Assistant Activity Instructor

Assistant Activity Instructor

Assistant Activity Instructor | 9556 | Casual Contract | £12.85 per hour | Grade B | Whittlingham

Whitlingham Adventure offers a wide range of adventurous activities on water and land to young people, adults, families and local communities. Activities include canoeing, climbing, kayaking, orienteering, sailing, stand up paddle boarding, windsurfing and more.

Based within Whitlingham Country Park, a gateway to the Broads National Park, the centre provides outdoor learning activities with schools and youth groups, individual courses, adventure clubs, craft hire and a range of opportunities to be active outdoors.

• Deliver instructional activities to a range of people in relevant activities.
• Work flexible days and hours, including evenings, weekends and bank holidays, with short sessions of a minimum of 2 hours.

• At least some instructional experience working in an outdoor centre or similar environment.
• First Aid qualification (minimum 1 day training, as required by your instructor/coach qualification).
• Face-to-face safeguarding training (minimum 3hrs, e.g. UK Coaching, Norfolk Safeguarding Children Partnership or equivalent).
• Minimum one qualified National Governing Body (NGB) Instructor/Coach such as:

• Royal Yachting Association (RYA) – Dinghy Instructor, Windsurf Start Instructor.
• British Canoeing Awarding Body (BCAB) – Paddlesport Instructor or Leader, Stand up paddleboard Instructor, UKCC Level 1 Coach.
• Or equivalent schemes/NGBs.

• Competitive salary
• Generous holiday entitlement
• Health and Wellbeing services including fast-track physiotherapy and a free counselling service
• Flexible working opportunities including flexi-time, part time, remote and hybrid working – dependent on your job role and business need
• Financial benefits such as Norfolk Rewards employee discount programme
• A Blue Light card for Fire Service and Social Care Workers
• Relocation expenses (where applicable)
• An advance of your expenses if you travel for work
• Local Government Pension Scheme with generous employer contribution, life assurance, death in service payments and dependants’ pensions
• Tax efficient ways of getting extra pension and new bikes
• Access to our tax efficient car lease scheme for greener travel enabling you to lease a brand new, ultra-low emission vehicle (subject to eligibility)
• A payment if you refer someone you know to a hard to fill job

For further information, please see our website

For an informal discussion please contact the centre to speak to our Head of Centre, Chris on or email

Closing date: 01 March 2026 at 23:55.

Applications will be reviewed upon receipt; therefore decisions may be made before the closing date.