Outdoor Education Instructor

Yarm School; Yarm; Remote; GBP 21,000 - 27,000; Full time

Job summary

Yarm School invites applications for an Outdoor Education Instructor to lead quality outdoor education and create opportunities for pupils. The role supports a variety of trips within the UK and overseas, including three-week France trips and watersports in Greece, and backs Duke of Edinburgh’s Award expeditions at Bronze and Gold levels.

The successful candidate will join our Outdoor Education team, participate in after-school clubs such as climbing and canoeing, and benefit from a professional

Qualifications

• Welcomes any recognised outdoor education qualifications.
• Professional training package offered to further leadership qualifications.

Responsibilities

• Lead a variety of outdoor trips within the UK and overseas.
• Support Duke of Edinburgh’s Award expeditions at Bronze and Gold levels.
• Organise and run extracurricular activities such as climbing and canoe clubs.

Job description

Yarm School, the leading independent School in the region, seeks to appoint an Outdoor Education Instructor. The successful candidate will join our team to ensure quality outdoor education and opportunities for our pupils.

The Outdoor Education department successfully leads a variety of exciting outdoor trips both within the UK and overseas. The largest trips that we provide to our pupils currently consist of a three-week trip to France, watersports trip to Greece, Second & Third Year Outdoor Education trips involving camping, mountain biking, hiking and canoeing. During the term time we host a variety of extracurricular activities and after school clubs, including two climbing clubs and a canoe club. The department also supports Duke of Edinburgh’s Award expeditions at Bronze and Gold levels.

Additionally, we welcome applicants with any other recognised outdoor education qualifications. A professional training package is offered with the role, enabling the successful candidate to further their outdoor leadership qualifications to further support the needs of the school.

The terms of employment expect a degree of flexibility in working hours to enable tasks and activities to be conducted outside the normal school day, at weekends and during school holidays. However, working time will be based on a working week of 40 hours. These working hours will be monitored by the Outdoor Education Coordinator. Regular meetings will be held with the Outdoor Education Coordinator to ensure that the arrangements detailed in this job description are functioning effectively, efficiently and to the satisfaction of all concerned parties.

Yarm School, The Friarage, TS15 9EJ

Yarm School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and the successful candidate will be subject to vetting checks including an enhanced DBS check.

The Friarage
Yarm, North Yorkshire
TS15 9EJ