Cycling Instructor

Surrey County Council; Camberley, Guildford; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000

Job description

• Salary: £16.39 per hour (inclusive of 15% additional annual leave allowance)
• Category: Cycling
• Contract type: Permanent
• Working hours: Varied
• Posted on: 31 March 2025
• Directorate: Highways, Infrastructure & Planning
• Location: Guildford or Camberley

Description

The starting salary for this position is £16.39 per hour (£14.26 per hour, plus £2.13 per hour annual leave allowance).

We are currently seeking Cycling Instructors to join our Cycle Training Team. If you can ride a cycle competently and would like to help both children and adults, please apply! We especially encourage an application if you are local to Guildford or Camberley.

Rewards and Benefits

• Annual leave allowance
• An extensive Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) to support health and wellbeing
• Carers leave and volunteering days dependent on agreed working hours
• A generous local government salary related pension
• Lifestyle discounts including gym, travel, shopping, and many more
• Learning and development hub where you can access a wealth of resources

As a Cycling Instructor, you will be using your empathy and engagement skills to help learners take the big step of cycling on the road with traffic. You'll always work alongside at least one other Instructor, providing mutual support. Understanding and supporting your learners' situations and feelings are key to helping them progress.

You don't need to be a sports cyclist to apply for this role; you will just need to be competent at cycling. You will be gradually introduced to the role, first observing other Instructors at work, then being an extra Instructor, then receiving support visits from our Assurer Instructors.

Please follow these links to learn more!

To apply, alongside your CV, you will be asked to answer the following questions:

• Why would you like to be a cycling instructor?
• How would the role fit into your commitments and plans?
• How does your experience relate to the qualities an Instructor needs to help someone progress? Please give examples. Your experiences can be in employment or a voluntary setting and can be related to cycle training or some other form of learning.
• Part of the national standard for cycle training is to "review and improve" your own cycling. Please tell us your assessment of your own cycling ability.

Contact Us

Please contact us for any questions relating to the role. This could be to discuss flexible working requests, transferable skills, or any barriers to employment.

If you have any questions, please get in touch with the cycle training office who will happily discuss the job with you. Please email [e-mail] and we will write back or telephone you, whichever you prefer.

The job advert closes at 23:59 on 21st April 2025 with interviews to follow in early May. If your application is successful, you will need to be available for your initial training between 9th June and 17th June.

We look forward to receiving your application; please click on the apply online button below to submit.

Our Values

Our values are as important as our abilities and shape who we are as an organisation. Discover more about our values.

Our Commitment

Surrey County Council is proud to be a Disability Confident Employer. A guaranteed interview will be offered to all disabled applicants where:

• The candidate has evidenced the minimum criteria for the role through their application
• The candidate has chosen to share that they have a disability on the application form

Our application form and onboarding process will provide an opportunity to request any reasonable adjustments for the interview and/or the role. We want to be an inclusive and diverse employer reflecting the community we serve and particularly welcome applications from all underrepresented groups.