Freelance Duke of Edinburgh Instructors

Posted 5 hours 16 minutes ago by Bluedome Outdoor Activities

£60,000 - £80,000 Annual
Permanent
Part Time
Other
Midlothian, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, EH120
Job Description

RATE: £140 per day (evening and overnights - £40 per allocation)

Usually no overnight supervision required (only open awards)

Description

Freelance Duke of Edinburgh Instructors

  • Period: March - October
  • Working Pattern: Flexible
  • Accommodation: Camping at same location will be paid for
How to apply

Please e-mail a CV to

What we are looking for

Entrust Outdoors is a highly motivated company, with a well-qualified and experienced staff team that shares a clear view going forward of growth and diversification, delivering the highest quality outdoor education in a sustainable and commercial way. We are now looking to grow our pool of Professionals.

We are currently looking for Duke of Edinburgh Qualified Instructors with a genuine passion for the outdoors to work with us. If you consider yourself to be a professional outdoor practitioner and would like to join a high-performing team, get in touch to find out more.

For more of a flavour of Entrust Outdoors please visit

Responsibilities
  • Be able to effectively plan and deliver high quality Duke of Edinburgh Award sessions with an emphasis on safe practice, learning outcomes and a high standard of customer service.
  • Be flexible in their availability to work, including overnights, evenings and weekends.
  • Work as part of the team to ensure the program, staff and customers all comply with H&S requirements/regulations and local working practice.
  • Follow and comply with policies and procedures around safeguarding, incident management and recording, information security governance, health and safety and risk assessment protocol.
  • Be reflective in their practice, looking for continuous development and improvement in both their own and the team's provision of the DofE experience.
The Postholfers will have the following experience/skills:
  • Experience working with young people in the outdoors.
  • High personal standards in presentation, communication and delivering customer service
  • Hold a minimum of Lowland Leader Award or equivalent
  • Current First Aid Award
  • Safeguarding less than 3 years old
  • Enhanced DBS registered on the update service
  • Expedition Assessor and Supervisor or
  • Assessor/Supervisor (EASTC) or
  • Expedition Assessor (EAAS)
  • Previous DofE experience

Suitable references will be needed for this role