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Active Camps

Activity Leader

Location: Active Camps at The Leys, The Fen Causeway, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB2 7AD
Rates of pay: £100.00 to £135.30 per day, depending on age and experience
Dates: May Half Term (26 - 29 May) and Summer Holidays (20 July - 21 August)
Hours: 8.15am to 6.00pm Monday to Friday (you do not need to be available to work for all these dates)

Active Camps has been providing fun holiday activities for children aged 4 -14 years successfully for over 20 years.

If you love working with children and are looking for a job in the school holidays, joining our Team at Active Camps could be the perfect role for you.

We are looking for Activity Leaders to join our Team to provide a safe, welcoming and fun place for children to relax, play and learn, to ensure that the highest possible standards are met, and children have a positive experience at the camp.

Our camps are not residential, and you should be able to commute daily.

Key Duties

  • Work as part of a team to devise and deliver a range of engaging and challenging activities for children aged 4 – 14 years. Our range of activities includes anything from arts and crafts, cooking and swimming to fun sports and games, plus wow activities like bouncy castles and archery.
  • Follow signing in/out procedures to ensure the safe arrival of children at the camp and the safe delivery to parents and/or named carers at end of day
  • Supervise snack and lunch times
  • Keep children safe by following the camp’s policies and procedures at all times, particularly with regard to the Safeguarding Policy and Procedures
  • Keep premises clean and tidy, and take care of play and sports equipment

Ideally you will:

  • Have at least six months experience of working or volunteering with 4 – 14 year-old children in a play, school or similar environment
  • Be able to communicate at all levels, particularly with children
  • Be enthusiastic, and have a flexible and positive attitude to work
  • Be able to use your own initiative but also be comfortable working as part of a team.
  • Be willing to undertake appropriate training such as safeguarding, first aid and food hygiene

Active Camps is committed to safe practice in recruitment and selection that includes consideration of issues regarding child protection, safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people. All staff will be expected to undergo strict safeguarding checks including an enhanced DBS Disclosure.

To apply, please complete an application form here