Watersports Instructor

Watersports Instructor

Contract: Casual Contract

Location: Various Locations across UK (please scroll down to view)

Salary: Salary is dependent on location (please scroll down to view)

Closing Date: On going

Application: CV & Supporting Statement

Marine Society and Sea Cadets (MSSC) is a leading maritime charity in lifelong learning and personal development and is the governing charity of the Sea Cadet Corps (SCC), a civilian voluntary youth organisation engaging some 15,000 young people over 400 Sea Cadet Units, throughout the UK. The SCC offers a wide range of youth opportunities with the same enduring objective – to give young people the best possible head start in life through nautical adventure and fun.

We are currently recruiting enthusiastic watersports instructors at our boating and training centres around the UK. With a significant investment in equipment and facilities over the last few years, the MSSC has repositioned boating at the centre of the Sea Cadet experience and we aim to support all units in providing each Cadet with a boating qualification and 30 hours boating per year.

You will be experienced at delivering enjoyable, effective and safe learning for young people in the outdoors. You will hold at least one of the following qualifications: RYA Dinghy Instructor/Senior Instructor, RYA Powerboat Instructor, Paddlesport Instructor; UKCC Level 2 Rowing Coach. Experience and knowledge of routine boat maintenance would be useful but not essential.

The post can be demanding and working hours are as determined by the training programme, which will include some evening and weekend working. However the experience of working with our cadets and other young people is rewarding especially if you are interested in and have benefited from youth work.

Locations

1. Crosby Boat Station: C/O Crosby Lakeside Adventure Centre, Crosby Coastal Park, Waterloo, Merseyside, L22 1RR
2. Midlands Boat Station: Osler Street, Birmingham, B16 9EU
3. Port Edgar Boat Station: Port Edgar Marina, Shore Road, South Queens Ferry, EH30 9SQ
4. Royal Docks Boat Station: London Regatta Centre, Dockside Road, London, E16 2QT
5. Thrapston Boat Station: Thrapston, NN14 4LU
6. Welsh Harp Boat Station: c/o WHSA, Birchen Grove, London, NW9 8SA
7. Weymouth National Boat Centre: Barrack Road, Weymouth, Dorset, DT TZ
8. Whale Island Boat Station: Whale Island, Portsmouth, Hampshire, PO2 8ER

Outside London: £13.68 per hour

In London: £14.17 per hour

We are a national charity helping to develop lifelong learning skills for the youths of today. With strong links to the maritime sector and Royal Navy. The charity uses the impact of being on the water to change their lives. Offering great flexible work and benefits

Additional Information

MSSC positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates from all backgrounds. Equity, diversity, and inclusion really matters to us, so we can best serve our beneficiaries from every community. We work to ensure a fair and consistent recruitment process and aim to be a charity where diversity of experience, identity and skills are valued and welcomed. MSSC is an equal opportunities employer.

We recognise our responsibilities to safeguard and protect the young people and vulnerable adults with whom we work. We do all we can to promote their health, safety and wellbeing, and we expect our staff to share this commitment and work in line with safeguarding policy, the MSSC's values and ethos of inclusivity. We adhere to safer recruitment practices and therefore employment is subject to detailed pre-employment checks for successful candidates, including references and criminal disclosure checks and the completion of a disclosure questionnaire.

All successful applicants are required to attend safeguarding training and undergo a criminal record check.