Course Co-Ordinator
Hours: 37.5 hours over 5 days per week
Duration: Permanent
Overview:
West Midlands Safari Park are sourcing applicants for the role of Course Coordinator. The primary objective of the Course Coordinator is to lead the development, management and delivery of educational accredited courses. Other tasks include the delivery of course modules in order to continuously improve all aspects of the learning experience.
Main Roles & Responsibilities:
* Leading the co-ordination and delivery of educational accredited courses, ensuring all content, delivery and assessments are in line with the guidelines set by external educational establishment and/or awarding bodies.
* Creating timetables for teaching that fit with both required teaching commitments and staffing budgets throughout the year, ensuring all required resources are allocated as part of the process.
* Creating all content and planners required for the successful delivery of each accredited course.
* Co-ordinating the allocation of teaching staff on a daily basis, ensuring tasks are communicated efficiently and all deadline are met.
* Evaluation of onsite accredited course content and its delivery, ensuring continuous improvements are pro-actively made to enhance the learning experience.
* Responsible for ensuring all teaching staff are appropriately trained and developed in line with all educational accredited course elements.
* Deliver onsite accredited courses, ensuring content is inline with student needs and appropriate schemes of work, and lesson plans are created for each session.
* Assessment of accredited courses, ensuring marking standards are in line with external educational establishment and awarding body guidelines.
Education / Qualifications:
* Minimum degree level qualification in Animal Care, Animal Management, Zoology, Conservation or related subject is essential
* Teaching, presenter or educator experience is essential, alongside a formal teaching qualification
* Assessor qualification
* Previous experience in a Course Coordinator role is desirable
Benefits
As well as benefiting from working in a unique and beautiful setting, you'll also receive a range of additional perks to employment including:
* WMSP Annual Pass which gives you and your family and friends free admission and theme park wristbands, and free entry to our sister site Drayton Manor Park.
* 35% Discount in our retail and catering outlets and off park special events.
* 24 Hour access to an online doctor and access to online prescriptions.
* Counselling access.
* Online retailer discount portal.
* Free onsite parking.
About us:
West Midlands Safari Park is home to some of the world's most beautiful and critically endangered species, with a four-mile safari drive-through, walk-through Discovery Trail, African Village and Lemur Woods exhibiting hundreds of exotic animal species with close encounters opportunities galore. The 200-acre site includes a wide range of catering and retail outlets, and a large amusement area with over 25 rides and attractions providing the ideal venue for family days out.
Application Closing Date - 16th October 2025