Assistant Head of Inshore Boating

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Job description

Job Title: Assistant Head of Inshore Boating

Location: Weymouth National Boat Centre, Barrack Road, Weymouth, Dorset. DT4 8TZ

Salary: £35,600 gross per annum

Job type: Full time, Permanent.

Closing Date: 6/12/2024 (may close early if right candidate is found)

Are you a watersports professional looking for a new opportunity?

The Charity is vibrant and growing, delivering life changing nautical adventure for young people to give them the best possible head start in life. We also provide personal and professional development opportunities for seafarers. Working with our staff, cadets, and volunteers, we have built a vision and five-year strategy to take us forward and further improve the astounding contribution already made through our work to the lives of thousands of young people and seafarers, while fully supporting our volunteers who are vital to our success.

We are currently looking for an Assistant Head of Inshore Boating to join our team.

About the role:

The Charity deliver life changing opportunities to young people through the challenge and adventure of getting out on the water. The Assistant Head of Inshore Boating is instrumental in facilitating these experiences as part of a team working to support volunteers and colleagues across the UK, with a focus on our five activities of dinghy sailing, paddlesport, powerboating, rowing and windsurfing. The post will require experience of dealing with people of all ages/backgrounds, in the management of delivering activities, equipment/facilities and supporting the development of instructors.

We are looking for a passionate practitioner, with a background in delivering both on and off the water, and in-depth experience of operating procedures and governing documentation. Experience of working with young people is essential.

Responsibilities:

Lead on developing our boating/water sports framework

Support volunteer led activity across the UK in delivering life affirming on the water experiences to young people.

Support the Head of Inshore in the development and delivery of assurance and safety of Boating.

Day to day Line management of the office team

Collaborate with the wider Inshore team to support central training, particularly Instructor Training.

Requirements:

A qualified water sports practitioner at or approaching Trainer/Tutor level

An in depth understanding of operating procedures and documentation

Experience of water sports at a strategic level

Desirable:

Experience or knowledge of youth and/or uniformed organisations

Experience or knowledge of the charity sector

Benefits:

• 51 days annual leave per annum
• Life assurance (4x salary) for those that join the pension
• Private medical insurance
• Pension (employer contribution up to 10%)
• Wellbeing portal and EAP with 121 counselling
• Employee development: We are investing in our employees' development and have an annual calendar of learning and development opportunities, designed to support employees to develop into their roles and stretch them to achieve their full potential.
• National staff conference: All employees come together once a year to reflect on the past year and celebrate success at our offsite staff conference. This is a great opportunity to listen to employees' views, and for employees to network, share information and socialise.

If you are interested in this Assistant Head of Inshore Boating vacancy, please apply now!

Additional Information:

The Charity positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates from all backgrounds. Equity, diversity, and inclusion really matters to us, so we can best serve our beneficiaries from every community. We work to ensure a fair and consistent recruitment process and aim to be a charity where diversity of experience, identity and skills are valued and welcomed. The Charity is an equal opportunities employer.

We recognise our responsibilities to safeguard and protect the young people and vulnerable adults with whom we work. We do all we can to promote their health, safety and wellbeing, and we expect our staff to share this commitment and work in line with safeguarding policy, the Charities values and ethos of inclusivity. We adhere to safer recruitment practices and therefore employment is subject to detailed pre-employment checks for successful candidates, including references and criminal disclosure checks and the completion of a disclosure questionnaire.

All successful applicants are required to attend safeguarding training and undergo a criminal record check.

Please click APPLY to be redirected to our website to complete your application.

Candidates with experience or relevant job titles of; Head of Inshore Boating, Assistant Head of Boating, Assistant Lead of Inshore Boating, Boating Lead, Boating Instructor, Inshore Boating Manager, will also be considered for this role.

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