Outdoor Activity Instructor (2026 Season!)
Headline Terms
- £12.71 - £13.50 /hour*
- 30-45 hours a week.
- Rate of pay subject to experience and qualifications
- Junior, Intermediate & Senior Instructor roles available
- Initial fixed term contract until the 4th October.
- Free training and awards issued.
- A truly epic working environment!
Job Description
Porthpean Outdoor are helping you get ahead of the game for next year and are now recruiting for awesome people to join our 2026 Activity Instruction team. We are inviting applications from anyone with a passion for outdoor education.
Porthpean Outdoor is Cornwall's leading outdoor education and activity centre. Based overlooking the stunning St. Austell Bay, we offer a fantastically equipped centre with a range of on-site activities, accommodation and dining facilities, plus our own beach.
As an Outdoor Activity Instructor at Porthpean Outdoor, you will deliver a high standard of outdoor programmes to school groups, individuals, and community groups. For our centre residentials, you will accompany groups throughout their stay, becoming the fulcrum of their experience on camp, forming bonds and memories that will last a lifetime.
- Ensure all sessions are set up correctly, safe and ready for use.
- Deliver clear, confident briefings on how to complete the activities. Offer continuous guidance throughout the session to promote learning and progression.
- Maintain the safety of the group during activities.
- Encourage participation and engagement from all individuals, adjusting the session’s pace to suit the group’s learning needs.
- Conclude sessions efficiently, ensuring the area is restored, equipment is returned, and all required logs are completed.
- Greet and welcome visitors to the centre, leading welcome tours and providing clear and professional communication with both guests and colleagues.
- Maintain high personal standards of technical skill and professionalism throughout all activities.
- Adhere to all risk assessments and operational procedures at all times.
- Carry out maintenance tasks as required and undertake other duties within your ability as needed to support centre operations.
Activities at Porthpean Outdoor include:
- High ropes
- Climbing walls
- Indoor caving
- Kayaking
- Coasteering
- Archery
- Paddle Boarding and Mega SUP's
- Camp Craft and Team Building
- Plus, many more including evening activities such as Laser Tag and Silent Disco.
For anyone representing Porthpean Outdoor, you must be a likeable individual with a warm and upbeat personality to help welcome in the thousands of children and young people that stay at our centre every year. You will be responsible, reliable, organised, flexible, and able to provide glowing references. You will need to be flexible as we operate 7 days a week and offer evening activities which will provide opportunities for over time earnings.
In return for all your amazingness, we will endeavour to create a job that is diverse, rewarding, and above all, fun. We will aim to create a place of work where everyone, no matter their role or the hours a week they work, are valued and respected.
When applying, please include details of all outdoor education-related qualifications plus relevant industry experience.
*Wage subject to age.
Job Types: Full-time, Fixed term contract
Contract length: 6 months
Pay: £12.71-£13.50 per hour
Benefits:
- Company events
- Cycle to work scheme
- Discounted or free food
- Employee discount
- Free parking
- On-site parking
Ability to commute/relocate:
- St. Austell, Cornwall: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (preferred)
Application question(s):
- Would you be available to attend a recruitment day in the next few months?
- Do you hold a current First Aid award?
- How many years experience do you have of working with Children?
- Please discuss your relocation or commuting plans.
Experience:
- Outdoor Activity Instructing: 1 year (preferred)
Licence/Certification:
- any National Governing Body awards (preferred)
Work Location: In person
