Senior Activity Leader (Summer Fixed Term)

Your profile What's on Offer : Location:  Manchester Salary: Between £505 per week  Contract Type: Fixed Term Summer Contract (Available During June 2025 – August 2025) Hours: 42 hours per week   Team Member Benefits: Accommodation : Free (residential roles only) Meals: 3 meals per day, catering to dietary and religious requirements  Career Development: Comprehensive paid training & career development Culture: Friendly & supportive multicultural working environment Wellbeing: Dedicated Mental Health Champions Rewards: Team Members Recognition Awards Annual Leave:  Annual leave accrual 12.07% to be paid at end of fixed term contract Induction:  Paid inductions subject to completing full contractual contract Bonus for Eligible Returners: £20 per week Job Description Overview:   The purpose of a Senior Activity Leader (SAL) is to oversee and manage the planning, organisation, and execution of various activities and programs, primarily designed for BSC Young Learners (BSC YL).
This role plays a critical part in creating a positive and enriching experience for participants, as well as team members.
You will be a main contact for Activity Leaders on the ground.
Leading them from the front and exemplifying the high standards of a great leader.
You will take charge on the airport arrivals day being the main communication link between on the ground and the operations team.
The main duties and responsibilities are listed below  Duties:   Activities     To coordinate and manage a team of activity leaders, ensuring that activities and programs are well-structured, engaging, and aligned with the organization's goals and objectives.
Delegate necessary tasks to AWLs to ensure everyone's participation towards quality delivery of the programme.
Motivate and guide activity leaders during activity sessions.
Support the Activities Manager to develop materials for Social Programme.
Manage time appropriately by arriving early to set up activity and gather resources.
Promote and update the activity programme using posters, noticeboards, sign-up sheets and in communicating with the students.
Complete dynamic risk assessments whilst on activities and take any necessary action.
Complete a register for the activity and hand into the activity manager.
Ensure all facility bookings have been confirmed for the delivery of the social programme.
Encourage all students to participate in all activities.
Ask the Activities Manager about any aspect of delivery that you are not sure about.
Report all incidents on activities, excursions or elsewhere, using the incident report form process.
Attend and participate in all activity team meetings and excursion briefings.
Support the Activities Manager to create Activity Packs.
Consult the Risk Assessments before each activity.
Familiarise yourself the Operations Handbook.
Coordinate with team members leaving for airport duty.
Excursions    Accompany and fully supervise students in your care.
Coordinate AWLs tasks and communicate everyone's responsibility in the excursion brief, such as collecting packed lunches, picking up registers, collecting group.
Familiarize yourself with excursion material and the excursion itinerary (these will be provided to you in the pre-excursion briefings the evening before the excursion).
Attend all pre-excursion briefings.
Ensure you have any required tickets for attraction bookings.
If you are responsible for the packed lunches, arrive at breakfast early to eat and collect the trolley.
Communicate the weather forecast to the group before leaving so they are prepared.
Ensure students are wearing their lanyards containing their school ID, emergency contact information and wristbands.
Ensure students are wearing appropriate clothing for the weather.
For example, a jacket for rain, etc.
Greet the coach drivers, introduce yourself and confirm drop off locations.
Complete a student register before leaving on the bus.
Carry a first aid kit on the excursion.
Build rapport, agree drop off and pick up location and time, and exchange phone numbers with the coach driver.
Complete regular head counts and dynamic risk assessments.
Support the Activities Manager to create Excursion Packs.
Consult the Risk Assessment before every excursion.
Remain alert to ensure the students stay safe.
Communicate updates regularly with the Activity Manager.
Pastoral Care    Provide welfare cover as and when required.
Be allocated a specific student group for the week (where necessary.)
Check on students that are having a difficult time becoming comfortable.
Communicate to all members of the team any particular student welfare related information they need to be aware of.
Actively supervise mealtimes on a rota basis.
Complete wake up/night duty on a rota basis.
Help with laundry duty as and when required.
Assist in keeping the school clean and organised.
Collaborate with team members to ensure safety and security within accommodation.
Provide basic first aid to injured students.
Attend the hospital with a sick or injured student.
Intervene in situations of conflict or disruption between students.
Be a role model for the students Complete Administration for Medicine Training so that you can administer medicine as well as First Aid Transfers    Carry out duties associated with the transfer of students on arrival and departure days as required by the Centre Manager.
Coordinate ALs on airport duty by providing them with all the arrival/departure information.
Allocate a member of a team member to each required airport terminal.
Organise communication in an Airport group chat to allow open communication about updates.
Provide clear updates to the operations manager about each students arrival and departure stage.
Prepare a plan with your activity manager to get to the airport for an appropriate time.
If necessary, take a printed Unaccompanied minor form with a form of your ID.
Monitor the flight progress with the flight number to stay up to date with arrival time.
Arrive to the gate early to give plenty of time for early flights.
Ensure you collect a packed lunch before departing to the airport.
Arrive at the airport neat, clean and presentable.
Keep in contact with the coach drivers or taxi companies as you wait at the gate.
Wear the BSC branded green uniform.
Child Protection & Safeguarding  To promote and safeguard the welfare of children and young persons you are  responsible for and come into contact with.
Familiarise yourself with the BSC Young Learners Safeguarding and Child Protection Policy and BSC Safeguarding Policy.
To adhere to the BSC Young Learners Safeguarding and Child Protection Policy and BSC Safeguarding Policy.
Ensure student ratios are maintained in accordance with site rules BSC Young Leaners Child Protection and Safeguarding Policy.
Complete online Safeguarding for Young Learners (Level 1) before arrival and complete an in-person refresher during on-site induction.
Other     In addition to the above, all Senior Activity Leaders are required to:    Attend onsite induction to be hosted by Activities Manager.
Work positively as part of a team.
Take responsibility for updating the rota of any shift changes or sick days.
Demonstrate a positive attitude.
Attend and participate in all centre team meetings.
On rare occasions, you may be asked to serve food.
Act according to accepted professional standards at all times.
Act in the welfare of the students at all times.
Make sure you are clean, neat and presentable during working hours.
Comply with the BSC uniform policy.
Comply with centre and BSC YL rules and regulations.
To carry out any duties as may be reasonably assigned by the Centre or Activities  Manager.
Conditions    Competitive weekly salary.
Experience pay scale available on request.
Accommodation (where applicable) and meals are provided.
42 hours per week.
Some working hours may be unsociable due to evening activities,  night duties (if residential) and varying times of student arrivals/departures.
There is at least one full day off per week.
(To be agreed with the CM at the centre.)
Team members are provided with two BSC YL t-shirts or polo shirts  and a BSC jacket.
Uniform is compulsory when on duty.
All references will be followed up and any gaps in CVs will need to be explained.
Reference requests will ask specifically whether there is any reason that they should not  be employed in situations where they have responsibility for, or substantial access to,  persons under 18.
Criminal background checks in the form of a DBS (Disclosure & Barring Service) for UK  residents, Garda Vetting for Irish residents, PVG for Scotland, 'Conduct Certificate' Malta as well as a police check from your country of residence (if not a UK or Irish resident) will be requested.
Proof of identity and qualifications will be required.
Only those with the right to work in the UK, Ireland, France or Malta are eligible for any BSC YL position.
Required Experience & Skills    Essential  Experience of and enthusiasm for working with children/teenagers  Ability to work well in a team  Experience as an AWL or similar role in a summer/language school setting  Excellent communication and organisational skills  Flexibility in working hours and willing to work hard  Right to work in the UK/EU (depending on respective centre) Effective Leadership skills followed at the centre where any contracts are offered.
Enhanced DBS (Disclosure and Barring Service) clearance.
Desirable  Management experience in a summer/language school setting  Ability to organise and lead group activities (these include various sports, arts & crafts, performing arts, etc.)
Recognised qualifications in sports coaching, dancing instruction, etc  Valid lifeguarding qualification  Valid first aid certificate  Previous child protection and/or safeguarding training   Training    Full product knowledge training will be provided  A handbook will be provided giving insights and links to all relevant information  On-going training will be provided on an individual and group need basis  Further Information Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Statement At BSC Education we believe in empowering individuals, celebrating diversity and striving for equality.
We foster an inclusive environment where every individual is valued, respected, and supported.
We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome all interest in joining our team.
Successful applicants will undergo our safer recruitment checks in line with our Safeguarding Children & Vulnerable Adults Policy & our Recruitment Policy, including Scottish PVG Scheme, an Enhanced DBS Check, Barred List, Prohibition Lists check and overseas criminal record check (if applicable).
Overseas criminal record checks are required for anyone who has lived abroad for 12 months or more (whether continuously or in total) in the last 10 years, whilst aged 18 years or older and the applicant is solely responsible for the costs for the overseas criminal record check.
All BSC colleagues must operate in line with our team-led Vision, Mission & Values as outlined below:  BSC VISION: To provide customers with steppingstones to their future by delivering outstanding and transformational learning experiences.
BSC MISSION: By believing that "Great Things Start Here" and standing behind all that this means.
If we believe it, our customers will achieve it!
BSC VALUES: AIM HIGHER: We proactively make suggestions and solutions for challenges and opportunities.
COLLABORATE: We are team players - we treat everyone with respect and understand that we succeed collectively, not as individuals.
COMMUNICATE: We communicate in a timely way with clarity, respect and transparency.
CUSTOMER FOCUS: We seek to provide consistent high-quality experiences that customers will remember.
TEAM FOCUS: We seek to reward and recognise  excellence and innovation within our employees.
The above list of job responsibilities is not exclusive or exhaustive and the post holder will be required to undertake such tasks as may reasonably be expected within the scope, grading of the post and at the request by management.
We are committed to providing a creative, rewarding and successful learning and working environment for our students and team.