Instructor WCC624037

Job Details:

Salary range: £26,403 - £28,142 per annum
Work location: Sayers Croft Field Centre, Cranleigh Rd, Ewhurst, Cranleigh GU6 7SS
Hours per week: 36
Contract type: Permanent
Vetting requirements: Enhanced DBS Check
Closing date: 14 June 2026
Interview date: 25 and 26 June 2026

About Us:

THE EXTRAORDINARY STORY OF GRACE’S PASSION AND DEDICATION

The Environment & Communities Directorate in Westminster City Council is a world of extraordinary stories. Where dedicated people like Grace are using their skills and passion to progress environmental action in the heart of London.

It was at university where Grace first started campaigning for improved recycling facilities, water refill stations, and other eco-friendly initiatives. When she saw the real difference people could make when they came together, she knew she wanted to dedicate her career to community action for the planet.

When she joined us as Principal Engagement Officer, Climate Emergency, she quickly established herself as a passionate advocate for community outreach, engaging various stakeholders across Westminster in the social causes, impacts and solutions to climate change, air pollution, and biodiversity loss.

Grace became a driving force behind our first Citizens’ Climate Assembly, which took place across two weekends in the summer of 2023. Fifty residents were chosen at random from across our diverse communities to come together, learn about the climate emergency, and deliberate how we overcome the barriers to becoming a net zero city by 2040. The assembly produced several recommendations which have informed the evolution of our Climate Emergency Action Plan. Due to the success of this initiative, we’re holding more assemblies to continue community involvement in local decision-making.

To see the work of the Westminster Citizens’ Climate Assembly, click here

The Role:

As an Instructor in our Income Generation Programme, you can make your own powerful contribution to people across Westminster. Based at Sayers Croft, a 56 acre site in the beautiful Surrey Hills, you’ll give children living in the city the unique, perspective-changing opportunity to explore green spaces, interact with nature and build friendships.

Responsible for liaising with group leaders to decide the course content of the programme, you’ll ensure that the information delivered to children’s groups is appropriate and engaging. As the first point of contact for visiting groups, you’ll effectively communicate health and safety information, carrying out risk assessments and working proactively to identify potential safety risks to staff and visitors.

Working creatively and innovatively to deliver hands-on projects, understand the needs of our customers, and negotiate solutions to possible issues, you’ll help children fulfill their potential and leave the centre with a new perspective on life.

This role includes a mix of week and weekend working, so you’ll need to be flexible, but you’ll be compensated with days off in the week and enhanced hourly claims for weekends.

Please refer to the Job Description for more information.

About You:

An established professional with at least a year of experience in an outdoor centre, you’ll hold a qualification or have equivalent training in two or more of the following:

• Archery GB instructor award
• RCI or CWI (climbing)
• High Ropes / ERCA
• Orienteering
• STA pool responder / Lifesaving
• BELA/ Lowland Leader
• Forest school / Earth education

A true team player with excellent communication skills, you’ll have the ability to enthuse, motivate and inspire children and young people. Based outdoors, you’ll be prepared to work actively and in all weather conditions, including climbing, working with heavy loads and being on your feet all day.

Most importantly, you’ll be a person passionate about helping children and young people connect with nature, discover new hobbies and interests, and step out of their comfort zones in a safe, supportive environment. This is a fantastic opportunity to join a collaborative, welcoming team that values you for you, and to supercharge your career in the process.

Westminster City Council is committed to supporting Care Leavers into the workplace. Care Leavers seeking their first job and who wish to be considered under our scheme, will automatically be invited to interview should they meet the essential criteria for the role.

What We Offer:

Westminster is an amazing place. We are home to more than 200,000 residents from all backgrounds, over 50,000 vibrant and vital businesses and three-quarters-of-a-million people work in Westminster. Westminster City Council’s strategy is to work towards a Fairer Westminster. A Fairer Westminster is one in which our communities are at the heart of our decision-making and help to determine the city’s future. By working directly with our communities and other partners, we can build a more inclusive city that celebrates our diverse communities, and where residents, workers and visitors from all backgrounds will feel welcome and safe.

At Westminster City Council, we pride ourselves on being an inclusive workplace and employer of choice. We encourage and welcome applications from people from all backgrounds and aim to have a workforce that, at all levels, represents the communities we serve. We champion equality, diversity, inclusion and wellbeing and aim to create a workplace where everyone feels valued, has a sense of belonging and is empowered to be their best, that is the Westminster Way. To find out more about how we do this visit

As a forward-thinking Council we appreciate that people work in different ways, therefore our staff benefit from working a range of flexible working patterns as well as Agile working.

The Council is a Disability Confident Employer. If you have declared a disability in your application, we guarantee an interview if you meet the essential criteria of the job. If you are invited for interview, you will be asked if you need any reasonable adjustments in order to attend, and we will make these wherever possible.

We reserve the right to extend or close this vacancy early without warning subject to the volume of suitable applicants.