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Job Description and Person Specification Job Title: Watersports Instructor Reporting to: Watersports Manager People/Team Management: N/A Key Purpose: • To provide exceptional standards of delivery afloat & ashore to all UKSA clients • To ensure the safety of students at all times • To comply with UKSA Standard Operating Procedures, governing bodies and legislation The duties and responsibilities will include, but are not limited to: • Providing a strong customer focus at all times • Ensuring the safety of everyone under your supervision in line with UKSA Operating Procedures. • Attending staff meetings, with all relevant information for your full days sessions wrote down with session plans • Take an active part in training courses / programs to further personal instructional ability and expand qualifications • Delivering a high quality of supervision / education to groups assigned to you • Delivering evening activity sessions • Covering sleep in shifts with residential children ( a sleep in rate is paid as extra) • Helping to maintain a clean working centre including classrooms aswell as the entire fleet • Helping to develop the centre with new ideas and improvements to current courses and operational systems • Attending UKSA open days when required • To support the Senior Training staff with any other tasks required Health & Safety • Demonstrate a duty of care of your own health and safety and that of other employees, co-workers, customers and other UKSA personnel to help everyone meet our share legal requirements • Manage your own health and wellbeing to ensure you perfom your assigned duties in a safe and professional manner, with the abilty to demonstrate a proven record of maintaining acceptable levels of sickness/ absence Individual Performance and Development • Ensure adherence to all policies and procedures and promote the Vision, Purpose and Values of UKSA • Understand your objectives and how these fit in with individual, team and business performance • Take responsibility for your own performance and development by preparing for and take full part in 1-1 reviews and appraisals with your manager General • Comply with and promote UKSA equality and diversity, data protection and health & safety policies and procedures. • Make a commitment to deliver excellent customer service and commitment to the role This Job Description and Person Specification is not exhaustive and reasonable flexibility is expected to meet the changing needs of the business; it will be reviewed and may be updated from time to time in conjuction with the post holder. 1 Person Specification | | Essential | | Desirable | | | | --- | ----------- | --- | ----------- | --- | --- | | | o | | o | | | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | Knowledge: Understanding of and commitment to Awareness of wider industry operation | | Safeguarding and Health and Safety | | and influences | | | | --- | ----------------------------------- | --- | --------------- | --- | --- | Qualifications: o RYA Dinghy Instructor o Full clean Driving licence held for no o First Aid qualification (in date) less than 12 months | | o Power Boat level 2 qualification | | o BCU Kayak Instructor | | | | --- | ------------------------------------ | --- | ------------------------ | --- | --- | | | o | | o | | | RYA Safe and Fun Powerboat Instructor | | o Current, | valid Enhanced | DBS o SUP Coach Level 1 or Instructor | | | | --- | ------------ | ---------------- | ---------------------------------------- | ---------- | ---------- | | | certificate | | o Keelboat, | Multihull | & Racing | Endorsement o Safeguarding Level 2 training o RYA Windsurf Instructor | | o | | o | | | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | Experience: Completion of instructor award within Relevant teaching experience | | the last 2 years | | o Relevant group leading and coaching | | | | --- | ------------------ | --- | --------------------------------------- | --- | --- | experience o Experience in team building games & | | | | other land | based activities | such as | | --- | --- | --- | ------------ | ------------------ | --------- | orienteering, Soft Archery Etc. Skills: o Teaching and coaching skills o Use of Microsoft Office – Word, Excel, o Good communication at all levels Powerpoint and Outlook (including written and verbal) o Coordination of Social Media o Ability to motivate and inspire communications | | o | | o | | | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | Good team player Work well under pressure and with o High professionalism and personal the ability and flexability to deal with integrity short notice changes 2