Outdoor Educational Instructor

Edsential is a Community Interest Company in partnership with both Cheshire West and Wirral Councils.

Location: Llanfair PG, Anglesey

Salary: £125.76 - £153.45 per day (dependent on qualifications and experience)

Wage: £15.17 - £18.51 per hour

Contract: Casual

Hours: 1 session is 3.7 hours, a usual day includes a morning and afternoon session.

The Role

We seek outdoor professionals to join our casual and freelance Outdoor Education Instructor team to deliver outdoor sessions to children visiting our centre. A session is 3.5 hours plus preparation and tidying time, and is either a morning, afternoon or evening.

We require you to be passionate about and committed to teaching high quality Outdoor Education courses that our customer groups return for year after year. The role will involve sharing the responsibility for the preparation, planning, co-ordination and evaluation of the outdoor residential courses. As well as inducting guests and assisting to maintain equipment and facilities, whilst working closely with the outdoor team and adhering to our risk management processes.

We are looking for people whose background will allow them to demonstrate a calm, considered and professional approach to working with a diverse clientele who may require additional support or considerations.

We are open to all applications who can demonstrate at least one season of experience of working with children and young people in the outdoors. We particularly seek staff who have demonstrated their competence by gaining national governing body awards in the activity categories we provide.

On the water we provide canoeing, kayaking, raft building, sailing - and stand-up paddleboarding. On the land we provide climbing, high level ropes, zipwire, bushcraft, mountain biking and via ferrata amongst others. For offsite adventures, such as gorge walking, coasteering and mining you will require minibus/trailer qualification (D1+E) and up to date CPC and digital tachograph card.

The centre team are friendly, outgoing and inclusive. If you decide to become involved you will benefit from regular training, and support to gain further professional qualifications. The Conway Centre is an excellent location to continue developing your outdoor career.

The Main Responsibilities

• Maintaining and helping to develop the delivery of high-quality Outdoor Education activities at the Centre, whilst able to deliver at a technical level for some courses.
• Ensure that the high quality and culture of the centre is maintained, whilst also inducting customers and ensure the aims of courses are met.
• Plan and lead staff training, monitoring and sign off’s of instructors.
• Develop and take responsibility for the maintenance and upkeep of equipment and facilities within an area within your technical expertise.

The Job

The job is on a casual basis meeting the demands of the centre throughout the year. We work in sessions, a session is either a morning, afternoon or evening. A typical day involves a morning session and an afternoon session. Most schools come to stay in term time, though we have a range of groups who stay during school holidays. There may also be the requirement to do periodic evening duties. The pay is dependent on experience and qualifications.

The Centre

Conway Centres Anglesey have been welcoming groups of young people for Outdoor Education and Arts courses since 1969, and is now a part of Edsential Residential. The Conway Centre has large grounds, woodland areas and access to the Menai Strait through a private dock, this allows us the opportunity for a large portion of our sessions to be based onsite. We are located adjacent to the National Trust's Plas Newydd House and have easy access to the coasts, mountains, rivers and lakes of Snowdonia National Park and Anglesey AONB, which facilitates many offsite opportunities. This provides an ideal location for our approach to use Outdoor Education activities to facilitate the development of young people in accordance with their aims and objectives. The Conway Centre can accommodate over four hundred young people and their accompanying staff all year round.

The Company

Edsential are a Community Interest Company, created and partially owned by Cheshire West and Chester and Wirral Council. The company remit is to directly reinvest any profits into improving services and supporting progress in schools within the community, to improve outcomes for children and young people. Edsential supports schools with Catering, Cleaning, Creative and Performing Arts, Governors, Health and Wellbeing, Music, Residential and Curriculum Support.

Edsential is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. A Disclosure and Barring Service check will be required during your induction.

What benefits do you get in return?

• Competitive monthly pay
• Access to benefits including retail and leisure discounts.
• Cycle to Work Scheme and salary sacrifice car.
• Support to prioritise your health and wellbeing with dedicated 24/7 wellbeing programmes and a wellbeing team.
• PPE
• A friendly and supportive team
• Ongoing training and development opportunities

If you are interested in working with us and have questions please be in touch and look at the job description for further details.

For further information email the Outdoor Education and Safety Manager jill.reed@edsential.uk or call 0151 541 2172 or email HR@edsential.co.uk.

Edsential regard safeguarding with the highest priority. Applicants for posts will be subject to stringent vetting and induction processes. The successful applicant will be subject to relevant checks and enhanced DBS.