Peak Seasonal Instructor - Cumbria
Fylde Coast YMCA – YMCA Lakeside
Location: Newby Bridge, Cumbria
Salary: £23,809.50pa pr
Closes: 31/10/25
Peak Seasonal Instructor at YMCA Lakeside Outdoor Education Centre
37.5 Hours per week
£23,809.50 per annum (pro rata)
Job Reference – 841LAKE
Subsidised accommodation may be available
Shores of Lake Windermere – Training and Experience – Excellent staff team
Join our team to deliver inspiring outdoor learning programmes and springboard your career.
Working for us means helping children and young people of all levels of ability and backgrounds to fulfil their potential through enjoyable and safe outdoor education programmes. At YMCA Lakeside Outdoor Education Centre, we have lots of young people wanting to come on our courses, especially during May to August, and we need some extra staff members. Our instructors work on a range of outdoor courses, including our famous Summer Day Camp provision. There will be a host of opportunities and experiences to support your professional development, working as part of a like-minded and adventurous team who play an important role in changing young people’s lives.
If you have a minimum of 1 years’ experience with at least one qualification completed and one training undertaken from the list below, with the potential to progress further with the right support, we welcome hearing from you. We value a good attitude and enthusiasm and believe they go a long way, so if you have experience of working with groups in outdoor settings, do get in touch.
· Paddle Sport Instructor / Leader · Rock Climbing Instructor
· RYA Dinghy Instructor with Safety Boat
· Cave, canyon or sailing qualification
· Mountain Leader (summer)
· 16hr First Aid Certificate
· Outdoors based Diploma, Certificate of Degree, PGCE, APIOL, Level 3 course / Apprenticeship
The role
· Providing inspirational, safe, high-quality instruction and outdoor learning sessions
· Assisting the Duty Team to ensure enjoyable, safe and secure residential stays
· Doing all the many other tasks which make our outdoor education courses so successful
This job is for you if…
· You are passionate about creating great experiences for children and young people in the outdoors
· You are friendly, enthusiastic and hardworking
· You are a resilient and confident team worker who can also work unsupervised using your own initiative
· You have prior experience of working in the Outdoor Education sector
· You are able to work flexibly including some evenings and occasional weekends (by arrangement)
· You are available from 11th May 2026 until 28th August 2026 – this role would particularly suit an outdoor orientated student who wants quality work and experience with groups, across the summer break
If you would like an informal chat about the work opportunities on offer, please contact Dr Martin Barry by email [email protected] or mob. 07837 015317.
Successful applicants will be required to complete an application form and Enhanced DBS Disclosure (unless you are enrolled on the updating service), which is paid for by the Centre. Please note that pay rates are due to increase in April 2026.
Closing date for the role is Monday 2nd March 2026 by 9:00am. Applications submitted and/or received after this time will not be considered.