Outdoor Education Instructor - Staffordshire
Entrust
Location: Standon Bowers Outdoor Education Centre, Staffordshire
Salary: £22,542
Outdoor Education Instructor at Entrust Support Services Ltd.
LOCATION: Standon Bowers OEC, Staffordshire, ST21 6RD
RATE OF PAY: £22,542 per annum
CONTRACT PERIOD: Full Time, Permanent
WORKING PATTERN: 37.5 hours on a 5 out of 7-day rota including evenings and weekends.
This is an exciting opportunity to work with Entrust as an outdoor education instructor at one of our residential outdoor education centres in Staffordshire!
As an Outdoor Instructor, you will deliver a wide range of residential outdoor education activities and skills to a range of customer groups; mostly focused on school children.
You will be an ambassador for Entrust Outdoors and play an active part in enabling and promoting the benefits of outdoor learning.
Entrust Outdoors has a fifty-year pedigree of providing high-quality outdoor education for children, young people and adults, with the skills and expertise to deliver a wide range of outcome-focused activities through our ‘Explore & Inspire’ ethos.
Entrust Outdoors has two residential outdoor centres in Staffordshire – Standon Bowers and Laches Wood. In addition to this, Entrust Outdoors has well-established Duke of Edinburgh, Youth Programmes, NCS, Educational Visits Advice and First Aid departments. Entrust Outdoors also provides outdoor adventure activities for the British Army as part of their Soldier Development programme.
Our centre staff are all competent, passionate and active outdoor practitioners with some great experience and a wide range of qualifications, so you’ll be joining an excellent team!
For more of a flavour of Entrust Outdoors please visit Outdoor Education | Entrust (entrust-ed.co.uk)
We’re an equal opportunity and Disability Confident employer, which means we recruit and develop people based on their merit and passion. We’re committed to providing an inclusive, barrier-free recruitment process and working environment for everyone.
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Key Tasks & Responsibilities
- Be able to effectively plan and deliver high-quality outdoor learning sessions with an emphasis on safe practice, learning outcomes and a high standard of customer service.
- Deliver a full and wide range of both centre-based and off-site outdoor activities (qualification dependent) and complete a range of general tasks as required to ensure the smooth running of the centre.
- Be flexible in your availability to work including some overnights, evenings and weekends.
- Work as part of the team to ensure the centre, staff and customers comply with all H&S requirements/regulations and local working practices.
- To further your experience in their range of outdoor activities both in and out of work time to fulfil NGB award and CPD requirements.
- Be reflective in your practice, looking for continuous development and improvement in both their own and the centre’s provision of an outdoor education experience.
Person Specification
- You will have experience working with and instructing young people in the outdoors, ideally in an outdoor or residential centre.
- You are current and passionate about engaging in a range of outdoor activities.
- You have high personal standards in presentation and communication.
- You have experience in delivering high-quality customer service.
- You have experience in working with and contributing to an effective team of people.
- You have or are working towards a range of Outdoor NGB awards.
- You hold an up to date First Aid Award and Safeguard Training (or will complete upon successful selection)
- You have a Full Driving License
- We follow strict Safer Recruitment guidance in our employment processes; therefore, we will require and check suitable references for this role and complete a new Enhanced DBS check prior to employment starting.
HOW TO APPLY: Please e-mail a cover letter and CV for the job you are interested in Centre Manager Kit Preston [email protected]