Assistant Outdoor Education Instructor - Lagganlia Outdoor Centre in Edinburgh

Lagganlia is looking to recruit four new Assistant Outdoor Education Instructors for the academic year 2026/27. Lagganlia Centre for Outdoor Learning is part of the City of Edinburgh's Outdoor Learning Team. The team consists of two residential centres, a city-based resource centre, a technical advice service and an inner city facility called the Risk Factory.

Based close to Aviemore in the Cairngorms National Park, Lagganlia reopened post-Covid as a fully refurbished high-quality residential outdoor learning centre. Our primary role is to provide outdoor learning residentials for the young people of Edinburgh. The Assistant Outdoor Education Instructor job is focused on supporting the instructional team in delivering this programme.

Lagganlia has amazing access to a range of wilderness environments that allow it to ski/snowboard, sail, canoe, mountaineer, raft climb, kayak, canyon and mountain bike into. We also have onsite facilities that can provide archery, orienteering, skiing and high ropes activities.

Lagganlia sets a high ambition for its outdoor education courses. Each one is tailored to the visiting school and the instructor is given the ownership to design their own programme. Our integration in Scotland Curriculum for Excellence is acclaimed and all staff must have a thorough understanding and experience of how to deliver this and not just tick a box. Our deliverable outcomes are written every week by the visiting school and staff must be able to adapt their programme to achieve these.

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 are committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce where everyone feels valued and able to be their best. We particularly encourage applications from women for senior roles, as well as people from minority ethnic backgrounds, people with disabilities or neurodivergent people, care experienced people, carers and LGBT+ people across all levels of the organisation, all of whom are currently underrepresented. All applicants will be considered fairly based on skills and experience. Disabled and care-experienced applicants who meet the minimum job criteria will be guaranteed an interview.

As part of our goal to improve organisational culture and create a great place to work together for the people of Edinburgh, we want to make sure we're recruiting the best people. We’re interested not only in your skills and experience but also in your approach to work. Therefore, part of our interview process will be an assessment of how you would bring Our Behaviours of Respect, Integrity and Flexibility into your ways of working.