Outdoor Learning Practitioner

Job Introduction
Supporting Buzz Active Outdoor centres in delivering activities to a wide range of groups and individuals across its three activity centre sites in water and land based outdoor education and training.

Working across diverse sectors such as education, youth work, and public health, you will engage participants in activities that foster a connection with nature, improve health and wellbeing, and develop practical outdoor skills. You will play a key role in facilitating learning through outdoor experiences while ensuring safety, managing risk, and supporting personal growth in participants.

You will assist the Managers and Senior Instructors in delivering quality sessions across Buzz Active’s three activity centre sites, providing both land and water-based activities. You will gain practical experience in programme delivery, risk management, and team support, with opportunities to specialise in areas aligned with your interests and professional development.

This role is an excellent opportunity for individuals passionate about outdoor education and personal development, offering the chance to build a rewarding career with Buzz Active.

Buzz Active have three fantastic locations in Sussex and deliver a range of sail sport, paddle sport, land based and team building activities and overnight stays.

Based from unique locations in East Sussex, to the whole community. We are seeking passionate and energetic senior activity instructors for a range of roles across our sites in 2025.
- The Buzz Active Eastbourne team run sailing, windsurfing, powerboating, and paddle sport activities. We will also be launching wing foil and wing surfing.
- The Buzz Active Cuckmere team deliver kayak, open canoe, paddleboard, improvised rafting, Katakanu and XL SUP activities.
- The Buzz Active Bushy Wood team operate a land-based activities for the local Scout and guide district and our own residential packages to schools and student groups from Bushy Wood Activity Centre.

Choose East Sussex and choose your next adventure with Buzz Active.

Buzz Active offer outdoor activities for the whole community, we engage with educational, local and overseas student groups. We deliver day and residential activities, from single visit sessions to activity days, ongoing development courses and overnight stays.

We are looking for a multi qualified instructor with experience delivering activities to a wide range of client groups which compliment the range of activities Buzz Active offers from our three sites. We are seeking someone who is looking to develop their skills in outdoor learning. Delivering outdoor learning programmes tailored to meet the needs of diverse participant groups, with a focus on educational and developmental outcomes.

**This is a fixed term role, from 01 April 2025 - 31 March 2026**

Interviews will be held at our Eastbourne site on Royal Parade. Interviews will be held with the recruiting manager and operations team, expected week beginning 6 January 2024. Please ensure you bring your qualifications and documents confirming your eligibility to work in the UK.

A mainstay of the Eastbourne site is our RYA sailing and windsurfing junior club membership, this takes weekly. We work closely with local sailing clubs and are open to the general public for private and group tuition.

At the Cuckmere we work closely with our partner paddle sport club at our Cuckmere location, offer private and group tuition and guided beach and river tours while operating a busy kayak and paddleboard hire concession on the meander.

At Bushy wood the range of activities on site includes climbing, high ropes, archery, air rifles, pioneering, bush craft and fire lighting, orienteering on and offsite, shelter building and practical leadership tasks and games, in which we welcome team to gain inhouse and accredited qualification in order to support the site.

Buzz Active can offer Continual Professional Development (CPD). We run in-house and externally sourced instructor training courses including climbing, High ropes, bush craft skills, NSRA rifles instructor, archery GB instructor, RYA sailing, windsurfing and powerboat instructor. Paddle UK paddle sport leader and paddle sport instructor qualifications.

**For an informal discussion, please contact the centre management team - on 01323 463300**.

We are passionate about sharing our expertise with the wide range of clients and giving positive and enriching outdoor learning experiences and opportunities to the whole community. If you feel you have what it takes to be part of a thriving and varied team delivering outdoor education and activity experiences in East Sussex, then why not Choose East Sussex
- “I thoroughly enjoyed my season at Buzz, having a variety across 3 sites allowed me to develop as an instructor and mixing with a great bunch of people”_ - Josh Evans

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