Outdoor Activity Instructor - Stroud, Gloucestershire
The role of a Survival Instructor is to use provided resources to deliver quality, structured outdoor activities and workshops to groups of children aged 7 to 14. You will be expected to guide groups of children through week-long, timetabled courses with an emphasis on fun, excitement, teamwork, and skill development. You will have a pastoral role within your group, ensuring the safety & wellbeing of children in your group.
Key Responsibilities:
* Deliver activities for children aged 7-14, focusing on participation, development, and enjoyment while working both alone and alongside other staff.
* Encourage participation through enthusiasm, passion, and energy.
* Ensure all policies and procedures on Camp are adhered to by yourself and the children in your care, including all Health & Safety, Behaviour, and Safeguarding procedures.
* Attend all required Training and Induction Days prior to starting on Camp.
* Take a pastoral role as a group leader, supporting and caring for children throughout the week while continuously promoting their welfare and best interests.
* Engage with the children outside of activity times: sign in & out times & during their lunch/snack breaks.
* Live up to the company's promise of 'Inspiring Children Every Day.'
* Behave in a manner that reflects the expectations of the company throughout your employment.
* Show the required energy, enthusiasm, and professionalism for the duration of the season, acting as an ambassador for Ultimate Survival Camps and behaving as a suitable role model for children.
Minimum Requirements:
* Experience working with children, ideally within an education setting.
* Enthusiastic, energetic individual, passionate about working with children and supporting their development through adventurous activities.
* Excellent organisational and leadership skills.
* Excellent communication skills and verbal reasoning. Candidates must be confident in their ability to lead a group of children and not shy away from responsibility.
* Flexible, team player, able to adapt to dynamic situations and challenges.
* Someone looking for a challenging, but hugely rewarding, enjoyable job in the holidays.
Desirable Requirements:
* Experience within outdoor education (bushcraft specific).
* Qualified or studying towards NGB qualification in adventurous activities, such as archery, bushcraft, and mountaineering.
* Experience working in a similar camp setting, working with children aged between 7 and 14 years.
* Paediatric First Aid qualification (12 Hour Course).
Benefits:
* Additional Hours: 3 additional hours may be required on Thursday nights (6-9PM) for Campfire Cookout (site dependent). If this is required, you will be paid overtime.
* Paid pre-camp training programme to prepare you to be an Ultimate staff member.
* Subsidised CPD opportunities, ranging from First Aid Qualification through to Food Safety Certificates.
* Competitive pay with progression opportunities.
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