Outdoor Learning Instructor
Job Title: After-school Club Outdoor Learning Instructor
Salary: £15 per hour
Location: Bournemouth, Christchurch, Poole, New Forest
The Fresh Air Club was created to encourage young people to re-engage with nature and the outdoors. Our aim is for children to learn new skills and have fun; gain confidence in themselves and learn about the beauty of nature and all of its resources.
We run outdoor learning sessions in schools across Bournemouth, Poole, Christchurch and The New Forest. We are looking for an Outdoor Learning Instructor who is passionate about getting kids outdoors and helping them to learn new skills in a fun and engaging way. We are friendly bunch and would like you to work with us part time to begin with but with the likelihood for this to become a full-time role.
Young people gain both physically and mentally from being in an outdoors environment and we provide educational and development opportunities for young people in and outside of schools.
The Fresh Air Club started with just one bushcraft after school club on a Tuesday afternoon and a single holiday club date at Easter and has now grown into a company providing tailored outdoor learning sessions for schools linked to the national curriculum objectives.
In school, we offer an alternative method for children to learn and develop whilst supporting their learning in the classroom. Sessions are run in whole class and small groups sizes which support the national curriculum objectives, and these run alongside sessions with children who need a little more individual care and attention where we focus on personal development, teamwork, communication and improving trust.
After-school clubs are run at various locations across Bournemouth, Christchurch, the New Forest, and Poole, and holiday clubs are run in Bournemouth and St Ives in the school holidays. We also provide residential camping opportunities for school trips providing memories and experiences for children that will last a life time. We are lucky enough to have access to our own woodland near Fordingbridge from which we run bespoke sessions for families and occasional woodland birthday parties. It’s been quite an adventure since we started with our first after school club!
What you will be doing
You will be responsible for the delivery of outdoor learning sessions to children of all ages in primary schools across Bournemouth, Poole, Christchurch, Southampton and the New Forest working with individual children, small groups and whole classes. You will be required to travel between schools.
You will provide curriculum supporting outdoor sessions and help develop new ideas with your experience of being in a classroom. You will be innovative with activities and constantly challenging your children’s learning and development in the moment.
To be a key person in carrying out all related responsibilities in building relationships with the children and the schools we work with.
Building and maintaining excellent relationships with teachers, students and parents.
Promoting child welfare and ensure safeguarding policies and procedures are followed.
About you
You will likely be a qualified teacher or Level 3 Forest School Leader with experience of teaching and keeping the attention of whole class sized groups.
You will be passionate about child development and making a difference to the lives of children you work with.
You will love being outdoors and are fun, adventurous, and reliable. You will have a great sense of humour.
You will be available for regular weekday sessions at both our school sessions and after-school clubs in Bournemouth, Poole, Christchurch and the New Forest during the school terms.
You will be hungry to pass on a love of nature to the children you work with. You must have a passion for enabling children to learn wherever and however is best for them. “Give a fish a bicycle”!
You will need to be positive (always see the glass half full) with a ‘make it happen’ attitude.
You will be a good team worker and role model to the children.
You might have experience of being in the scouting movement, maybe you have bushcraft or survival skills knowledge, maybe you’re a sports and games enthusiast or you might be a parent with some cool outdoors hobbies.
You will need high energy brought to every task you take on, and solution driven approach to problems.
You will need access to your own transport to carry equipment.
Additional information
An existing DBS on the auto-renewal/update service, a first aid qualification and safeguarding certification, bushcraft/scouting, survival skills knowledge; sports/games/outdoor activities qualifications or interests are all desirable.
Job type: part time to full time
Job location: Bournemouth/Christchurch/New Forest/Poole
Required language: English
Expected start date to be confirmed with suitable candidate. We are happy to wait for the right person.
Core benefits
£15 per hour
23 days basic holiday pro rata plus 8 bank holidays.
Pension.
Ongoing training opportunities to gain further nationally recognised qualifications.
To apply
To apply, please email your CV to hello@thefreshairclub.co.uk, let us know why the job appeals to you and why you think you’ll be a good fit.
