Green Focus Intern

Role Overview

Candidates should enjoy working with children, be comfortable working outdoors, and be willing to learn and contribute to hands-on projects. A creative, proactive, and collaborative approach is essential for this role.

Key Responsibilities

• Support Green Focus lessons in the forest, shamba, outdoor classroom, wetland areas, and other outdoor learning spaces.
• Assist with learner supervision and safety during outdoor and practical activities.
• Support behaviour management, transitions, group work, and hands-on learning tasks.
• Assist learners with planting, composting, watering, harvesting, habitat building, species observation, and environmental investigations.
• Support the care and maintenance of Green Focus spaces, including the shamba, forest learning areas, duck area, tortoise enclosure, compost systems, and outdoor classroom.
• Assist with lesson preparation, resource creation, displays, posters, research notes, and project preparation.
• Support school events, sustainability initiatives, and community-based Green Focus projects.
• Contribute creative ideas for engaging outdoor learning experiences, projects, and resources.
• Support practical projects from planning through to completion.
• Assist with general preparation, organisation, and clean-up of outdoor learning spaces.
• Uphold Woodland Star’s mission, values, safeguarding expectations, and Behaviour Code.
• Engage positively with learners, colleagues, and the wider school community.

Requirements and Qualifications

• Interest or experience in education, environmental education, conservation, ecology, agriculture, gardening, outdoor learning, sustainability, or a related field.
• Qualification of BA/BSc/HND.
• Experience working with children is preferred.
• Practical gardening or outdoor project experience is preferred.
• Basic knowledge of local plants, animals, or ecosystems is an advantage.
• Strong awareness of child safety, particularly in outdoor and forest-based learning environments.
• Ability to support behaviour management in a kind and consistent manner.
• Strong communication and teamwork skills.
• Practical, organised, proactive, and willing to learn.
• Strong alignment with Woodland Star’s mission and values.
• Current police clearance/background check.
• Certified copies of academic and/or professional documents, where applicable.
• At least two professional references.

How to Apply

This is an unpaid, voluntary internship placement for a period of 3–6 months. Send your application to rebeccav@woodlandstarkenya.com.