Outdoor Education Leader - CMB2374e

Salary: £16.61 per hour

Hours: To be agreed

Location: Hawse End Centre, Portinscale, Keswick

About This Opportunity

Are you ready to join us in delivering high-quality learning through outdoor, adventurous, and educational activities? You will lead engaging programmes tailored to diverse ages and abilities, ensuring safety, promoting personal and social development, and creating memorable experiences for our clients.

Key Responsibilities

• Deliver scheduled outdoor and educational activities to meet client aims and quality standards.
• Ensure health, safety, and legislative compliance through risk assessment and management.
• Build positive relationships with participants and group leaders to support personal development.
• Maintain and manage equipment and resources to agreed standards.
• Contribute to service improvement, new product development, and customer engagement.
• Communicate effectively with colleagues and assist with contingency planning when needed.
  
  

This role is available on a casual/zero hours basis. Hours to be agreed based on service requirements.

Who We’re Looking For

We’re looking for individuals who embody our organisation's core values: ambitious, collaborative, compassionate, empowering, and innovative. We believe in the power of these values to drive positive change, deliver excellent public services and shape a better future for our communities.

We’re also about potential over perfection and we can help you grow in the role and thrive in your career.

Be sure to take a look at the post specification (below) for the essential criteria for this role.

Contact

For more information about the role or to arrange an informal chat prior to your application, please contact Gavin Smallbone by email at gavin.smallbone@cumberland.gov.uk

DBS Checks

This role requires a DBS check. The level of check for this role is:

Enhanced DBS check with a Children’s/Adults Barred List check.

Please note this role involves working in regulated activity with adults and Children. It is an offence for people who are barred from working in regulated activity to apply for roles that require them to work unsupervised with adults and Children.

Guaranteed Interviews

We offer a guaranteed interview to the following applicantsas long as your application can demonstrate you meet the essential criteria for the role.

• Those who consider themselves disabled as defined by the Equality Act 2010
• Those in care or who have left care and are aged 24 and under
• Those who identify as a member of the British Armed Forces community (service leavers, veterans, their partners or spouses, reservists, cadets).
  
  

If you meet one or more of the criteria above, and wish to be considered for this scheme, select 'yes' to the appropriate question during your application. Find out more.

Diversity, Inclusion & Adjustments

We’re dedicated to enhancing the diversity of our workforce and we encourage applications from individuals of all backgrounds. That’s why we’re a proud Disability Confident Leader and also an Age Friendly Employer – to provide opportunities for everyone to thrive.

If you need any reasonable adjustments to participate in the recruitment process, please let either the hiring manager or our Resourcing Team know by emailingResourcing@Cumberland.gov.uk

. While adjustments aren’t always guaranteed, we’ll always listen, and we’ll try our best to accommodate your needs.

Please note this role may close early subject to demand. If you’re interested in applying, you should apply well before the advised closing date. We cannot accept applications once the role has closed.

Please Read The Supporting Information

• Post Specification
  
  

Please also refer to our Careers site to find out more:

• Our Staff Benefits
• Candidate Support
• About Cumberland Council