Head of Programme; Leader

We are looking for an enthusiastic individual who can work within a supportive growing team during the school holiday periods, supporting our Holiday, Activities and Food programme, funded by the Department of Education. A Head of Programme would be responsible for leading the holiday camp and leading activities to children ages 5 - 16 years old, with assistance from the onsite instructors.

Activities follow a modular daily plan provided in advance of the holiday programme start date, each activity will follow any of the following pillars of activity;
Examples include:

• #Active:
  Team Games, Striking & Fielding, Net & Wall Games (More listed below)
• #Creative:
  Thank you cards, Tallest tower challenge, strongest bridge, friendship bracelets
• #Healthy:
  Blind fold fruit tasting, smoothie making, healthy café challenge

Working days are based off of team availability and can be flexible, we typically operate a 4-day working week from 4-5 hours per day.

• 1) Safeguarding of children (Training will be provided on appointment).
  
  • Inform Regional Lead of safeguarding concerns.
  
  • Ensure all children are always supervised, both structured and unstructured activities (this includes toilet breaks, break and lunch).
  
  • Ensure instructors are well informed with their daily duties.
  
  • Ensure registers are completed in a timely manner and head counts sent to the Regional Leads.
• 2) Ensure arrival to site in a timely prompt manner (15 minutes in advance).
• 3) Delivery of activities provided (Team CPD days are used to help further understanding).
  Lead a range of activities across the programme, these could include but are not limited to:
  • Team Games:
    Football, TAG-Rugby, Netball, Handball
  • Net & Wall:
    Short Tennis, Badminton, Seated Volleyball
  • Striking & Fielding: Rounders, Kwik Cricket, Softball
• 4) Maintain a professional approach to your duties at all times and set high expectations for children attending our course/your activity.
• 5) Promote an ethos of inclusion and alignment with #BeYou #BeKind #BeGreat.