Join our winning team of global superstars in summer 2025
Embassy Summer, under its parent company EC English, offers award winning summer vacation programmes for young people across multiple locations in the UK, USA, Canada, Malta, UAE & South Africa. Students learn English whilst immersing themselves in the local culture and surroundings. Our programmes are a combination of language classes, exciting excursions and fun-filled sporting, creative and social activities.
The Activity Manager is responsible for the organisation and delivery of a high-quality activity and excursion programme for students, which includes inspiring; training and managing Activity Leaders to achieve this goal. In addition, they also are responsible for the safe delivery and coordination of all logistics necessary for both onsite and off-site activities.
Full training is also provided, so there is no need for previous experience as a manager. All we look for is some previous experience working with juniors and experience in organisation, making this a great summer job for students to add great skills to their CV.
Key Responsibilities:
* Promoting and safeguarding the welfare of students for who you are responsible and with whom you come into contact.
* Manage, lead, and inspire the activity team to deliver the activity programme.
* Maximise student and group leader satisfaction by ensuring their excursion and onsite activity experiences meets their expectations.
* To ensure the activities operate to the highest standards of relevant Health & Safety and safeguarding.
* Ensure cost-effective planning of the excursion and activity programme in consultation with Centre Manager and the supporting Programme Manager
* Responsible for all administration relating to activities.
Education Desired:
* Educated to Degree level or equivalent/or working towards
Training Desired:
* Safeguarding Level 1 and 2
* First Aid Certificate
Experience Required:
* Management experience
Experience Desired:
* Experience working with juniors
* Experience working in a summer school environment
* Experience in a role involving organisation / logistics / travel / sales
Personal Attributes:
* Ability to lead and inspire a team
* Practical knowledge of Microsoft Office packages
* Ability to understand and manipulate data accurately
* Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
* Excellent organisational and planning skills
* Ability to deal and resolve complex problems efficiently
* Ability to work under pressure, prioritise tasks and meet deadlines
* Demonstrates the ability to form and maintain appropriate relationships and personal boundaries with children and young people
* Demonstrates professionalism in working with challenging behaviours
* Demonstrates an exceptional level of attention to detail
Working Week:
* 6 days* out of 7 (1 day off per week)
* All management roles are residential
Remuneration:
Gross weekly pay up to: £950
(inclusive of holiday pay)
FULL BOARD RESIDENTIAL ACCOMMODATION INCLUDED FREE OF CHARGE
Disclosure and Barring Service:
If you do not have a valid Enhanced DBS and are not subscribed to the DBS update service, we will need to apply for a new Enhanced DBS for you.
Equality and Diversity: Equality and diversity are at the heart of everything we do. Our learning opportunities are open to everyone, regardless of their background and circumstances, and we apply the same standards to the staff we employ.