Field Studies Tutor Post

Calshot.com About Calshot Field Studies Tutors

This is a fantastic opportunity for enthusiastic and motivated field study professionals to join the South’s Premier Outdoor Centre

Calshot Activities Centre is one of the largest Outdoor Education Centres in Britain. We have a reputation for excellence and professionalism and operate to the highest safety standards. Calshot is the largest of ’s five Outdoor Centres. We are looking for enthusiastic and forward thinking staff to join our successful and committed team.

Field We are always looking to develop our sessions to best meet the needs of Studies our schools, so as a tutor you must be flexible and motivated to contribute to In Field Studies we offer residential and the development of the department. non-residential courses from Key Stage 1 through to A Level. Our clients come from On site, our historic hangars a diverse background. Hampshire school accommodate a state of the art climbing groups account for the largest numbers. complex, the only indoor Velodrome in We also actively market to out of county Southern and a dry Ski Slope. schools, currently we have schools from as far afield as the Channel Islands, Home Field Studies Tutors teach a range of Land Counties and the Midlands. based Activities including Rock Climbing, Archery, Skiing and the Initiative Course, Situated in a unique position on the for which you will receive full training. shores of and the edge Our tutors remain with the same group of the New Forest National Park, we of students all week, enabling them to are extremely well equipped to offer build up a rapport with groups, essential students a broad range of Field Study in providing the high quality outdoor Investigations. As a Field Studies Tutor education for which we are known. you will be delivering sessions including; River and Coastal Geomorphology, Human With our proximity to the sea we have a Geography, Coastal fantastic Water Sports Department, and there may be opportunities for you to be Management, Freshwater, Coastal and trained in these activities too. Terrestrial Ecology. We are extremely lucky to be able to offer Sub-Littoral Calshot has close links with National studies on our Trawler. We take students Governing Bodies for all the activities we of all ages out into Water teach. We deliver activity courses from to collect and identify marine life. Some novice to expert, including instructor of our younger groups also complete training and assessment, to both historical sessions in the Tudor Castle on individuals and groups. British Cycling site, and A Level groups often complete host many of their Youth Training Camps in depth follow up and statistical analysis, at Calshot. under our tuition. The Staff Is Calshot for you? We have around 40 full-time teaching staff, of which 7 make up The job the Field Studies Department. In addition a further 35 support services staff provide us with food, accommodation, technical You will spend most of your time working with Field Studies and admin support, without which we could not exist. This and Activities groups. The majority of our groups are week long strong staff team enables Calshot to operate fifty weeks a year, Key Stage 2 residential stays who complete a mixture of half seven days a week and is the Centre’s greatest resource. From day Field Study Sessions and Landsports. We also have a large Field Studies Tutors, Windsurfing Trainers, Dinghy and Kayak number of AS and A2 Level groups who complete fieldwork Coaches to Mountain Leaders and Track Cycling coaches, we have during the day and follow up in the evenings. In addition to them all. Consequently we are able to offer staff an unrivalled this we have a number of residential Key Stage 3 and 4 groups opportunity to benefit from their expertise, whether as part of and some day visits. training or through “top tips” when out playing after work! In Field Studies we are busiest during school term times. Following initial training, when you are not required to teach What are we Field Studies you may be trained to teach further landsports looking for? for the centre. We also use the school holidays to develop resources and prepare the department for the term ahead. Enthusiastic, motivated staff who passionately believe in the value of outdoor learning. You should have a broad experience of Field Studies. Ideally you will have worked in a Field Studies Centre and Training have relevant teaching experience. It is essential to hold a degree The Field Studies Department is staffed by tutors on full time or relevant equivalent qualification in a related field. permanent posts. It is highly desirable you hold either a D1 or PCV category for The job starts with an initial training period which will focus driving minibuses. Alternatively, it would be essential that you on our Field Studies and the key Land Based activities needed have a category B driving licence and are eligible for the for our groups. Our goal is to ensure staff are able to teach D1 minibus licence entitlement. across the board to our Key Stage 2 groups. Some of this will Skill in any land based activity is advantageous, particularly be training to a site specific standard and others to National skiing, rock climbing or archery. However, you may have a Governing Body standards. Training will involve observing range of outdoor activities and teaching experience, sessions, team teaching, and when you are ready, being but no formal instructional qualifications, either way we assessed teaching full sessions in order to ‘pass out’ and teach would like to hear from you. sessions yourself. Issues such as child protection, manual handling and first aid are important aspects of this training, in addition to the content of the sessions.

Following the initial training,there will be ongoing training, geared towards your personal needs, improved teaching techniques and relevant National Awards. Clearly these have How about checking to reflect the business requirements of the Centre. The actual level of competence reached will depend on personal aptitude out our website at and previous experience. www.calshot.com Accommodation The Bare Facts Apply Now!

We have self-catering accommodation Our conditions take a lot of beating, All applications need to be made available to new staff. Some look at this: via www.newjob.org.uk accommodation is onsite while most is • Tutors work Monday to Friday, plus approximately a mile away in Calshot Calshot Activities Centre, up to 14 weekends per annum. The village. Staff usually have individual rooms, , Fawley, normal teaching day is from 9am to with a communal lounge, kitchen and Southampton, 5.30pm plus two evenings per week, shower. Alternatively staff can choose to Hampshire, either teaching or acting in a pastoral arrange their own accommodation locally. SO45 1BR. role working with a residential course. Tel: 023 8089 2077 Monthly rent is deducted at source and Thanks to our TOIL (Time off in lieu) Web: www.calshot.com system, this averages out to a 37hr includes all utilities except phone call Please visit www.newjob.org.uk week over the season. charges. Meals may be purchased from for the application closing date the Centre at a subsidised rate or staff • Time off in lieu is given for each and salary details. may cater for themselves. working weekend, with a 50% enhancement of pay for Sunday and A deposit will be deducted from your 100% enhancement for any bank pay during the first five months of holidays worked, typically adding employment for your accommodation another £500 to annual earnings. and keys. This will be returned on M40 M1 departure subject to any deductions for • Paid holiday entitlement is 24 days M5 M11 replacements of items and repairs. plus bank holidays M25 • And an opportunity to tap into some Uniform of the best training inthe country…. M3 M27 M27 We provide staff uniform, believing it M5 A326 is important that our staff are easily recognisable. For Field Studies you will be loaned waterproof trousers and a jacket, M40 M1 wellington boots, polo shirts, a fleece M5 M11 and a jacket. You will also be loaned an additional pair of sailing wellington boots M25 and salopettes for trawling. M3 M27 M27 M5 A326

M3 A36 J2 J3 J4a Eastleigh J4b Getting to J1 Calshot is easy! A31 M27 We are only ten miles from Southampton the motorway network, 2 hours A326 M27 from London, Birmingham, Hythe Fareham Bristol and only 45 minutes from Portsmouth and Portsmouth Bournemouth. Southampton is CalshotM3 30 minutes by road and has A36 Eastleigh both a main-line railway station J2 J3 J4a Cowes J4b and regional airport. J1 A31 M27 Isle of Wight Southampton Ringwood A326 M27 Brockenhurst Hythe Fareham

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