Instructor - Uniformed Public Services

Instructor - Uniformed Public Services (14 hours p/w)
A unique opportunity has arisen for an Instructor in UPS that has an additional specialism of outdoor education and leadership. The College runs a successful UPS course with a vast array of alumni to be fully-equipped for their chosen public service careers. We seek an enthusiastic individual who works hard for the Department and is committed to the success of the their learners. You will instruct groups of students and assess their skills in Outdoor Adventurous Activities. To enable students to learn and achieve and to maintain equipment to high standards to meet all health and safety requirements.
Duties
To be responsible for the instruction of students in high quality outdoor adventurous activities
Supervision, assessment, evaluation, training and monitoring of students working in outdoor adventurous activities (in line with awarding body and national governing body standards)
Manage and supervise students to ensure that all areas of the outdoor adventurous activities units and the outdoor storeroom is well maintained and clean; meeting health and safety requirements.
Manage and supervise students to ensure that all equipment within the outdoor adventurous activities is fit for purpose and meeting health and safety requirements
Liaise effectively with relevant lecturers and SSTs (Student Support Tutor) on the progress made by learners within the centre providing updates on skills development and details of any assessments undertaken
Review and develop operating systems and risk assessments in liaison with the Centre Director, Programme Manager, Lecturing staff and SSTs
In liaison with the SPS technician maintain equipment stock levels to ensure all equipment is fit for purpose as stated in the standard operating procedures
To be accountable for the health and safety of all equipment
To monitor all outdoor adventure equipment ensuring maintenance or replacement is carried out when required.
Maintaining capital equipment, semi consumables and consumable stock items within outdoor adventurous activities to ensure efficient and effective operations.
Undertake Health & Safety risk assessments and ensure all working practices are compliant with industry legislation (e.g. NGB guidelines)
To ensure that accurate records of outdoor adventurous activities equipment are kept and the data inputted onto computer systems and paper systems.
To follow the current outdoor adventure, sport and public services Standard Operating Procedures
To assist in the organisation and delivery of outdoor adventurous activities away days and residentials and ensuring the Colleges, NGBs and Safeguarding policies are followed.
To be accountable for the generation and achievement of income targets including sales.
Liaise with corporate facilities where specialist equipment is required and ensure this is undertaken
Ensure continuous development and improvement of professional knowledge
Any other duties, of a similar level of responsibility, as may be required.
Qualifications, Specialist Knowledge and Skills
Qualifications
Essential Criteria
A Range of Outdoor Adventure Qualification including
Mountain Leader
Single Pitch Award
UKCC Level 2 (or equivalent)
A minimum of one higher level qualification in any discipline
Desirable Criteria
Higher level qualifications including
Winter Mountain Leader
MIA / MIC
UKCC White Water Endorsement (or equivalent)
Cave leader level 1 or higher
Other Relevant Outdoor Qualifications
Level 1 Ski / Board
Mountain Bike Leader
Level 2 Powerboat
RYA Dinghy Instructor
GNAS
Ability to train / assess to NGB standard
Relevant Outdoor Adventure Degree / Foundation Degree
Teaching Qualification e.g. PTLLS or a willingness to achieve the qualification
Assessor Awards A1 & V1
Full UK Driving License with D1+E (or equivalent)
Relevant First Aid Qualification
How Identified: Application
Experience
Essential Criteria
Working in a variety of outdoor and adventurous environments including private and LEA and across a variety of age groups
Instructing to a higher level
Ability to deal with a flexible workload
Experience of working within a learning support environment.
How Identified: Application/ Interview
Desirable Criteria
Assessing learners
Setting up and running of DofE
Delivering First Aid Courses
Delivering on BEL courses
High Quality Outdoor Education
How Identified: Application/ Interview
Specialist Knowledge
Essential Criteria
Logging, maintaining and repairing where relevant specialist outdoor and adventurous equipment
Local and national venues for outdoor adventure
Up to date and relevant knowledge of H&S within Outdoor Adventure
How Identified: Application/ Interview
Essential Criteria
Training apprentices
Creating a bid for a climbing wall, ropes course or similar
Good knowledge of teamwork ability
How Identified: Application/ Interview
IT Skills
Essential Criteria
Basic Level in Microsoft applications particularly Word, Powerpoint, Outlook and Excel
Willing to undertake training appropriate to the role.
Willing to undertake training appropriate to role.
How Identified: Application
Desirable Criteria
Experience of using Promonitor and the willingness to undertake training
How Identified: Application/ interview
About Hopwood Hall
We are a Further Education College and University Centre offering a range of full and part time courses employing over 600 staff on our campuses in Rochdale and Middleton situated to the north-east of Manchester. Both campuses have ample free parking and subsidised restaurants.
We offer staff a range of benefits including free gym membership at our Middleton Sports Arena and generous holiday entitlement.
We are committed to being a great place to work and have membership status of the Greater Manchester Good Employment Charter. We are a Living Wage employer and an accredited Disability Confident Employer. OurEquality, Diversity & Inclusionstatement is designed to ensure that unfair discrimination does not take place in any part of our recruitment process.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all learners and colleagues and we expect all colleagues and volunteers to share this commitment. The college complies with Safer Recruitment guidance in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education and all successful applicants are required to undertake a DBS check and other pre-recruitment checks in line with our Safer Recruitment policy. It is an offence to apply for a regulated role at the College if you are barred from working with children (or vulnerable adults if in a role where this applies).

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