School Adventures Programme Instructor - North West England
The Outward Bound Trust
Location: Northwest Region - Ideally 1 hr from Manchester (Travel required)
Salary: £27,144 - £31,803 plus benefits
Closes: 12/5/25
School Adventures Programme Instructor at The Outward Bound Trust
Contract: Two-year fixed term to start as soon as possible.
Hours: 40 hours per week approx. Monday to Friday, 8:00am- 4:00pm.
We're an educational charity that helps young people defy their limitations, so they become strong, resilient and curious, ready for the challenges of life.
We’re excited to present a unique opportunity to lead and shape our new Adventure Schools Programme — a new initiative designed to bring the transformative experience of our outstanding residentials to young people in schools.
As a School Adventures Programme Instructor, your key responsibility is to deliver in schoolgrounds, high-quality 1-day, 3-day, and 5-day adventure programmes with a focus on achieving clear course outcomes.
Using your group facilitation skills, creativity, and enthusiasm to the full you’ll inspire young people to build critical life skills such as confidence, resilience, teamwork, and leadership skills that they can transfer into their education and beyond.
Who we’re looking for
Someone with the energy, enthusiasm, and passion for delivering engaging and fun learning experiences. You won’t be leading young people up mountains or down rivers for this role, but you will need creativity, excellent group facilitation skills, and a commitment to making a difference. This will include bringing Outward Bound learning to life in school grounds. You’ll have the ability to think on your feet and adapt activities when required. Importantly you’ll need to have experience working in schools, community and/or the education sector.
You’ll be passionate about working with young people, helping them to learn and develop in outdoor settings.
Come and join us on this exciting new adventure! There’s lots more to find out so visit: www.outwardbound.org/job-vacancies
If you are interested, please send an email with your up-to-date CV and covering letter of no more than 500 words explaining how your skills and experience fit the Job Description, to Tara King. [email protected].
Closing date: 09.00, Monday, 12 May 2025.
Initial Interviews will take place from w/c 26 May 2025 at our Head Office in Hackthorpe, nr Penrith, Cumbria, or via Teams or Zoom if appropriate.
Start date: As soon as possible.