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Job Title:Outdoor Education Instructor
Contract type: Permanent
Reports to: Chief Instructors
Location: Hindleap Warren Outdoor Centre, Wych Cross, East Sussex, RH18 5JH.
Salary:£24,519 - £25,541 per annum. Based on qualifications and number of sessions you can lead.
Hours: 42 hours per week on average. (Some evenings & overnight work as required as well as during some weekends) – timetabled well in advance.
Eligibility: Must be 18 years old or over, with a right to work in the UK. You will be required to complete an enhanced DBS application.
|About the Role – what you will be doing
|About the Role – what you will be doing
We are committed to providing top-quality outdoor learning experiences to our visitors and all staff play an active part in achieving that aim.
We are looking for someone who will be able to deliver these high-quality sessions to the wide variety of groups that visit our centre each year. In addition to this, the role involves some other duties required to operate the centre.
Key Responsibilities
|About the Role – what you will be doing
We are committed to providing top-quality outdoor learning experiences to our visitors and all staff play an active part in achieving that aim.
We are looking for someone who will be able to deliver these high-quality sessions to the wide variety of groups that visit our centre each year. In addition to this, the role involves some other duties required to operate the centre.
| Instructional work with clients
- Deliver activity sessions where trained and competent.
- To operate all activities according to Centre Operating Procedures and appropriate National Governing Body qualifications.
- To be a good role model.
- Committed to the delivery of key session outcomes.
- Once trained - maintain activity equipment in good order, complying with Centre policy and best practice within the industry.
| Duty Instructor Role
- Supervise residential groups in mealtime cleaning duties.
- Run the tuck shop as required.
- Maintain an overnight on-site presence (special accommodation provided) for customer service/in-case of an emergency.
- Some cleaning duties.
Skills, Knowledge & Expertise
| Essential Experience, Knowledge & Skills
- Previous experience and continued motivation for working with young people.
- An understanding of the importance of quality customer service and experience.
- An understanding of the value of Outdoor Education.
- Previous experience of working in outdoor centres.
- Experience of working with a range of different young people with different backgrounds and needs.
|Essential Personal Attributes
- Collaborative team player, strong communicator, and a willingness to work effectively with others.
- Able to work independently, demonstrating proactivity and initiative.
- Good work ethic with a practical and dynamic approach to work.
- A composed demeanour, able to keep calm under pressure and solve problems when they arise, efficiently and effectively.
- Absolute commitment to the principles of equality, diversity and inclusion.
- Awareness of the issues of living and working together or previous experience of sharing living space with others.
- Reflect our inclusive culture in your day-to-day work and support a positive health & safety and safeguarding culture in your interactions with colleagues.
- Follow our organisation’s anti-racism principles and practices as you actively promote and respect diversity and inclusion in all aspects of your work and working relationships.
- Demonstrate living our values of Being Ambitious, Being Collaborative, Being Inclusive, Being Accountable.
| Essential Qualifications
- First Aid Qualification
- Archery Qualification
- Can show working towards one of the qualifications stated below.
- Paddlesport Qualification (E.g. Paddlesport Instructor or higher)
- Climbing Qualification (E.g. Climbing Wall Instructor or higher)
- Walking Qualification (E.g. Lowland Leader or higher)
- Bushcraft Qualification (Level 3 Award or Certificate)
- Minibus license
We may consider candidates with significant relevant experience, even if they lack certain qualifications.
Job Benefits
|Additional Benefits Include
- Generous holiday allowance – 39 days per annum (31 days A/L plus 8 bank holidays).
- Entry level salary is based on Real Living Wage, set by the living wage foundation.
- We will continue to support you in working towards industry qualifications and your ongoing professional development.
- Catered meals provided while working when the kitchen is serving young people in residence.
- Access to a Healthcare plan and Employee Assistance Programme.
- Generous maternity/ adoptive/ parental/ shared parental leave of up to 13 weeks.
- Accommodation is available on site at a charge, variable in line with the Government’s set NMW accommodation offset rate. Rooms are single occupancy with shared living spaces.
About London Youth
We are London Youth: a charity on a mission to support the capital’s youth sector to improve the lives of young people. We do this with and through our members – a network of 600 youth organisations – and at our two outdoor residential centres, Hindleap Warren and Woodrow High House.
Throughout our 135-year history, community youth organisations have provided a constant lifeline and a vital safe space outside the family and formal education, where young people can develop confidence, resilience and skills. Young people need opportunities outside school to have fun with their friends, to make a positive change in their communities and to shape the city they live in.
We look to work with all young people, focusing particularly on those who wouldn’t otherwise have access to the kind of opportunities we offer.
Last year we worked with over 28,100 young people through our sports development, employability, youth action and involvement, mental health, arts and Outdoor Education programmes. Our member network supported over 575,000 young Londoners. We delivered 149 training sessions to over 1,000 youth professionals.
