Job opportunities
If you’d be interested in joining the dynamic, growing Adventure Plus and A+ Hospitality (Windmill Farm) teams in any of the following roles, we’d love to hear from you. We have a variety of job opportunities available so we may have the perfect role for you. Come and join the team!
Bookings and Events Coordinator
This is an opportunity for a person, preferably with experience in the hospitality industry, to work as our Bookings and Events Coordinator at A+ Hospitality.
Your role is to be that friendly person at all times as you take groups through the booking process, answer their enquiries and make sure payments are made.
You will support our centre management and hospitality teams, ensuring they have the information required to give our guests the best stay possible.
You will be part of a small but experienced team and should enjoy working in a dynamic and busy environment.
Salary: £18-22,000.00 depending on experience
Start Date: Available from early February 2024, with handover in January 2024.
Housekeeping
Hours: At least 20 hours per week (09.30 – 14.30, although some flexibility is available).
Hours would be planned through a rota and would include occasional weekend work.
This role would involve general housekeeping duties.
- Daily ‘routine’ checks on public facilities
- Resetting of guest bedrooms,
- Upkeep, resetting and cleaning of all general facilities, including meeting rooms, staff rooms,
dining rooms, kitchens etc.
- Laundry duties.
The applicant needs to:
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- Have an eye for detail to ensure high standards of cleanliness, hygiene and tidiness in all residential areas, meeting rooms, and public areas.
- Have the ability to work proactively independently, using initiative to manage responsibilities and deadlines without direct supervision.
- Be a great team member with a heart to serve our guests and the A+ team by providing a cheerful & willing heart and a keenness to learn.
- Have the ability to troubleshoot and problem-solve with a can-do approach.
- Be willing to offer support to other team members to reach common goals.
- Work the occasional weekend, if required.
Holidays: to be paid Pro rata.
Salary: £10.42 per hour
Responsibilities: In line with the job description.
Start Date: The ideal start date would be in October 2023.
For more information or to apply contact Jurie our Centre Manager.
Activity Coach and Event Leader
For more details please get in touch with Jono Hodson.
Senior Instructor
We are looking for someone to lead our instructor team. They should have a passion for the outdoors; a desire to mentor and see our instructor team grow and flourish as well as an enthusiastic and positive approach to seeing young people enjoy the outdoors.
The ideal candidate would have a strong quiver of qualifications including SPA/RCI; ML; White Water Canoe Coach as well as some Archery, Biking, Bushcraft, and Fencing.
They would also have experience leading a team of instructors and have good knowledge of the workings of a centre including kit maintenance, line management and health and safety procedures.
They would work closely with our Training Manager to organise and deliver courses for our trainee instructors and external candidates and also be encouraged to develop A+’s activity portfolio and increase the range of activities offered.
As this would be a senior management role, candidates would need to be committed to the Christian ethos of A+
Job profile and full job description linked here.
This is a full-time role with a salary dependent on experience and qualifications. Applicants need to be UK residents with a work permit to work in the UK. Applications will close when we have met the right candidate for this pivotal role! For more details or to send in your CV please get in touch with Jono Hodson
Chief Instructor: Training and Health and Safety in Adventure Activities
We are looking for someone with an appetite for leading by example in the outdoors, a passion for adventure, a desire to inspire others and who is committed to the Christian ethos of A+.
Experience of professional Adventure Centre management and team leadership will be an advantage. A range of (AALS in scope) qualifications. Proven organisational ability and a desire to develop safe and clear systems for team training, kit storage and maintenance. A vision to help Adventure Plus create a cutting edge, exciting Adventure Base. Experience of helping develop adventure centre facilities an advantage.
Work as part of a growing team of passionate people reporting to Jon Cox, A+ Exec Director:
Play a key role in helping our growing operation develop safe and clear systems for team training, kit storage & maintenance
Leading, training and managing the A+ instructor team
Co-ordinating training of our GAP trainees and interns
Developing your own passion for outdoor adventures, inspiring others as you bring them on in their experience & skills
Helping A+ create a cutting edge exciting Adventure Base
Manage A+ operational systems & Adventure Base activities
This is a full time role with the salary dependent on experience and qualifications. Applicants need to be UK residents with a work permit to work in the UK. Applications will close when we have met the right candidate for this pivotal role! For more details or to send in your CV please get in touch with Jon Cox.
Fundraising Bid Writer (Part time)
We need an additional bid writer to enable our fundraising team to support the charitable work we do here at Adventure plus.
The candidate would ideally have experience in applications for bid writing, have good office and organisational skills and would be committed to the Christian ethos of A+. Part time and Flexible hours are available. Applicants need to be UK residents with a work permit to work in the UK.
Start date is flexible.
For more details please get in touch with Jon Cox.
Internship: Adventure Youthwork and Adventure Education
We are looking for the right person to join our Adventure Impact team who work with young people with additional needs and/or those who come from disadvantaged or vulnerable backgrounds. We are passionate that the benefits of outdoor activities and education should be available to all, regardless of their life circumstances. Adventure Impact is the fastest growing part of Adventure Plus as we look to reach out and make a huge difference to young people who, for whatever reason, are finding life tough.
The right person would share this passion and ideally have some experience of working with disadvantaged or vulnerable young people, a love of the outdoors and will be committed to the Christian ethos of A+.
The candidate would also work alongside our instructor team in delivering adventure activities on our site and further afield.
Training in a number of adventure activities would be provided. In the past this has included, amongst others, LEL3, MIAS Level 1 and BCU canoe and kayak coach.
On site accommodation would be a possibility. Applicants need to be UK residents with a work permit to work in the UK.
Start date is flexible.
For more details please get in touch with Jon Cox.
Internship: Adventure Education and Conservation Co-ordinator
This A+ / A Rocha internship has two strands:
Conservation and Land Management (Autumn – Spring): including practical conservation tasks such woodland management and organising Volunteer Conservation Days, e.g. tree planting and hedge laying; contributing towards the design of wildlife areas on the new Adventure Base site; and developing wildlife survey skills.
Adventure Education (Spring-Summer): including training in a number of adventure activities and working alongside the A+ instructor team delivering adventure activities on our site and further afield (e.g. at Ashburnham Place, Quinta Centre or the Brecon Beacons).
The right person would share a passion for the above, have a love of the outdoors and would be committed to the Christian ethos of A+. Applicants need to be UK residents with a work permit to work in the UK.
For more details about this exciting opportunity please get in touch with Jon Cox.
Internship: Conservation and Land Management Co-ordinator
This A+ / A Rocha internship will provide training and experience in practical conservation and land management as A+ design and coordinate the layout for an Outdoor Education & Adventure Youth work centre in line with our Conservation Site Management Plan.
The right person would share a passion for the above, have a love of the outdoors and would be committed to the Christian ethos of A+. Applicants need to be UK residents with a work permit to work in the UK.
For more details about this internship please get in touch with Jon Cox.