Outdoor Activity Instructor United Kingdom
Job description
Outdoor Activity Instructors
Headline Terms
- Up to £130 per day
- Rate of pay subject to experience and qualifications
- Deputy Activities Manager and Senior Instructor roles available
- Initial fixed term contract- 1st April to 31 October. Opportunities for permanent employment
- Experience preferred but full training provided
- Free meals whilst on shift (during seasonal opening times)
- A truly epic working environment
Job Description
Porthpean Outdoor Education Centre is now recruiting for awesome people to join our Activity Instruction team. We are inviting applications from anyone with a passion for outdoor education. Full time, part time, senior, and junior roles are all available.
Porthpean OEC is Cornwall's leading outdoor education and activity centre. Based overlooking the stunning St. Austell bay, we offer a fantastically equipped centre with a range of on-site activities, accommodation and dining facilities, plus our own beach. We re-open in May with new investment and exciting plans afoot!
As an Outdoor Activity Instructor at Porthpean OEC, you will deliver a high standard of outdoor programmes to school groups, families, individuals, and community groups. For our centre residentials, you will accompany groups throughout their stay, becoming the fulcrum of their experience at Porthpean, forming bonds and memories that will last a lifetime.
Activities at Porthpean OEC include:
- High ropes
- Climbing walls
- Indoor caving
- Kayaking
- Canoeing
- Coasteering
- Mountain biking
- Archery
- SUP
But your role at Porthpean OEC will not end there. Teamwork is fundamental to all we do at the centre and so your role will cover all manner of duties to ensure every single guest leaves smiling. Such duties may include offering a helping hand with weekend events or covering a shift in our hire centre.
For those who wish to be considered for a Senior Instructor role, you will lead a team of Instructors in accordance with ratios, supervising your group's safety and enjoyment of the day's activities. You will work closely with the Activities Manager to fine-tune programmes, manage schedules, and carry out safety checks. From our Senior Instructors, we will be appointing a Deputy Activities Manager.
For anyone representing Porthpean OEC, you must be a likeable individual with a warm and upbeat personality to help welcome in the thousands of children and families that stay at our centre every year. You will be responsible, reliable, organised, flexible, and able to provide glowing references.
In return for all your amazingness, will we endeavour to create a job that is diverse, rewarding, and above all, fun. We will aim to create a place of work where everyone, no matter their role or the hours a week they work, are valued and respected.
When applying, please include details of all outdoor education-related qualifications plus relevant industry experience.
Job Types: Full-time, Part-time
Salary: Up to £130.00 per day
Benefits:
- Discounted or free food
- Free parking
- On-site parking
Supplemental pay types:
- Bonus scheme
Ability to commute/relocate:
- St. Austell: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)
Application question(s):
- Do you hold a current First Aid award?
- How many years experience do you have of working with Children?
Experience:
- Outdoor Activity Instructing: 1 year (required)
Licence/Certification:
- any National Governing Body awards (preferred)
Shift availability:
- Day shift (required)
Work Location: One location
