Outdoor Educational Instructor

Edsential Community Interest Company; Llanddaniel Fab; On-site; GBP 23,000 - 28,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

PPE

Wellbeing programmes

Training and development opportunities

Cycle to Work Scheme

Discounts

Job summary

Conway Centre on Anglesey is recruiting casual Outdoor Education Instructors to deliver sessions on water and land activities to visiting groups. Working as part of the Edsential Residential team, you will lead morning/afternoon/evening sessions, requiring preparation and tidy-up time.

Prior experience with children outdoors and appropriate awards are preferred. The role emphasizes safety, teamwork and ongoing professional development within a supportive Conway Centre environment that offers

Qualifications

• Experience delivering outdoor education sessions to groups of children.
• Competence demonstrated by national governing body awards in activity categories provided.
• Honest, calm and professional approach with diverse clientele.

Responsibilities

• Deliver high-quality outdoor education sessions at the Conway Centre.
• Induct guests, maintain equipment, and support risk management processes.
• Plan, co-ordinate and evaluate outdoor residential courses with the team.
• Lead staff development, training and sign-offs for instructors.

Skills

canoeing

kayaking

raft building

sailing

stand-up paddleboarding

climbing

high level ropes

zipwire

bushcraft

mountain biking

via ferrata

D1+E minibus/trailer

CPC card

tachograph card

Job description

Edsential is a Community Interest Company in partnership with both Cheshire West and Wirral Councils.

Location: Llanfair PG, Anglesey

Salary: £133.40- £162.83per day (dependent on qualifications and experience)

Casual Outdoor Education Instructor for Conway Centre

Wage: (£15.17 - £18.51 per hour) Day rate between£125.76 - £153.45.

Contract: Casual

Hours: 1 session is 3.7 hours, a usual day includes a morning and afternoon session.

The Role

We seek outdoor professionals to join our casual and freelance Outdoor Education Instructor team to deliver outdoor sessions to children visiting our centre. A session is 3.5 hours plus preparation and tidying time, and is either a morning, afternoon or evening.

We require you to be passionate about and committed to teaching high quality Outdoor Education courses that our customer groups return for year after year. The role will involve sharing the responsibility for the preparation, planning, co-ordination and evaluation of the outdoor residential courses. As well as inducting guests and assisting to maintain equipment and facilities, whist working closely with the outdoor team and adhering to our risk management processes.

We are looking for people who’s background will allow them to demonstrate a calm, considered and professional approach to working with a diverse clientele who may require additional support or considerations.

We are open to all applications who can demonstrate at least one season of experience of working with children and young people in the outdoors. We particularly seek staff who have demonstrated their competence by gaining national governing body awards in the activity categories we provide.

• On the water we provide canoeing, kayaking, raft building, sailing - and stand-up paddleboarding.
• On the land we provide climbing, high level ropes, zipwire, bushcraft, mountain biking and via ferrata amongst others.
• For offsite adventures, such as gorge walking, coasteering and mining you will require minibus/trailer qualification (D1+E) and up to date CPC and digital tachograph card.

The centre team are friendly, outgoing and inclusive. If you decide to become involved you will benefit from regular training, and support to gain further professional qualifications. The Conway Centre is an excellent location to continue developing your outdoor career.

The Main Responsibilities

• Maintaining and helping to develop the delivery of high-quality Outdoor Education activities at the Centre, whilst able to deliver at a technical level for some courses.
• Ensure that the high quality and culture of the centre is maintained, whilst also inducting customers and ensure the aims of courses are met.
• Plan and leading staff training, monitoring and sign off’s of instructors
• Develop and take responsibility for the maintenance and upkeep of equipment and facilities within an area within your technical expertise.

The Job

The job is on casual basis meeting the demands of the centre throughout the year. We work in sessions, a session is either a morning, afternoon or evening. A typical day involves a morning session and an afternoon session. Most schools come to stay in term time, though we have a range of groups who stay during school holidays. There may also be the requirement to do periodic evening duties. The pay is dependent on experience and qualifications.

The Centre

Conway Centres Anglesey have been welcoming groups of young people for Outdoor Education and Arts courses, since 1969, and is now a part of Edsential Residential. The Conway Centre has large grounds, woodland areas and access to the Menai Strait through a private dock, this allows us the opportunity for a large portion of our sessions to be based onsite. We are located adjacent to the National Trusts Plas Newydd House and have easy access to the coasts, mountains, rivers and lakes of Snowdonia National Park and AngleseyAONB, which facilitates many offsite opportunities. This provides an ideal location for our approach to use Outdoor Education activities to facilitate the development of young people in accordance with their aims and objectives. The Conway Centre can accommodate over four hundred young people and their accompanying staff all year round.

The Company

Edsential are a Community Interest Company, created and partially owned by Cheshire West and Chester and Wirral Council. The company remit is to directly reinvest any profits into improving services and supporting progress in schools within the community, to improve outcomes for children and young people. Edsential supports schools with Catering, Cleaning, Creative and Performing Arts, Governors, Health and Wellbeing, Music, Residential and Curriculum Support.

Edsential is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. A Disclosure and Barring Service check will be required during your induction.

What benefits do you get in return?

• Competitive monthly pay
• Access to benefits including retail and leisure discounts. Cycle to Work Scheme and salary sacrifice car.
• Support to prioritise your health and wellbeing with dedicated 24/7 wellbeing programmes and a wellbeing team
• PPE
• A friendly and supportive team
• Ongoing training and development opportunities

The centre team are friendly, outgoing and inclusive. If you decide to become involved you will benefit from regular training, and support to gain further professional qualifications. The Conway Centre is an excellent location to continue developing your outdoor career.

For further information email the Outdoor Education and Safety Manager [e-mail] or call 0151 541 2172 or email [e-mail].

Edsential regard safeguarding with the highest priority. Applicants for posts will be subject to stringent vetting and induction processes. The successful applicant will be subject to relevant checks and enhanced DBS.