Outdoor Instructors (20 x Full Season)
YMCA Lakeside is a very busy and highly respected Outdoor Adventure
and Education Residential Centre. We are known for delivering
inspirational, exciting and challenging outdoor adventures for
personal and social development. We are looking for great staff to
join our team, take on real responsibility and help our young
clients flourish.
Our clients include schools, colleges, youth-groups, corporate
and family, which gives you a great opportunity to learn and
develop, broaden your instructional skills and deepen your
knowledge and practice of "Learning Outside the Classroom". There
are different length contracts on offer, and this year 15 staff
extended their contracts until 26th November.
Based in the southern Lake District on the edge of Windermere
with ½ mile of shoreline we are ideally placed for Sailing and
Paddle-sports. Climbing is served by our three climbing crags
which together with many of our other activities are based in the
450 acres of woodland surrounding us. For bigger adventures,
and in your own time too, there are the Mountains, Crags, Caves,
Rivers and Lakes all around us.
Full Season Outdoor Instructor starts Monday 11h March – 25th
October 2019. The full season starts with 2 intense weeks of paid
induction training from highly qualified and experienced staff and
covers all the activities we hope you will be able to do.
We
will pay you £7.83 per hour and give you the option of subsidised on-site
accommodation and meals. We also issue you with high quality Keela
Waterproof Jacket and Keela Softshell for the season.
For the role you need a MINIMUM of one NGB assessment and one other
NGB training in any of the following: BCU L1 Coach plus a 3*, SPA,
RYA Dinghy Instructor plus Safety boat or Summer ML and will be
able to demonstrate a good level of previous instructional
experience.
These positions are allocated on the successful completion of a application and interview process and will be closed once the required number has been achieved, so don’t delay; get your application in today!