Camp Director / Team Leader / Facilitation Lead

Founded in May 2014, The Hive is a fast-growing education company focused on Outdoor Learning. We currently focus on three distinct areas: Outdoor Holiday Camps for children, term-time school workshops and Forest School training for adults. The Hive is unique in the UK, bringing together outdoor learning, narrative and technology in a Forest School setting.

Please see our website for more information about our work: http://www.thehive-kids.com/

The Hive are seeking facilitators and educators with experience leading teams, events, education programmes, education settings, etc. to join our team of Camp Directors.

The Camp Director is responsible for leading and supporting the team of Mission Facilitators to deliver a week of dynamic and enjoyable outdoor sessions to children and young people aged 5 - 13 years, in a safe and positive environment.

As the main point of contact on camp for all facilitators, campers, parents and host venue contacts, this role is paramount to the success of The Hive. You will have a strong background in the management of an Outdoor Education setting, or equivalent, and the ability to communicate our education offer to parents with authority.

You will need:

• Relevant experience working in an Outdoor Education Centre, or similar.
• Experience of working with children or young people (either in a school or an informal learning setting).
• Strong leadership skills and experience leading a team.
• Resilient, resourceful and able to effectively deal with challenging situations.
• Confident, personable and excellent at communicating with both young people and their parents/ carers
• Highly motivated and able to act as a role model for both staff and children.
• Excellent organisational skills.
• Punctual, reliable and committed.
• An enhanced DBS certificate issued within the past 2 years or registered on the DBS Update Service or a willingness to undergo an enhanced DBS check.
• Paediatric First Aid Training within the past 3 years, or willingness to undertake prior to a job offer.
• Knowledge and previous training in safeguarding and child protection.

Dates: We're specifically looking for people available for our Easter and Summer season, for at least one of the following weeks:

• Monday 3rd - Thursday 6th April 2023
• Tuesday 11th - Friday 14th April 2023
• Monday 10th - Friday 14th July 2023
• Monday 17th - Friday 21st July 2023
• Monday 24th - Friday 28th July 2023
• Monday 31st July - Friday 4th August 2023
• Monday 7th - Friday 11th August 2023
• Monday 14th - Friday 18th August 2023

Locations: Northwood, Blackheath, Sevenoaks, Dulwich and Weybridge roles available.

Fee: £825.00 per week

To find out more about these exciting roles and for a full job description, please get in touch.

Job Types: Part-time, Temporary contract, Freelance

Salary: £825.00 per week

Schedule:

• Day shift
• Monday to Friday

Application question(s):

• Our workshops, holiday camps and training take place in Eltham (SE9), Northwood (HA6), Sevenoaks (TN15), Weybridge (KT15), Rotherhithe (SE16) and Dulwich (SE22). Please confirm that you would be willing to travel to at least one of these locations:
• Our camps are running between Monday 3rd - Friday 14th April and Monday 10th July - Friday 18th August 2023. Please confirm that you are available for at least one full week during this period (Monday - Friday):

Experience:

• Teaching: 1 year (preferred)

Licence/Certification:

• enhanced DBS check (preferred)

Work Location: In person

Application deadline: 19/08/2023