Activity Leader

**Job Title**: Activity Leader

**Line Manager**: Activity Manager (AM)

**General Overview**

Activity Leaders help organise and run the leisure programme at our summer centres. They are responsible for making sure all students are safe, happy and participating in all activities.

**Specific Duties**
- Lead activity sessions and excursions for our students, ensuring that they are fully engaged throughout
- Prepare and deliver enjoyable, interactive daytime and evening activities for our students, either by using CHSC activity plans or designing new activities, performing risk assessments as necessary to ensure the safety of the students
- Represent the company professionally in communications with colleagues, customers and the venue as necessary
- Assist with the promotion of activities and excursions
- Engage with students fully in the activity programme; encouraging them to take part in activities and interact with other students
- Ensure that students are properly supervised at all times, on activities, excursions and during on-site pastoral care sessions. Supervision must be appropriate to the scenario and the age of the students e.g. students under 12 years old must be supervised at all times during excursions and not allowed unsupervised free time
- Work alongside the teaching team to integrate the process of language learning into the activities
- Take regular attendance checks, informing centre management of any absences immediately
- Carrying out supervision/pastoral care duties as required by the rota
- Assist the management in the effective day-to-day running of the centre
- Accompany students to and from airports on transfer dates

**General Duties**
- Work with enthusiasm and to the standard expected by Churchill House
- Ensure that students do not breach the rules of the school
- Represent Churchill House professionally in communications/interactions with its customers: the students and their group leaders
- Engage with students in a friendly but professional manner
- Assist at any time, whether on duty or not, with any emergency, disciplinary or student welfare situation
- Read, understand and be prepared to action Churchill House policies relating to the Activity Leader role and to student welfare, particularly:

- CHSC Safeguarding Policy
- Health & Safety

**Hours of Work**

The standard working week is 48 hours with one day off every week on average. Hours can be unsocial and may include early/late starts and split shifts. Because of the nature of summer school it may be necessary to work more hours in an individual week, for which time off in lieu will be given later in the course. ALs on night duty may be required to remain on call in their accommodation building afterwards.

**Our Centers**

We have five centers located in the Southeast of England.

**Professional Development**

**Pay Rate**:
**AL1 **= £425 Not worked for CH before but with related experience

**AL2 **= £465 Not worked for CH before but with closely related experience especially with summer centres/ Worked for CH before at smaller centre

**AL3 **= £505 Worked with Churchill House previously at larger centre

+12.07% holiday pay. Salary is paid weekly in arrears and the final salary payment includes accrued holiday pay.

We also pay a completion bonus at the end of the contract. This is only paid to employees who complete their full contract.

**Relocation bonus** If we need you to move to another centre mid-summer we will pay a £100 bonus plus all travel expenses

**Returner Bonus**: Activity Leaders who worked for Churchill House previously will receive a £100 Returner Bonus paid with their first payroll.

**How to Apply**

**Person Specification - Activity Leader**

Personal Attributes
- Enthusiastic about the role
- Professional attitude to work and communications with customers
- Responsible
- Good Communicator
- Get up and go attitude
- Enjoys working with children and young adults

Attainments/Competencies
- Ability to speak English clearly and coherently to large groups of people

**Qualifications**:

- Good standard of general education
- First Aid
- Lifeguarding/sports coaching certificate

Previous Experience
- Previous summer school experience
- Previous experience working with children
- Previous sports coaching experience

Physical Abilities
- Ability to lead groups for long periods of time (during excursions/walking tours)
- Able to lead and take part in sporting activities

**WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO AMEND OR ADD TO THIS JOB DESCRIPTION IN RESPONSE TO COMPANY NEEDS**

**Safer Recruitment Statement**

Churchill House is committed to providing a safe, secure environment for its students and expects all employees to have a positive attitude towards the care of students and play a full role in implementing all our Safeguarding policies. As part of our Safeguarding policy we operate a Safer Recruitment policy which aims to ensure that employees are suitable people to work with children and young adults