Seasonal Outdoor Activity Instructor – Essex Outdoors

Seasonal Outdoor Activity Instructor – Essex Outdoors

Fixed Term, Full Time and Part Time

£12.10 per hour, pending 2025 pay award

Location: Essex

Working Style: Fixed-base worker

We are now recruiting for our 2025 season at Essex Outdoors!

Do you enjoy adventure and working with young people?

If you are 18 or older, you can join Essex Outdoors as a Seasonal
Instructor and have an amazing experience delivering outdoor activities for
our diverse customers. You will be part of a friendly and supportive team,
and you will have the opportunity to develop your skills and gain
nationally recognised qualifications.

A standard day at our residential centres begins at 8.30am and finishes
around 5.30pm. During the season this may change slightly but you’ll
receive time off in lieu of hours worked beyond those contracted.

Why work for Essex Outdoors?

• 
  You will get paid to do what you love: sailing, powerboating,
  biking, climbing, archery, and more.
  


• 
  You will get free accommodation at our residential centres
  (depending on location).
  


• 
  You will get access to our in-house training programme and external
  courses.
  


• 
  You will get the chance to work at one of our centres in a
  beautiful, rural part of Essex, each with its own unique features and
  activities.
  


• 
  Generous Local Government Salary related pension scheme
  


• 
  Access to hundreds of discounts and benefits through Essex Rewards
  


• 
  Access to our health and wellbeing support platform with Vita
  Health Group
  

Our centres:

Bradwell – Our coastal sailing and powerboat centre. A
season here could see you out on the water, leading sessions on the beach
or biking around the peninsular.

Danbury – A large centre set on a 70-acre site of beautiful
countryside and woodlands. Danbury runs a large range of both land-based and
water-based activities.

Mersea – A large centre in a wonderful coastal setting with
views across the Blackwater Estuary. Mersea offers a vast selection of both
land and water-based activities.

Harlow– A specialist climbing and paddle-sport centre, our
Harlow site is also home to ‘The Lock’ – one of the largest indoor climbing
walls in the Southeast.

Due to the rural location of some of our centres, public transport can
be limited. Some of our centres may be able to offer the opportunity to
stay on site. Please indicate on your application if this is something
you would require. Otherwise please ensure you are happy and able to
travel to your desired centre’s location daily.

For more information on all the activities are available please check out
our website:

Essex Outdoors

Don’t miss this opportunity to join Essex Outdoors and have a fun and
rewarding season. Apply now and start your journey!

As a seasonal worker you will be required to work between April and September. Both full time and part time hours are available and can be discussed further at interview.

How to apply?

If you would like to apply for this position you will need an up-to-date CV and a personal statement explaining your interest in the role with the following information.

• 
  Availability - What is your earliest start date
  after 1 st April 2025?
• Commitments - Please provide the dates of any
  commitments that mean you are not available to work between April and
  September 2025, for example booked holiday, university, exams etc.

Please apply via the Essex
Outdoors Website - Seasonal Outdoor Activity Instructor and
please not the red apply button. If you are shortlisted you will be invited
to a selection day, where you will meet our staff and show us what you can
do. If you are successful, you will complete our core and centre-based
training programme and start your adventure with us.

Applicants must be 18+ and will be required to complete an enhanced DBS
check prior to employment.

Why Essex?

Essex County Council has a location to be proud of. Our 1,300 square miles
stretch from Constable Country to the Thames Estuary, from the dynamic M11
corridor to the traditional seaside resorts of Clacton and Walton.
England’s oldest town, Colchester, and two of its newest – Basildon and
Harlow – are right here. Along with the City of Chelmsford, the county
town, they form our major population centres. It means real choice and
makes Essex the ideal place for your career. Read more

about us.

Essex County Council is proud to be a Disability Confident Leader. We’re
committed to interview all disabled applicants who choose to apply under
our Job Interview Scheme if they meet the minimum requirements of the job.
Please speak to our Recruiters if you require any reasonable adjustments
during the process.

We’re also committed to interview all veterans and care leavers, who meet
the minimum requirements of the role for which they are applying.

As part of employment with Essex County Council (ECC) should your role
require a DBS check you will be required to register with the DBS update
service. The DBS update service ensures all registered DBS certificates
are kept up to date and allows authorised parties to view the status of
your certificate. This is an annual subscription, and you will be
responsible for ensuring this is maintained. For further information on
the DBS update service please go to

https://www.gov.uk/dbs-update-service

Essex County Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the
welfare of children and vulnerable adults, and expects all employees
and volunteers to share this commitment.

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If you have queries on this role or require anything further, please email
resourcing.team@essex.gov.uk

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