Instructor - Benmore Outdoor Centre

The Role

We\’re looking for an inspiring Outdoor Instructor to join the City of Edinburgh Council\’s Benmore Outdoor Centre team.

Your mission? To deliver high-quality adventurous activities and outdoor learning experiences for:

• School children from Edinburgh and beyond (core)
• Youth groups, organisations & charities (commercial)

What You\’ll Be Doing

As part of our experienced team, you\’ll plan and deliver adventurous activities with clear development opportunities and learning outcomes for every group.

• Take groups into the wild and inspiring landscapes of Loch Lomond & The Trossachs National Park
• Use your skills, experience, and qualifications to tailor activities and venues to meet the needs of each group
• Play an active role in developing both yourself and the centre\’s future

Why Work at Benmore?

• A well-resourced and highly regarded local authority outdoor centre
• A supportive, skilled team who bring out the best in each other
• Course opportunities to gain further NGB\’s and industry qualifications
• Regular in-house training and professional development programme
• Technical workwear/PPE provision
• Competitive pay package and local authority terms and conditions of service
• Structured working pattern for a great work/life balance

What We\’re Looking For

Alongside your technical outdoor qualifications and experience, we value:

• Professionalism – you represent our centre and inspire confidence
• Enthusiasm – you bring energy and passion to every session
• Adaptability – you respond positively to changing conditions and group needs

National Governing Body Qualifications:

• Rock Climbing instructor
• British Canoeing Paddle Sport Instructor & Touring leader or equivalents
• British Cycling Level 2 or equivalent

(If you are short one of the above, we would still like to hear from you)

• RYA Dingy Instructor
• RYA powerboat level 2
• D1 Minibus driving entitlement
• Gorge walking and Caving experience

If you\’re ready to inspire, challenge, and create unforgettable outdoor experiences, we\’d love to hear from you.

This post is regulated work with children and/or protected adults under the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007. The preferred candidate will be required to join the PVG Scheme or undergo a PVG Scheme update check. Where an individual has spent a continuous period of 3 months or more out with the UK in the last 5 years, an Overseas Criminal Record Check will be required. You will be required to provide this check. An unconditional offer of employment and commencement in the post will be subject to the outcome of both these pre-employment checks being deemed satisfactory.

We\’re committed to creating a workplace culture where all our people feel valued, included and able to be their best at work, and we recognise the benefits that a diverse workforce with different values, beliefs, experience, and backgrounds brings to us as an organisation.

As part of our goal to improve our organisational culture and create a great place to work together for the people of Edinburgh, we want to make sure that we\’re bringing the best people into our roles, not just in their skills and experience but also in their approach to work.

To help achieve this, we\’re changing the way we interview and assess candidates by moving from a competency-based interview approach to a behavioural and technical (skills for the job) based approach. This new way of interviewing will allow us to assess how you think and how you would bring Our Behaviours of Respect, Integrity and Flexibility into your ways of working.

Our salary range typically reflects the initial starting salary and annually increases until it reaches the top of the range.

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