Salary: 21,589 - 22,462 pro rata
Hours: Casual
Workbase: Cumbria Outdoors, Hawse End Centre, Keswick
Contract Details: Casual
Are you an engaging and flexible team player looking for an exciting challenge?
Cumbria Outdoors is recruiting Outdoor Education Leaders on a casual daily basis for the 2019 season. This is an exciting chance for the right people to join us in delivering a wide range of outdoor, adventurous and educational activities, ensuring fantastic learning opportunities for our clients.
Cumbria Outdoors offers a wide range of facilities and venues, and our emphasis is placed on making the service accessible to all groups and individuals through-out Cumbria and beyond. Our centres and provision is available 7 days a week, 52 weeks a year, and we have the ability to cater to all groups, from day visitors through to a multiple night residential. All centres offer warm, homely, comfortable bases for groups to return to after a day in the outdoors. We offer a vast and varied curriculum that promotes personal and social development, as well as focusing on living history programmes, family learning, health and wellbeing and environmental awareness course for all ages.
The Role
As an Outdoor Educational Leader, you will be required to deliver a selection of outdoor education sessions/programmes to groups of young people and adults in a range of settings - residential, day bookings and external courses. You will also need to identify and assess the risks and take all necessary measures to meet Health and Safety and legislative requirements.
Who we are looking for:
The ideal candidates will have experience in the delivery of high quality outdoor education sessions using a range of outdoor activities. Good interpersonal skills, customer care, flexibility and the ability to use your own initiative are essential. You must hold a minimum of 3 relevant NGB's. Teaching/youth work qualifications would be desirable as are RYA sailing, local cave leader award, and the D1 entitlement on your driving licence. This is a casual post, and we are looking for people who are adaptable and who have a commitment to contribute to the development of strong partnerships and positive public awareness of our services.
In return, we can offer you:
A friendly and supportive working environment
Challenging and rewarding work
Employee benefits and discounts
This is an open advert, and we will accept applications throughout the year
For further information, please contact Gavin Smallbone; Tel: 01768 812280/Email: gavin.smallbone@cumbria.gov.uk
Appointment to this post is subject to Enhanced Vetting Checks
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