Role: Outdoor Educator
Location: Taunton
Type: Full time, long-term initially (opportunity to become permanent)
Salary: £14.45 - £15.20 per hour
Are you a passionate and energetic professional who thrives in outdoor environments? Do you want to inspire and support children through outdoor learning and physical activity? We are seeking an Outdoor Educator to join a dedicated and supportive team in a specialist educational setting, helping children engage in outdoor and PE-based activities.
Key responsibilities:
- Support children 1:1 in outdoor learning and physical education, encouraging participation and confidence building
- Assist with planning and delivering engaging outdoor activities that promote physical well-being, teamwork, and resilience
- Help create a safe and inclusive outdoor learning environment, ensuring all children can take part
- Monitor progress, provide encouragement, and adapt activities to meet individual needs
- Build strong, positive relationships with students, parents, and caregivers to support overall development
What we’re looking for:
- A committed and enthusiastic individual with a passion for outdoor education and working with children
- Experience supporting children in an educational, sports coaching, or outdoor activity setting (SEND experience is a bonus!)
- Adaptable, energetic, and willing to get involved in all aspects of outdoor learning
- An enhanced child workforce DBS on the update service (or willingness to obtain one)
Why apply?
This is a fantastic opportunity to be part of a specialist school that values hands-on, outdoor learning. With a beautiful rural setting, excellent staff-to-pupil ratios, and a strong focus on well-being, this role offers the chance to make a meaningful impact in children's lives while enjoying the benefits of outdoor education.
Working with Long-term Teachers:
We are an independent agency working with Nurseries, Primary, Secondary and Special Schools.
LTT was founded with the aim of creating a genuine, transparent and straightforward service to help candidates secure their next role. We place a huge emphasis on delivering an exceptional service where you will be supported, listened to and valued throughout.
Your dedicated consultant will invest time to understand your experience, skill-set and what your ideal role looks like. You will have frequent updates with your progress through compliance, applications for specific roles as well as receiving additional information on roles which we feel may be of interest to you.
We are proud members of the REC and we have the highest standard of compliance. Working with us means you will get the very best support and guidance through the clearance process from your own specific point of contact from our in-house compliance team.
In addition you will receive:
- Guarantee Pay Scheme opportunities
- Permanent job roles
- Support and advice during the clearance and onboarding process
- Working to Agency Workers Regulations
- Interview preparation, advice and support
- Statutory employment rights, such as; sick pay, holiday pay, maternity and paternity pay