Outdoor Educator- Part Time/ Full Time Positions - Tayside Region, United Kingdom - The Alba Explorers

Description

**2 Outdoor Education Tutors

• Part time/ full time positions available**The above posts represent an exciting opportunity for highly motivated individuals, with a love of the outdoors to express interest in joining our team, sharing their knowledge and skills in a primary school setting; and helping to shape the lives of children into the future.

We are offering 1-2 year fixed term contracts, both part time and full time. These positions will include 2-3 week' of paid training, with work mostly coinciding with the Scottish academic year.


Employer:
The Alba Explorers


Location:
Tayside and Dundee, Scotland


Pay:
£27,000 per annum


Contract date:
August August 2024


Company Overview

The Alba Explorers was founded by two brothers, Jordan and Joshua Lynch, on the back of a shared conviction; that the outdoors provides a superior environment for people of all ages to learn, and can have a profoundly positive impact on the well-being and quality of life to all.

As a family business, The Alba Explorers believe in making meaningful experiences accessible through outdoor education.

We specialize in the creation and delivery of bespoke outdoor education for schools, teacher training sessions and dedicated outdoor spaces development for school grounds.

Our goal is to ensure that students have character-building experiences, develop survival and outdoor knowledge, grow in social and emotional resilience, and ultimately, increase their respect and appetite for learning in the great outdoors

We are expanding as a business and are looking for two individuals to join our tight-knit work family.

We want the successful applicants to be driven and dedicated, and in return we are offering valuable opportunities to develop in outdoor education, along with shorter work days and other perks.

These positions would be suitable for outdoor instructors and specialists, part time teachers, undergraduates or post graduates in ecology, conservation, education or similar, looking for experience, or those from other suitable outdoor professions.

Main Duties and Responsibilities

• To deliver quality outdoor and environmental education sessions, primarily to primary school students aged 411, primarily in the Angus and Dundee area
• To plan lessons, activities and content (assisted with the provision of materials from The Alba Explorers) tailored to the needs of schools
• To successfully facilitate team building and problem solving exercises (e.g., tasks designed to develop interpersonal skills, lateral thinking, mindfulness, spatial awareness etc.)
• To monitor the progression and improvement of individual pupils in groups, providing brief initial, regular and final assessments throughout the term
• To responsibly ensure a safe and low risk environment for students participating in outdoor learning activities
• To undertake sessions and activitybased risk assessments in line with company guidance
• To complete brief daily work records, weekly mileage sheets and facilitate the delivery of awards such as John Muir
• To facilitate practical activities of a sometimes arduous nature, such as ponddigging, coppicing trees and moving appropriatelysized rocks.
• In the unlikely event of an injury, i.e., a small burn or cut, to deliver first aid and record the incident appropriately using company forms
• Protect and maintain company equipment provided to you i.e. flint & steel sets, fire bowls and tools
• Establishing and maintaining strong working relationships with school management and staff
• Potential opportunity to drive a minibus, taking children offsite for hikes and other activities
• Share your love and passion for the great outdoors, encouraging and inspiring the rising generations

Selection Criteria:
Experience and Qualifications

• Degree OR 3+ years of experience in a selection of the following: ecology; outdoor activities; teaching; primary education; Bushcraft and Survival; conservation or related fields
• Essential: Up to date First Aid certificate
• Essential: Experience of working with children or groups
• Essential: driven and motivated work ethic
• Outdoor qualifications (eg. Mountain Leader, Woodland Leader, Bushcraft etc)

Skills & Knowledge

• Basic outdoor skills (e.g., fire lighting and safety skills, outdoor cooking, map reading and navigation, survival skills, rope and tool use, shelter construction).
• Conservation; environmental awareness and management; outdoor adventure activities

Location

Legal Documents

• Evidence of the right to work in Scotland
• A full driving licence
• Applicants may be required to drive a minibus, and so previous training / licensing in this area is beneficial

Benefits and Pay

• Days begin around 09:00 and finish at 15:30, with approximately 1 hour of breaks. This means a 5 hour day of direct tutoring. Out of hours' session preparations will be needed to ensure readiness for session delivery each day.
• The position include