Trainee Climbing Instructor

Salary and Benefits

Salary – The annual salary for this post is £28,000. The salary includes attendance on camps, expeditions and trips and is inclusive of the 30 days paid holiday entitlement.

Monday 10th November, lications will be considered as they are received. The Perse School reserves the right to make an appointment before the closing date.

The Perse School Outdoor Education department is looking to appoint a Trainee Climbing Instructor. This role is designed for those who would like to take up a career in climbing/outdoor instruction. You will be supported by an experienced team of staff and provided with support and training to become a skilled instructor of indoor climbing.

• Much of the postholder’s delivery will be conducted in our state‑of‑the‑art climbing wall, the largest roped wall within 50 miles of Cambridge.
• Instruction is varied with delivery of taster sessions, birthday parties, structured school physical education lessons and clubs, bespoke coaching and the National Indoor Climbing Association Scheme (NICAS).
• The post holder will have full involvement across the breadth of Outdoor Education provision at The Perse.
• They will work across the Perse Exploration Society’s provision, games programme delivery, extra‑curricular clubs and climbing provision.
• Work is divided between training, activity instruction, administration tasks and commercial delivery, including an exciting range of school holiday delivery, trips and weekend session instruction, alongside term‑time programme delivery.

The Perse School Cambridge is one of the country’s leading independent co‑educational day schools for children aged 3‑18. Our aim is to be a leading employer of choice. This means we strive to be a school where staff say they are proud and excited to work, and feel valued, respected and motivated. We are committed to providing a very competitive salary and benefits scheme at the same time as offering a wide range of opportunities for personal and professional development.

We want our staff to feel engaged and purposeful so that they, in turn, help pupils to be happy and successful.

Further details including how to apply can be obtained from our website:

Interviews will be held in the week commencing 10th November.

The School actively supports equality, diversity and inclusion and encourages applications from all sections of society.

The Perse School recognises that an important element in safeguarding our pupils is a robust recruitment process that incorporates measures to deter, reject or identify people who might abuse children, or who are otherwise unsuited to work with them. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post including references from previous employers, a Disclosure and Barring Service check at the enhanced level, as well as eligibility to work in the UK (in compliance with UK immigration regulations).

All work carried out at the School on a regular basis amounts to regulated activity. This role is also exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.

Safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children is everyone's responsibility. The School is committed to acting in the best interests of the child so as to safeguard and promote the welfare of children and young people. The School requires everyone who comes into contact with children and their families to share this commitment. Interviews will be conducted in person, and they will explore candidates’ suitability to work with children.