Instructor - Edinburgh Outdoor Learning & Adventure Education Team

Description

Outdoor Learning Instructor - Fixed term until 9/10/2026
Bangholm Outdoor Centre

Hours: 28.8 per week
Salary: £33,287 - £39,129

We are seeking applications for Outdoor Learning instructors primarily to support our Epic Adventures programme but with potential to deploy on other programmes.

Epic Adventures is an adventurous activity programme delivered seasonally since 2021. The programme, run at Bonaly Scout Centre and in the surrounding Pentland Hills area, includes day and residential visits delivered mainly to P5 & 6 pupils. Team members deliver adventurous activities, including high & low rope challenges, archery, orienteering, stream scramble, team building activities and exploration in the Pentland Hills.

These are Fixed Term Contract posts, term time April – October 2026, but with scope for flexible contract duration within this period.

Work is mainly on week days, up to 4 days per week (with scope for occasional overtime). We have flexibility to appoint 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. The posts are in-person instructional post, not suitable for remote working. Successful candidates will be based in and around Edinburgh.

Please see the attached Job Description / person specification 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 regulated work with children and/or protected adults under the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007. The preferred candidate will be required to join the PVG Scheme or undergo a PVG Scheme update check. Where an individual has spent a continuous period of 3 months or more out with the UK in the last 5 years, an Overseas Criminal Record Check will be required. You will be required to provide this check. An unconditional offer of employment and commencement in the post will be subject to the outcome of both these pre-employment checks being deemed satisfactory.

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.

As part of our goal to improve our organisational culture and create a great place to work together for the people of Edinburgh, we want to make sure that we’re bringing the best people into our roles, not just in their skills and experience but also in their approach to work.

To help achieve this, we’re changing the way we interview and assess candidates by moving from a competency-based interview approach to a behavioural and technical (skills for the job) based approach. This new way of interviewing will allow us to assess how you think and how you would bring Our Behaviours of Respect, Integrity and Flexibility into your ways of working.

You can find out more on Our Behaviours web page Our Behaviours – The City of Edinburgh Council

Our salary range typically reflects the initial starting salary and annually increases until it reaches the top of the range.

Happy to talk flexible working.

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Person Specification

Person Specification

The successful candidate will demonstrate evidence of the following experience, knowledge, skills and understanding. Evidence will be sought for selection purposes.