Casual Cycle Instructor

Joining us, you get to work for not just one high performing London Borough, but two.

Sutton and Kingston councils have a number of shared services serving both authorities, with some teams and  roles more focussed on one Council than the other, but the majority are shared across both, meaning you get multiple opportunities to learn from a wider pool of activities and two different political bodies. 

We work flexibly in both Sutton and Kingston offices, and support working at home or flexible working patterns that enable you to tailor your working life to everything else in your life. We provide the equipment and tools to enable you to work flexibly, and in return ask you to use that flexibility to be creative and ambitious in the services we deliver.

There are some really exciting things happening in both Sutton and Kingston. We are developing the London Cancer Hub, a world leading cancer research and treatment hub that will bring together professionals from across different sectors to identify and test new treatments and therapies. We are undertaking the largest housing regeneration programme ever delivered in Kingston, building new energy efficient housing that will transform some of our oldest Council owned housing. Both boroughs have publicly committed to doing what they can to tackle the climate emergency and are investing in new technologies and societal change that will help bring carbon emissions down and improve our climate impact.

We work flexibly in both Sutton and Kingston offices, providing the equipment and tools to support hybrid working patterns that enable your working life;  in return we ask you to use this to be creative and ambitious in the services we deliver. You should choose Sutton and Kingston if you are looking for an opportunity that will challenge you to deliver more, support you to achieve personal ambitions, and expect you to put borough residents at the heart of what you do.

Sutton is a well connected attractive part of London that has a reputation for excellent schools, green and leafy open spaces, and a history that drives a thriving heritage and culture offer through our museums and libraries. The Council is controlled by a long established Liberal Democrat Administration and has high ambitions set out in its corporate plan “Ambitious for Sutton”, that will ensure Sutton remains a great place to live, work and raise a family. The Council plays a leading role in a number of local partnerships and places great emphasis on engaging effectively with its residents, listening to local voices and making their message heard across London Government.

Kingston is a beautiful Royal borough with a historic setting on the banks of the Thames with excellent schools and a bustling retail centre, all surrounded by open green spaces such as Richmond Park and Bushey Park, former recreation grounds for Tudor kings and queens. The Council is controlled by a Liberal Democrat Administration and has a corporate plan “Making Kingston Better Together” that sets out a vision to be a vibrant, diverse and inclusive borough where residents are active, empowered, engaged and able to remain independent and resilient. The Council engages with residents through a number of forums and events through the year, and like Sutton plays a leading role in developing the South West Region of London.

£12.79 to £14.10 Standard Hourly Rate
£14.34 - 15.80 Casual Hourly rate (Including Holiday Pay)

To work as a professional National Standard Cycle Instructor will see you delivering cycle training to Year 5 and Year 6 in schools as your main role, with further opportunities for one to one teaching with adults and families. 

You would be part of a well supported team, providing a well structured and comprehensive Bikeability programme for school children.  The role includes:

• Carrying sites surveys prior to training sessions

• Carrying dynamic risk assessments in pre-assessed environments

• Keeping accurate records

• Feedback to the Council and riders

• Regular induction and on-the-job mentoring

You will be part of  the Sustainable Transport Team delivering a shared service for Kingston and Sutton. We deliver Road Safety, Sustainable Travel and Air Quality Improvement education, training and publicity programmes. The Team also manages School Street Project, School Crossing Patrol and Cycle Training services.

You will need to show previous some experience facilitating activities with children and/or members of the public, individually and/or in groups.

You will have a proven ability to communicate well with different audiences coupled with an interest in promoting the benefits of sustainable travel.

You will be enthusiastic, motivated and have a strong desire to help people to achieve their goals. Good general fitness is also important, with the ability to cycle between schools and include risk assessment surveys before your sessions.

We expect all applicants to be experienced cyclists, able to match Roles 1 - 4 of the National Standard for Cycle Training, as published on www.gov.uk.  Also, all cycle instructors must train on to the Level 2 Award in Teaching Cycle Training, as published on register.ofqual.gov.uk. It is an advantage if you already hold this qualification. 

If appropriate you will receive further training in First Aid, Safeguarding and Cycle Maintenance.

Please read the attached Cycle Instructor Job Description and Specification.

The Kingston and Sutton Shared Service is a registered Bikeability provider, delivering best practice as set by the National Standard, the Government's approved cycle training scheme to get “more people cycling, more safely and more often.”

Bikeability instructors enjoy flexible working, time outdoors and the chance to inspire young people. You need a positive attitude, a passion for working with children – and the ability to ride a bike!

You will need to show previous experience facilitating activities with children and/or members of the public, individually and/or in groups
You will have a proven ability to communicate well with different audiences coupled with an interest in promoting the benefits of sustainable travel. You will be enthusiastic, motivated and have a strong desire to help people to achieve their goals. Good general fitness is also important, with the ability to cycle between schools and include risk assessment surveys before your sessions.

We expect all applicants to be experienced cyclists, competent for Roles 1 - 4 of the National Standard for Cycle Training, as published on www.gov.uk.  Also, all cycle instructors must train on to the Level 2 Award in Teaching Cycle Training, as published on register.ofqual.gov.uk. It is an advantage if you already hold this qualification. 

If appropriate you will receive further training in First Aid, Safeguarding and Cycle Maintenance.

Please read the attached Cycle Instructor Job Description and Specification.

As an organisation that values and nurtures talent, we’re committed to helping you fulfil your potential and will offer you a supportive, friendly and collaborative environment to grow and develop your career and skills. We’re constantly striving to improve our ways of working so putting your ideas across however big or small; will be fully encouraged and supported by your colleagues and our dynamic and experienced management team.

In addition we offer a modern and flexible working environment for our staff supported by our IT infrastructure, Google Chromebooks and Google Apps, which have acted as a key enabler for collaborative and streamlined working. The COVID-19 pandemic has required us to be even more flexible in how we work and manage staff workloads, ensuring they have the correct equipment and resources to be able to maximise their talents and looking after their wellbeing.

Employees have access to a wide range of benefits, some of which include:

• Generous “hours worked” based holiday pay
• Subsidised professional Course
• Staff continuous learning programme
• Flexible working arrangements
• Comprehensive learning and development programme
• Local Government Pension Scheme

We pride ourselves on being a diverse, tolerant and welcoming Borough and we aim to create a workforce which reflects the community we serve. We are respectful of difference and realise the positive value of diversity in our workforce. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds and particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic candidates and disabled candidates as these groups are currently under-represented in our workforce.

We are proud to be recognised as a Disability Confident employer, and are committed to thinking differently about disability and taking action to improve how we recruit, retain and develop disabled people. We guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum/essential criteria for the role.   

We offer a range of family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements, staff engagement forums, and inclusive staff networks who help drive our diversity agenda.

We are an accredited London Living Wage Employer and this means that everyone working at the Royal Borough of Kingston, regardless of whether they are permanent employees or third-party contractors and suppliers receive the London Living Wage. The real Living Wage is higher than the government’s minimum, or National Living Wage, and is an independently calculated hourly rate of pay that is based on the actual cost of living.

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