Walking Instructor

This role has a starting salary of £11.97 per hour.

Looking for a rewarding role that is term time only and flexible around school drop-off and pick-up? Interested in enthusing groups of primary school-age pupils? Want to work in your local area and outdoors?

We are excited to be hiring Walking Instructors to join our fantastic Safer Travel team. You will be based in local areas of Surrey to support on our Feet First programme.

We would encourage you to apply if you would like to work in and around Woking, Guildford, Waverley, Elmbridge, Runnymede and/or Surrey Heath.

This is a flexible term time position with no set or guaranteed hours. Timings of the courses will fit around the school day. Courses will take place in the morning - after the school run - to the early afternoon. As an example, on average, our Walking Instructors teach around 25 days per academic year, but this may vary dependent on the school which have booked the training.

Rewards and Benefits

• Annual leave allowance
• An extensive Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) to support health and wellbeing
• Up to 5 days of carer's leave per year
• A generous local government salary related pension
• Lifestyle discounts including gym, travel, shopping and many more
• 2 paid volunteering days plus 1 team volunteering day per year
• Learning and development hub where you can access a wealth of resources
• Continued CPD opportunities related to the role e.g., tailoring teaching practices for neurodivergent children
• Opportunity to teach vital life skills to primary school-age trainees

About the Team

The Safer Travel Team at Surrey County Council launched Feet First: Walking Training service two years ago. The training is targeted at 7-8-year-olds (i.e., pupils in Year 3) and is a service that is available to all primary schools across the county.

The aim of Feet First is to provide primary school pupils the necessary road safety skills and knowledge at the beginning of key stage 2, through a series of in-class and on-road practical training modules.

We are on track to deliver our objective based around providing an informative, robust and entertaining programme of learning that highlights the necessary road safety skills, giving Year 3 pupils the foundation to feel safe navigating Surrey's roads. Our goals are to empower children with these necessary life skills so they can feel confident walking to school both now and independently in the future.

About the Role

We would like to hear from people who want to make a difference for primary school-age pupils, by encouraging them to feel more confident walking to school by equipping them with the necessary road safety knowledge and awareness skills. You will be directly leading the on-road training sessions with small groups of trainees, so you will feel confident engaging children of 7-8 years old both in the classroom and during the on-road training elements of the course. You will also be confident working on your own, managing your own workload and timings, as although you may be attending schools with other Instructors, you will be expected to lead your own groups.

Full training for the role is scheduled to take place in early - mid June, ready for the end of this current academic year, but more importantly the beginning of the next one in September.

Shortlisting Criteria

To apply, you will be asked to answer the following questions:

1. What motivated you to apply for this role?
2. Detail any experience you have had either working or engaging primary school-age children, that you feel could help you in this position.
3. Tell us about a time at work where you've prioritised your own workload.
4. What do you think the most important items would be to highlight to trainees as part of the practical, on-road training?
5. What do you think the key challenges will be in this role and how would you plan to overcome them?

Contact Us

Please contact us for any questions relating to the role. This could be to discuss flexible working requests, transferable skills or any barriers to employment.

The job advert closes at 23:59 on 10th April 2024 with interviews planned for 23rd or 24th April 2024.

We look forward to receiving your application, please click on the apply online button below to submit.

Our Commitment

Surrey County Council is proud to be a Disability Confident Employer. A guaranteed interview will be offered to all disabled applications where:

• The candidate has evidenced the minimum criteria for the role through their application
• The candidate has chosen to share that they have a disability on the application form

Our application form and onboarding process will provide an opportunity to request any reasonable adjustments for the interview and/or the role.

We want to be an inclusive and diverse employer reflecting the community we serve and particularly welcome applications from all underrepresented groups.