Sheffield City Council
Casual Outdoor Education Instructor
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About Thornbridge Outdoors
Thornbridge Outdoors is Sheffield City Council’s outdoor learning centre located near Bakewell in the Peak District. Our mission is ‘to widen the horizons of young people through real outdoor adventures in the Peak District’.
About the Opportunity
This is an exciting opportunity to join the pool of casual instructors at Thornbridge Outdoors, and play a key role in providing excellent adventures for our clients.
What We Are Looking For
Applicants should have:
- A passion for outdoor activities and delivering outdoor learning.
- Experience leading outdoor activities and the drive to be able to deliver the full range of activities offered at the centre.
- A range of qualifications for leading adventurous activities including the Mountain Training Rock Climbing Instructor (or a higher award) and at least one of the following:
- Mountain Training Hill and Moorland Leader or Mountain Leader
- British Caving Local Cave/Mine Leader or higher award
- British Canoeing qualifications appropriate for leading canoeing on a reservoir (sheltered water).
- A nationally recognised mountain bike leadership qualification appropriate for leading on trails in the Peak District.
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What You’ll Be Doing
Your main role will be to run high quality outdoor education sessions for a range of different groups at our centre, in various venues across the Peak District and on occasion at schools. Activities that the centre delivers include mountain biking, canoeing, high ropes courses, caving/mine exploration, problem solving, abseiling, climbing, hillwalking, and bushcraft.
Different opportunities for work include single days (both midweek and at weekends), part weeks, weekends, and Monday-Friday blocks.
We are especially interested in applications from instructors qualified to deliver a range of different activities with availability that includes some weekends.
How to Apply
For further information about the post, please contact Ed Allaway on 01629 640491 or email thornbridgeoutdoors@sheffield.gov.uk.
Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion
We are investing in our workforce and are promoting opportunities to our under-represented groups. We value equality, diversity, and inclusion and are focused on increasing the diversity of our workforce, particularly the number of Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic, Disabled, and LGBTQ+ people, so that our teams reflect the communities in the city we serve. We are also supporting staff with unpaid caring responsibilities to work flexibly.
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Additional Information
It is a great time to join us and we welcome your application.
Under the Guaranteed Interview scheme, applicants who are disabled, care leavers, or armed forces veterans will be guaranteed an interview if they meet the essential criteria and indicate their eligibility on the application form. Sometimes, if lots of people apply, we might not be able to interview everyone who qualifies for the Guarantee. In these cases, we’ll interview the candidates who best meet the essential criteria for the job.
Equality of pay is extremely important to us. All roles at Sheffield City Council are going through an evaluation process which may result in changes to some pay arrangements from 2026. Find out more on our Sheff news page.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all individuals, ensuring a safe and supportive environment for everyone and where appropriate to the role the successful applicant will be required to undertake relevant safeguarding checks.
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