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Activity Leader Summer 2025 - Canterbury

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1092437


Canterbury Christ Church University


20/06/2025


2 Months


At least 4 weeks between late- June to late- August. Variable hours up to 6 days per week (max. 48 hours per week)


Casual

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Description

Role

Looking for work that’s fun and exciting over the summer holidays? A little different to the norm? Come and join us in Canterbury as a Summer School Activity Leader in 2025.

Working as a Summer School Activity Leader allows you to earn more than just money. You’ll gain the transferable skills that future employers are looking for. You’ll enjoy meeting new people and experiencing new challenges.

Every year, from late June to August, we welcome hundreds of young students (aged 8-17) from different parts of the world. Our aim is to provide them with a fun and educational holiday experience, which includes English language classes and engaging activities and excursions. And that's where you come in!

Duties and responsibilities
We look for enthusiastic and energetic professionals to join us as Activity Leaders in Canterbury, supporting our students on a wide range of activities and excursions. Activities range from sporting, drama, arts to quizzes, discos, fashion shows; the list goes on. Excursions involve leading groups to theme parks, city tours, historical sites etc. and you are supported with the materials you need to make these activities/excursions exciting.

Skills and experience

  • Lots of confidence and enthusiasm. You don’t need to have specific qualification, be an expert in a particular activity or be a good sportsperson, but you must have an interest and the ability to lead the varied activities for groups of young people.
  • You must be professional, friendly and have a good understanding of how to support the well-being of young people.
  • Be flexible, adaptable, and able to think on your feet
  • This is a really active position, so you need plenty of energy
  • Be a great communicator with a good level of spoken and written English 
  • Safeguarding is a big part of the job, and we take it very seriously. So, as you would expect, if successful we will facilitate an Enhanced DBS check as part of our safer recruitment policy

Location
Canterbury, Kent

Benefits

What's in it for you?

  • An especially great opportunity to gain experience if you are pursuing a career working with young people, in education, sports or drama, although we welcome all candidates equally. With appraisals and training, this role is ideal for your continuous professional development.
  • You are welcomed and supported with a full induction and training on your first day and throughout your contract.
  • Earn while gaining experience in supporting young people in a multi-cultural environment.
  • Lots of our Activity Leaders return in the following summers, giving them the option to progress to more senior roles within our Summer Holiday programmes and beyond.
  • Opportunities to gain teaching qualifications at the end of your contract.

Additional information

Contracts: You can choose your contract length for at least 4 weeks between late-June to late-August. The work is up to 6 days per week with variable hours (maximum 48 hours per week) 
 
Pay: £12.21 per hour (Age 21+) £11.22 per hour (Age 18-20) plus holiday entitlement (holiday is paid at the end of the contract)
 
Safeguarding:
CATS Global Schools are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our students and expect everyone connected with the organisation to share this commitment. All positions are subject to the satisfactory completion of safer recruitment pre-employment checks in line with KCSIE guidelines. All shortlisted candidates will be required to complete a criminal declaration form prior to interview and be subject to online checks which may include social media checks in addition to an enhanced DBS check (DBS process paid for by CATS Global Schools), references and if applicable, an overseas police check.

How to apply

To apply for this role and find out more information, please follow the link here.