Outdoor Education Instructors and Outdoor Education Instructors and Trainers - Derbyshire
Thornbridge Outdoors part of Sheffield City Council
- Salary: £17.74 per hour Outdoor Education Instructor
- £20.46 per hour Outdoor Education Instructor and Trainer
- Location: Great Longstone, near Bakewell, Derbyshire
Job details:
Thornbridge Outdoors is Sheffield City Council’s outdoor learning centre located near Bakewell in the Peak District. Our mission is ‘to widen the horizons of young people through real outdoor adventures in the Peak District’.
This is an exciting opportunity to join the pool of casual instructors at Thornbridge Outdoors, and play a key role in providing excellent adventures and courses for our clients.
For further information about the posts please read the below, click through to see the job descriptions and contact Ed Allaway on 01629 640491 or email [email protected] if you have any questions.
Casual Outdoor Education Instructor
Your main role will be to run high quality outdoor education sessions for a range of different groups at our centre, in various venues across the Peak District and on occasion at schools. Activities that the centre delivers include mountain biking, canoeing, high ropes courses, caving/mine exploration, problem solving, abseiling, climbing, hillwalking and bushcraft.
Applicants should have:
- A passion for outdoor activities and delivering outdoor learning.
- Experience leading outdoor activities and the drive to be able to deliver the full range of activities offered at the centre.
- A range of qualifications for leading adventurous activities including the Mountain Training Rock Climbing Instructor (or a higher award) and at least one of the following:
- Mountain Training Hill and Moorland Leader or Mountain Leader
- British Caving Local Cave/Mine Leader or higher award
- British Canoeing qualifications appropriate for leading canoeing on a reservoir (sheltered water).
- A nationally recognised mountain bike leadership qualification appropriate for leading on trails in the Peak District.
Different opportunities for work include single days (both midweek and at weekends), part weeks, weekends and Monday-Friday blocks.
We are especially interested in applications from instructors qualified to deliver a range of different activities with availability that includes some weekends.
For more information and to apply please go to https://ce0369li.webitrent.com/ce0369li_webrecruitment/wrd/run/ETREC179GF.open?VACANCY_ID=869499yDi1&WVID=658647Iqms.
Casual Outdoor Education Instructor and Trainer
Your main role will be to run high quality hillwalking leadership and/or first aid courses for a range of clients at our centre, in various venues across the Peak District and on occasion at schools.
Applicants should have:
- A passion for outdoor activities and delivering outdoor learning.
- Experience directing hillwalking leadership courses and/or ITC First first aid courses and the drive to be able to deliver excellent experiences.
- Approval to direct one or more of the following courses:
- Mountain Training Hill & Moorland Leader training and assessments.
- Mountain Training Lowland Leader Award training and assessments.
- ITC First Outdoor First Aid and/or Emergency First Aid at Work.
For more information and to apply please go to https://ce0369li.webitrent.com/ce0369li_webrecruitment/wrd/run/ETREC179GF.open?VACANCY_ID=936206yDi1&WVID=658647Iqms.