Job Description

Role overview

Working within the council’s Outdoor and Environmental education service, you will be responsible for the management and development of our high quality outdoor and environmental education offer, ensuring the long term viability of the service through implementation of plans that build on the existing offer and expand the scope of the services we can make available to children, young people and our communities..

Key responsibilities

• Lead the delivery of all operational systems which provide high-quality, effective and economically-viable outdoor learning sessions at the centre, with line management responsibility for all staff employed to teach and/or assist the programmed sessions and budgetary responsibilities for the centre..
• To lead the team at the Centre to ensure the quality of residential and Day outdoor education to children is delivered to the current high standards, including education outcomes, quality of experience and health and safety..
• To develop and implement a strategic plan to increase the range of outdoor learning opportunities for children, young people and communities in Oldham. Working with the team to identify additional and appropriate commercial opportunities at the centre..

Key Requirements

To succeed in this role you will need as a minimum:

• Qualified teacher status OR JNC professional youth work qualification with operation management experience within Outdoor education settings.
• Mountaineering and climbing instructor award ( or higher), British Canoeing level 2 or equivalent and a full driving licence.
• Excellent organisational skills will be needed to agree, develop and manage the provision in line with Council expectations and standards

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.  This post is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure from the DBS

About Us

We are committed to developing a Co-operative future; one where citizens, partners and staff work together to improve the borough.  Anyone joining the council is coming into an ambitious organisation with big plans. We are working hard to build a brighter future for our borough and we need people from a wide range of backgrounds to continue delivering the best for our communities.

We have a clear set of Values and Behaviours, our Values outline how we do business and we share these borough wide with our residents, partners and businesses.  Internally we have translated these values into five cooperative behaviours which outline the priority areas of focus for all staff at all levels. 

Please note that should a vacancy that has been released for internal or external recruitment be deemed suitable for an at risk employee, it can be pulled back at any point up to the post being formally offered to an external candidate or an internal candidate that is not at risk of redundancy. 

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