Outdoor Learning Instructor

Job Description

Education and Children's Services

Outdoor Education Instructor
Bangholm Sports and Outdoor Education Complex, Craighall Gardens, Edinburgh

Salary: £28,854 - £34,057 (pro rata for part time)
Hours: part time and full time available 

Fixed Term Contract: April - October, but with scope for flexible contract duration within this period.

Hours: annualised hours contract equating up to 36 hours per week, including occasional evening work and possible on-call duties.  Work is primarily on week days.

We are seeking applications for full time and part-time instructors.  We have flexibility to appoint part-time posts of varying hours and days.  

The City of Edinburgh's Outdoor Learning Team consists of two residential centres, a city based resource centre, a technical advice service and a city facility called The Risk Factory.  This post is an in-person instructional post, not suitable for remote working.  Successful candidates will be based in and around Edinburgh.

In May/June 2021 and from April - October 2022 we developed and delivered our Epic Adventures programme.  The programme delivers local on-site and off-site adventurous activities to Edinburgh schools through a mixture of school day, extended day and short residential visits. Our programmes support primary to secondary transition, progression in residential experience, wellbeing and curriculum based outdoor learning developments taking place across the city.

Team members will deliver adventurous activities, includinghigh  & low rope challenges, archery, team building activities and exploration in the Pentland Hills.

Please see the attached Job Description for the exact requirements of this position.

If you have competencies that match the above description but don't meet all criteria of the attached person specification, please contact us at outdoorlearning@edinburgh.gov.uk to discuss.

This post is considered Regulated Work with Vulnerable Children and/or Protected Adults, under the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland)Act 2007. Preferred candidates will be required to join the PVG Scheme or undergo a PVG Scheme update check prior to a formal offer of employment being made by the City of Edinburgh Council.

We're committed to creating a workplace culture where all our people feel valued, included and able to be their best at work, and we recognise the benefits that a diverse workforce with different values, beliefs, experience, and backgrounds brings to us as an organisation.

Our salary range typically reflects the initial starting salary and annually increases until it reaches the top of the range. For roles in grade 5 or above, annual increments in our contribution zones are dependent on achieving agreed performance goals.

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