Outdoor Learning Instructor - Surrey, United Kingdom - Surrey County Council

Surrey County Council

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Surrey, United Kingdom

1 week ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Job Introduction

The starting rate for this position is £12.75 per hour (inclusive of 15.51% holiday entitlement).
If you're passionate about the outdoors, have great leadership skills and enjoy working with children and young people, WE want to hear from you

Who are we?
Surrey Outdoor Learning and Development (SOLD) is a provider of high-quality Outdoor Learning programmes.

We are committed to
inspiring and
engaging young people and adults, improving and
enriching personal and social development and raising achievement, success and aspirations in life.

To get a flavour of what we do, take a look at our video about our residentials at High Ashurst.

We are looking for people to join our team as
Outdoor Learning Instructors. We will provide you with full training in a range of activities; building on your experiences and skills.

Even if you have limited experience in the outdoors or are joining us from a different career background, we can offer you the
support and development to make this a genuinely rewarding career.

If you have the following skills, we can build upon these to help you become a skilled Outdoor Learning Instructor

Confident in leading others
A love of the outdoors
Good communication and people skills

Once trained, your typical day would look like this:

Arrival for staff briefing on the group's learning outcomes, the groups on site, their programmes and needs
Gather group and lead introductory games
Lead groups on their activity, which could be a challenge course, orienteering, team tasks, archery, woodland skills to name a few
Creatively review activity and then off to lunch
Repeat in the afternoon
Staff debrief for the day

We're looking for Outdoor Learning Instructors at our centres in:

High Ashurst, near Dorking, RH5 6DQ
Henley Fort, Guildford, GU2 4RH
Thames Young Mariners, Ham near Richmond, TW10 7RX

We have various, flexible shift patterns on offer: 9am - 5pm, 1pm - 9.30pm and 9am - 9pm, Monday - Sunday.

At Surrey, our values and behaviours are just as important as our skills and abilities. They shape who we are as an organisation. Find out more about the values we follow.

Additional Information

A centre visit and chat about the role will be arranged at a mutually convenient time.

An enhanced DBS 'Disclosure and Barring Service' check for regulated activity (formerly known as CRB) and the Children's and Adults' Barred List checks will be required for this role.

Contact Details

Benefits

For more information about the wide variety of benefits you can take advantage of please visit MyBenefits for Surrey County Council staff.

**Our Commitment