job specification - Life Cycle UK

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Hours • Variable. We are looking for people who have regular weekday availability. We are able to offer almost year round casual employment on a freelance basis. Location • We are looking to recruit people in Bristol. Main tasks • Providing training for students in primary years 4 to 6. • Delivering training in schools as well as teaching courses during the school holidays. • Occasional work with Year 7 students in secondary schools and on holiday courses. • Teaching control skills away from traffic plus practical on-road training. • Riding on-road with the young people from the playground to the training area. • At all times looking after the safety and well being of the young people in your care. • Collecting and returning course paperwork to the Life Cycle UK office. Additional tasks • Providing training to adults on a one-to-one basis. • Providing training for teenagers on a one-to-one basis. • Providing training for groups of year 1 to 4 students • For the right applicant there may be bike maintenance work • Occasional work with other young peoples’ groups e.g. Scouts/Guides Qualifications • Ideally you would be a National Standard Instructor Qualified (NSIQ) or National Standard Instructor Provisional (NSIP). However for those with the right experience and availability, Life Cycle will part-fund people to train to The National Standard. Potential instructors should Have good other freelance work. Why? • The cycle training courses run in 4 or 5-week blocks during term times, which leaves gaps at the beginning and start of each term when you will not be working. • Afternoon bookings in general. Due to literacy and numeracy being taught in the mornings many schools prefer to have their cycle training in the afternoons. • If you work 2 afternoons per week your likely earnings for one term will be £133.50 (although you could earn up to £400 per term) in total although it can be much busier in June & July. • Gaps in work for holidays. We do run holiday courses on 3-consecutive days during half term and summer holidays in Bristol but unless you can make yourself available for these courses there will be gaps between work that can be several weeks. • It is essential that you have good other freelance work to fill all the gaps.
Does it sound like we are trying to put you off? We are! The pay and conditions only work for a small minority of individuals so please think carefully about whether it would work for you before putting in an application. You must: • love cycling and like children! • be a regular urban cyclist able to cycle competently and confidently in a variety of traffic conditions. • be fit and healthy. Our training covers a wide geographical area and you are standing up whilst working. You need to have good physical fitness and plenty of stamina. • have recent, proven experience working with and being solely responsible for groups of 8 – 11 year olds. (Having your own children is not sufficient!) • have experience in a teaching, training or instructing role with young people and adults. • be friendly, tolerant and outgoing and able to empathise with the problems that young people may experience. • Have good organisational and computer skills. You will need to be able to read an excel spreadsheet to find out when and where you are booked for work, print some of your own paperwork to use at the school and report back to the office on a regular basis. You are freelance so you also need to be able to manage your own tax returns etc. • be a good listener and have good communication skills. • be familiar with the current theory of safe cycling and/or be willing – and able – to learn. • be able to stay calm in all situations. • be punctual, reliable and trustworthy. It is also essential that you are available for work a minimum two days a week Mondays to Fridays on a regular basis for the foreseeable future. It is also useful if you have • A first aid qualification. • A clean driving licence and access to a car would be advantageous. We work over a wide geographical area where public transport is sometimes not available or impractical. • Bicycle maintenance skills (other work within Life Cycle UK may be available if you do) Disclosure (“police checks”) • Due to the nature of our work all instructors should be prepared to be checked via the Disclosures and Barring Service. • Schools in Bristol will often ask to see your original DBS + a form of photo ID and may refuse entry to anyone with anything on their DBS. (Disclosure and Barring Service) • Additionally, Life Cycle UK will require two references, one of which must be related to your work with young people. Payment • Instructors operate as freelance contractors carrying out work when it is convenient for you. We pay £8.90 ph for provisionally qualified instructors, rising to £10.20ph when fully qualified. • 1 mile from your home Life Cycle will make a contribution towards your travel costs of 30p per mile.
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