Outdoor Activity Instructor recruitment Oct 24 

Outdoor Activity Instructor recruitment Oct 24

We’re excited to be recruiting a full time, permanent Outdoor Activity Instructor to join us providing outdoor adventures in the wonderful Peak District.

This is an exciting opportunity for a motivated, empathetic and adaptable outdoor instructor to share their love of the outdoors with our clients on a permanent, full time basis.

Job title: Outdoor Activity Instructor

Job type: Full time, permanent

Salary: £27,803 – £30,296

Location: Great Longstone, near Bakewell, Derbyshire

Closing date: 13 October 2024

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’.

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.
• Passed their Mountain Training Rock Climbing Instructor qualification and have the drive to achieve qualifications in caving, mountain biking and canoeing.

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, climbing, problem solving, abseiling, hillwalking and bushcraft.

For further information please see Outdoor Activity Instructor JDPS.pdf.

If you have any questions or would like to arrange to visit the centre prior to applying please contact Ed Allaway on 01629 640491 or email thornbridgeoutdoors@sheffield.gov.uk.

Applications are only accepted via the Sheffield City Council jobs page.  For further information about the job and to apply online please go to https://ce0369li.webitrent.com/ce0369li_webrecruitment/wrd/run/ETREC179GF.open?VACANCY_ID=887220aL9O&WVID=658647Iqms

We are investing in our workforce and are promoting opportunities to our under-represented groups. We value equality, diversity and inclusion and are focused on increasing the diversity of our workforce, particularly the number of Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic, Disabled and LGBTQ+ people, so that our teams reflect the communities in the city we serve. We are also supporting staff with unpaid caring responsibilities to work flexibly.

It is a great time to join us and we welcome your application.

Under the Disability Confident Scheme, disabled applicants, who meet the essential criteria of this job, are guaranteed an interview.

If you are appointed to this role, your starting salary will be at the bottom of the grade. If you provide payslip evidence that your basic pay is greater than the bottom of the grade, we will consider starting you at the point of minimum advantage within the grade.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare and safety of children and vulnerable adults and expect all staff to share this commitment. All successful candidates will be required to complete an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service Check.

Full-time employees work 37 hours for 52 weeks of the year and we offer a generous holiday entitlement.

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