The starting rate for this position is GBP13.83 per hour (inclusive of 15% holiday entitlement).

If you're passionate about the outdoors, have great leadership skills and enjoy working with children and young people, WE want to hear from you!

Who are we?

Surrey Outdoor Learning and Development (SOLD) is a provider of high–quality Outdoor Learning programmes. We are committed to inspiring and engaging young people and adults, improving and enriching personal and social development and raising achievement, success and aspirations in life.

We are currently looking for qualified paddle sports instructors to join our team of Outdoor Learning Instructors.

We want to hear from you if you are:

Confident in leading othersLove the outdoorsA great communicator with excellent people skills Once trained, your typical day would look like this:

Arrival for staff briefing on the group's learning outcomes, the groups on site, their programmes and needsGather group and lead introductory gamesLead groups on their activity, which could be kayaking, paddleboarding, open canoeing, challenge course, orienteering, team tasks, archery, woodland skills, to name a fewCreatively review activity and then off to lunchRepeat in the afternoon!Staff debrief for the day We're looking for Outdoor Learning Instructors at our centres in:

Thames Young Mariners, Ham near Richmond, TW10 7RXHenley Fort, Guildford, GU2 4RH We have various, flexible shift patterns on offer: 9am – 5pm, 1pm – 9.30pm and 9am – 9pm, Monday to Sunday.

This is a rolling job advert and applications will be checked on a regular basis.

A centre visit and chat about the role will be arranged at a mutually convenient time.

An Enhanced DBS 'Disclosure and Barring Service' check for regulated activity (formerly known as CRB) and the Children's Barred List check will be required for this role.

We look forward to receiving your application, please click on the apply online button below to submit.

Benefits

For information about the wide variety of benefits you can take advantage of please visit the advert on the employer site.

Our Commitment

Surrey County Council is proud to be a Disability Confident Employer. A guaranteed interview will be offered to all disabled applications where:

The candidate has evidenced the minimum criteria for the role through their applicationThe candidate has chosen to share that they have a disability on the application form Our application form and onboarding process will provide an opportunity to request any reasonable adjustments for the interview and/or the role.

We want to be an inclusive and diverse employer reflecting the community we serve and particularly welcome applications from all underrepresented groups.