Summer 2026 Activity Manager
Location
London, Brighton, Oxford & Cambridge
Employment dates
28th June to 28th July. All staff undertake a paid period of induction prior to student arrival on a course.
Main Duties and Responsibilities
Training and Health & Safety
- Attend the staff induction and take part in all Health and Safety related training
- Write and consult the risk assessment for an activity or excursion
Activity & Excursion Programme
- Plan, organise and implement a range of appropriate activities during daytimes, afternoons and evenings
- Take responsibility for excursions, ensuring you have planned sufficiently well to guide the students effectively
- Research an excursion destination so as to be able to guide students effectively by leading and guiding students when on excursions and guided walking tours, communicating with them in a way that is clear, informative and engaging
- Ensure that activities and excursions you are running are structured, inclusive and appropriately resourced
- Help promote the activity programme to students by displaying posters or visiting classes
Management
- Co‑manage and motivate a team of residential and sometimes not residential staff
- Lead regular team meetings to inform Counsellors of their tasks related to the activity and excursion programme
- Monitor the performance of Counsellors and contribute towards staff appraisals
- Assist the Course Director with planning the weekly staff rota
- Represent Bucksmore as centre management and liaise with host college staff
Administration
- Manage a weekly budget
- Keep accurate records of budget spending and send to Head Office weekly
- Plan each week’s timetable before the start of the week and send to Head Office in advance to allow time for authorisation
Student Welfare & Supervision
- Supervise students during meal times
- Where required assist with student transfers to and from airports as directed by the Course Director
- Where required, as part of your rota, perform waking up duties and ‘lights out’ duties
General
- Attend staff meetings as required
- Respond to general emergencies at all times
- Maintain proper levels of student discipline, safety and welfare
- Carry out any other reasonable task assigned to you by a manager to meet the operational demands of a centre
- Assist the Centre Manager with the set‑up, shut‑down and day‑to‑day running of the centre
Person Specification
Legal Requirement: All applicants must have the eligibility to work in the UK prior to commencing employment.
Essential
- Native or native level English speaker
- Experience of working in a language and activity based summer school or similar environment.
- Experience of organising activity programmes and/or events for young people
- Experience of managing in a summer school or residential course environment
Salaries and Benefits
Band A £793.50 a week including holiday
Band B £737.46 a week including holiday pay
Band C £681.43 a week including holiday pay
Training and senior staff induction is provided prior to the start of a centre opening. All positions are residential, accommodation and full board meals are provided
Successful candidates will be required to complete an Enhanced DBS check (and a police check if you reside outside the UK). You will also need to provide proof of identity, such as a passport or driving licence, for our records. Bucksmore will cover the upfront cost of the Enhanced DBS check (currently £49.50) and the DBS Update Service subscription (currently £13). 50% of the total cost will be reclaimed from your first pay run. If you return to work with us in subsequent years, you must maintain your Update Service subscription. Failure to do so will mean you are responsible for the full cost of a new Enhanced DBS check.
All post holders in regulated activity (having regular unsupervised contact with children) are subject to appropriate national and international vetting procedures including satisfactory criminal record checks from both your country of residence/birth and any country of residence within the last 10 years.
We welcome applications from suitable qualified persons from all diverse backgrounds.
Please note, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
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