Seasonal Assistants
Every year WildWise recruits 2 new Seasonal Assistant (SAs) to support our amazing event programmes of day events, overnight camps and professional training courses. This involves working with leaders to prepare, deliver and manage the events and activities, camp infrastructure, cooking, stores & kit maintenance plus other adhoc duties.
Most of the events the SAs support are seen in the the public event calendar. However aside from public events there are a normally a few private events e.g. school camps and corporate events. In addition we offer short professional training courses which the SAs are welcome to join and benefit from.
Typically the commitment is about 60-75 days over the year between March/April and November with the summer months are obviously the busiest with lots of events and camps happening.
This will include many weekends and evenings. The role involves physical work in all weathers and conditions. You will work mostly as part of a team but occasionally alone and will need to work with a range of clients, adults and children. Many of our events are in rural locations not well served by public transport so a driving licence and access to transport is essential.
Benefits:
This is a non paid role however the seasonal assistant:
- gains a huge amount of practical experience and guidance in camp and event management, bushcraft and camp craft skills plus working with private clients and the public outdoors.
- Is offered a free place on our year long Outdoor Leadership foundation course, Call of the Wild plus
- can join any of our professional training short courses (worth over £1600). We do not have a training programme yet for next year however to get an idea of the range of courses see our current short courses schedule here.
Previous outdoor experience is helpful but not required. More important is that you are a team player and have a can-do positive attitude. You will also need to be fairly flexible in terms of your availability to be able to join a wide range of events between March/April and November.
How to Apply:
Please email your CV and a covering letter introducing yourself, your interest in the role, and what you feel you can bring to the team to: info @wildwise.co.uk
Recruitment process and timescale:
We aim to finalise our shortlist of candidates by the middle of November. Those selected will be invited to attend an informal meeting, which generally takes place at the end of November or the beginning of December. Following these meetings, we anticipate appointing the successful candidate/s to the role.