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The starting salary for this position is £16.39 per hour (£14.26 per hour, plus £2.13 per hour annual leave allowance).
Would you like a job where you see the people you are helping make progress in a short space of time? Would you like to work with dedicated colleagues? Would you like to work in your local area? Interested in parent-friendly working hours?
We are currently seeking Cycling Instructors to join our Cycle Training Team. If you can ride a cycle competently and would like to help both children and adults, please apply!
We especially encourage an application if you are local to Guildford or Camberley.
About the Role
Surrey County Council offers an accredited cycle training scheme. As a new Instructor, you will observe and receive training from experienced Instructors delivering courses. You will then be a 'third' Instructor to help build your confidence and skills and after that, you will co-instruct. A reward of the job is seeing how your riders progress!
With a bank contract, work is offered using a calendar system and you will be able to enter any periods you are not available for work. The amount of work you will be offered will depend on the number of requests for training we receive, some periods are busier than others.
With anannualised hours contract, you will be paid a monthly salary. Your work schedule will be programmed for you and there is no commitment to work in school holidays. Your hours in any one week might vary, but your monthly salary is constant. The total work hours will match your contracted hours each calendar year.
Both bank and annualised hours roles are permanent roles as a Surrey County Council employee.
Please follow click apply to view further details about the role on our website.
Shortlisting
To be considered for interview for this position, you will upload your CV and answer the following five application questions:
- Why would you like to be a cycling instructor?
- How would the role fit into your commitments and plans, and which of the two contract types do you think might better suit you?
- What do you think are the qualities an Instructor needs to help a person progress, and how does your experience relate to those qualities? Your experiences can be in employment or a voluntary setting and related to cycle training or some other form of learning.
- Part of the national standard for cycle training is to "review and improve" your own cycling. Please tell us your assessment of your own cycling ability.
- We manage the cycle training through an online system. Please tell us about your IT skills.
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 28/10/2024 with interviews to follow.
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 applicants 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.
