise the full value of nature: ecological, social and economic

The project is being funded by a National Lottery Heritage Fund grant with additional support from Doddington Farms LLP and Anglian Water.

The main activity objectives for the project are outlined on our website.