CAREERS
Join our team
Passionate about making the school day more active for our younger generation? Join our team with options to work remotely and/or in education settings across the UK and internationally! We’re always looking for people who share our passion. You can see the various positions we offer and fill out an application form below.
For an informal discussion, please call our office on 01524 907000.
Trainer
This role will appeal to a range of people from those with experience in Primary or Secondary PE to keen orienteering coaches. You may have years of experience, or you may be brimming with enthusiasm to learn a new skillset. Either way, we would love to hear from you – complete the application form below!
Creating accurate orienteering maps of school settings
Delivering informative, engaging, and inspiring staff training
Creating excellent relationships with our customers i.e. all school staff
Communicating with our customers to ensure they receive the best possible service
Setting up permanent and long-lasting orienteering courses using our company products and equipment, ensuring the course is safe and accessible for school pupils
Communicating and promoting new products and resources to existing schools
Hours: full-time, part-time and freelance roles are available. Full-time staff work 40-45 hours per week Monday-Friday
Salary/wage: competitive based on your experience, qualifications and current/previous roles – all experience levels can apply!
Holidays: full-time staff will receive a minimum of 30 days per annum
Location: Nationwide – you will travel to different schools each day
Overtime/time in lieu: Available during busy periods
- A job where you can switch off outside of working hours!
- Pension scheme
- Weekends off
- Rewards for good performance - extra holidays and annual bonus
- Overtime or time in lieu available on request
- Company laptop, software and equipment
- Favourable mileage allowances
- Daily time spent working outdoors
9:00 am – Arrive at the school, meet the staff and complete the survey & fieldwork
11:00 am – Scan fieldwork and complete cartography using OCAD mapping software or equivalent
2:00 pm – Install the orienteering course
3:15 pm – If schools have opted for staff training, you will then deliver a 90-minute training session on how to implement our nationwide active learning programme
5:00 pm – Head home or to your paid-for hotel and switch off
Usually, our trainers will work most of their weekly hours over 4 days, visiting 4 schools per week. The other day may involve a few hours working from home on admin-type tasks, phone calls or online tasks.
We work with schools nationwide so you will be required to travel and sometimes stopover if the school is more than 2.5 hours from your home. Where possible, you will be allocated schools closer to your home. All accommodation and overnight food/drink expenses will be paid for by the company. At the end of each week, you will claim back mileage expenses using our favourable allowances designed to cover fuel, wear and tear and depreciation. We also try to share away trips equally between our trainers throughout the year. You will need a valid UK driving license and a vehicle suitable for motorway driving.
You will undergo an enhanced DBS check to ensure your right to work in a school setting + qualification checks
During your initial weeks with us, you will be given training on various or all aspects of the role depending on your experience and skillset.
Experience with Primary or Secondary PE as a teacher or coach
Passionate about outdoor, active learning
Passionate about helping teachers and subsequently pupils
A positive attitude to learning new skills
A hungry and driven work ethic
A team player with great speaking, listening and communication skills
The ability to put forward ideas and work with others to generate and develop ideas further
A positive mindset with the end-vision always in mind
Good ICT skills
An eye for detail
ICT literate
5 GCSEs A* – C or equivalent including English and Maths
A valid UK driving license
Experience with OCAD mapping software or equivalent
Experience with orienteering
A current or former member of an orienteering club
An orienteering qualification
QTS [qualified teacher status] or a relevant degree
Lesson Creator
Our outdoor, active, cross-curricular product is always improving. We offer full-time and part-time lesson creator roles and we have teachers who work with us on a part-time basis alongside their teaching commitments. This role involves creating outstanding, outdoor, active lessons to be used by teachers across the UK and internationally. A good subject knowledge is essential with the passion and drive to bring creative ideas to life. We are looking for like-minded people who can join us in creating lessons for a variety of subject areas across all age ranges. If this role appeals to you, complete the application form below.
Subject areas: Geography, History, Science, French, Spanish, Mandarin, Computing, Maths, English, Religious Studies, PSHE, Citizenship, Music
Hours: full-time, part-time and freelance roles are available
Salary/wage: competitive based on your experience, qualifications and current/previous roles
Holidays: full-time staff will receive a minimum of 30 days per annum
Location: you can work from home or from our head office in Lancaster
Overtime/time in lieu: available during busy periods
Developing a subject-specific sequence of learning, drawing from the National Curriculum for England and the subject-specific association e.g. the Association for Physical Education or the Association for Geography Teaching
Moving creative lesson ideas to real-life teaching practice, by writing clear and concise lesson content supported by diagrams. Some lessons will also be supported by short voice-over video demonstrations [training will be provided]
Ensuring lessons are fun, engaging, skill-based, practical, and easy to understand
Proof-reading for grammar, punctuation, and spelling errors
Developing a basic and easy-to-use assessment system to accompany the sequence of learning developed
Once completed for English schools, there may be opportunity to convert/ adapt for schools based in other countries such as Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland and overseas.
Experience with lesson planning and content creation in one or more subject areas
A clear understanding of what makes an outstanding outdoor, active lesson
Evidence of a lesson plan and supporting resources
A hungry and creative work ethic
A positive attitude to learning new skills
A team player with great speaking, listening and communication skills
The ability to put forward ideas and work with others to generate and develop ideas
Give attention to detail
A positive mindset with the end-vision always in mind
Excellent grammar, punctuation, and spelling skills
A strong Wi-Fi connection for working remotely from your own home
Good ICT skills
Good research skills
Good design skills with experience of Adobe Creative Suite, particularly Adobe InDesign or Adobe Illustrator and evidence of this [training will be provided]
Qualified teacher status or a teaching related degree
Experience working within a school setting
Experience working for an educational content provider
Experience in video creation and voice over
A love for orienteering, map reading or physical activity
Mapper [freelance or part-time]
Are you an experienced orienteering mapper? If you’d like to work with us on a freelance or part-time basis, complete the application form below attaching your CV and the following details:
- Full name & title
- Date of birth
- Address
- Contact details
- A copy of your most recent DBS
- A PDF of a recent orienteering map which you’ve created
- A brief introduction to yourself and the area of the country you’d like to cover for us and how often
Trainer
This role will appeal to a range of people from those with experience in Primary or Secondary PE to keen orienteering coaches. You may have years of experience, or you may be brimming with enthusiasm to learn a new skillset. Either way, we would love to hear from you – complete the application form below!
Creating accurate orienteering maps of school settings
Delivering informative, engaging, and inspiring staff training
Creating excellent relationships with our customers i.e. all school staff
Communicating with our customers to ensure they receive the best possible service
Setting up permanent and long-lasting orienteering courses using our company products and equipment, ensuring the course is safe and accessible for school pupils
Communicating and promoting new products and resources to existing schools
Hours: full-time, part-time and freelance roles are available. Full-time staff work 40-45 hours per week Monday-Friday
Salary/wage: competitive based on your experience, qualifications and current/previous roles – all experience levels can apply!
Holidays: full-time staff will receive a minimum of 30 days per annum
Location: Nationwide – you will travel to different schools each day
Overtime/time in lieu: Available during busy periods
- A job where you can switch off outside of working hours!
- Pension scheme
- Weekends off
- Rewards for good performance - extra holidays and annual bonus
- Overtime or time in lieu available on request
- Company laptop, software and equipment
- Favourable mileage allowances
- Daily time spent working outdoors
9:00 am – Arrive at the school, meet the staff and complete the survey & fieldwork
11:00 am – Scan fieldwork and complete cartography using OCAD mapping software or equivalent
2:00 pm – Install the orienteering course
3:15 pm – If schools have opted for staff training, you will then deliver a 90-minute training session on how to implement our nationwide active learning programme
5:00 pm – Head home or to your paid-for hotel and switch off
Usually, our trainers will work most of their weekly hours over 4 days, visiting 4 schools per week. The other day may involve a few hours working from home on admin-type tasks, phone calls or online tasks.
We work with schools nationwide so you will be required to travel and sometimes stopover if the school is more than 2.5 hours from your home. Where possible, you will be allocated schools closer to your home. All accommodation and overnight food/drink expenses will be paid for by the company. At the end of each week, you will claim back mileage expenses using our favourable allowances designed to cover fuel, wear and tear and depreciation. We also try to share away trips equally between our trainers throughout the year. You will need a valid UK driving license and a vehicle suitable for motorway driving.
You will undergo an enhanced DBS check to ensure your right to work in a school setting + qualification checks
During your initial weeks with us, you will be given training on various or all aspects of the role depending on your experience and skillset.
Experience with Primary or Secondary PE as a teacher or coach
Passionate about outdoor, active learning
Passionate about helping teachers and subsequently pupils
A positive attitude to learning new skills
A hungry and driven work ethic
A team player with great speaking, listening and communication skills
The ability to put forward ideas and work with others to generate and develop ideas further
A positive mindset with the end-vision always in mind
Good ICT skills
An eye for detail
ICT literate
5 GCSEs A* – C or equivalent including English and Maths
A valid UK driving license
Experience with OCAD mapping software or equivalent
Experience with orienteering
A current or former member of an orienteering club
An orienteering qualification
QTS [qualified teacher status] or a relevant degree
