Chief Instructor

Location:

Birmingham (B12) – West Midlands, West Midlands, United Kingdom

Salary:

Up to £29000 per annum

Type:

Permanent

Main Industry:

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Advertiser:

Bluetownonline Ltd

Job ID:

131523823

Posted On:

20 January 2025

Job Title: Chief Instructor – Midlands

Location: Midlands Boat Station, 35 Osler Street, Birmingham, B16 9EU

Salary: GBP29,000 gross per annum

Job type: Full time, Permanent

Closing Date: 5th February 2025.

Interviews: Early February 2025.

Are you a Chief Instructor looking for a new opportunity?

The Charity is a vibrant and growing charity delivering life changing nautical adventure for young people through the Sea Cadets to give them the best possible head start in life. We also provide personal and professional development opportunities for seafarers. Working with our staff, cadets, and volunteers, we have built a vision and five-year strategy to take us forward and further improve the astounding contribution already made through our work to the lives of thousands of young people and seafarers, while fully supporting our volunteers who are vital to our success.

Due to internal progression, we are looking for an inspirational Chief Instructor to lead our afloat activities programme at our brand-new class leading facilities at Midlands Boat Station. As chief instructor you will develop and deliver activities across sailing, powerboating, windsurfing, paddle sports and rowing to cadet and adult members of the Sea Cadets. You will be responsible for managing a team of volunteers, casual instructors and cadet instructors to deliver a full programme of activities throughout the year, promoting positive, life changing experiences on the water.

We need passionate practitioners, who thrive in a varied environment, and are looking for a sense of fulfilment from working with young people and supporting our 4500 volunteers to deliver the Sea Cadet Experience.

Responsibilities:

* To act as Chief Instructor at the boat station.
* Develop and promote an activity programme for our young people.
* Manage the delivery of our all year-round activity programme.
* Monitor standards of instruction and support the development of instructors.
* To be a role model and mentor for our Cadets and Volunteers.
* To be involved in the delivery of boating across the charity
* To be a technical advisor that our Volunteers can turn to for advice and guidance.

Requirements:

* Expert level knowledge and ability across a range of water sport disciplines.
* A demonstrable background in the delivery of high-quality boating activities to a wide client base.
* A strong awareness of health and safety policy and regulation.
* Facilities management experience.

Desirable

* Experience in working with young people and volunteers.
* Experience in developing new client relationships.
* Experience across a range watersports industry sectors.

Benefits:

* Cycle to work scheme and Season Ticket Loan
* 51 working days paid holiday per annum, this includes public and bank holidays observed in England and Wales
* Life assurance (4x salary) for those that join the pension
* Private medical insurance
* Pension (employer contribution up to 10%)
* Wellbeing portal and EAP with 121 counselling
* Employee development: We are investing in our employees’ development and have an annual calendar of learning and development opportunities, designed to support employees to develop into their roles and stretch them to achieve their full potential.
* National staff conference: All employees come together once a year to reflect on the past year and celebrate success at our offsite staff conference. This is a great opportunity to listen to employees’ views, and for employees to network, share information and socialise.

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Candidates with the relevant experience or job titles of: Chief Cadet Instructor, Cadet Lead, Maritime Instructor, may also be considered for this role.

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