Skatepark Staff Wanted

Role 1: Sessional Leader In Charge

Hours 

• Sundays 10am – Close (Usually 6:30/7pm)

Job Roles and duties include –

• General staffing of the park, including signing in attendees and supervising sessions
• Working in structured lessons coaching groups of skaters
• Teaching and assisting users of the park where necessary or called upon
• Supporting though encouragement, conversation and acting as a role model to park users
• Sharing responsibility of the safety and wellbeing of park users
• Acting as the key contact for parents, partners, and external agencies during working hours
• Supporting planning ideas and reporting for Project Lead
• Conducting risk assessments and measuring impact
• Completion of health and safety checks before sessions and of debriefs and cash sign off afterwards
• Supervising other support workers, volunteers, or sessional staff

Job info

• Start date – immediate
• Pay rate – £13.40-14.28 p/h
• Successful applicants will need to be DBS checked. We will arrange this ourselves on your behalf.

Person Specification

Please refer to the job description documentation for full specification (View / Download PDF)

Role 2: Sessional Worker

Hours 

We’re looking for someone who can cover any or all of the following hours each week. Please indicate these on the application form.

• Mondays 6 – 10pm
• Wednesdays 4 – 9:30pm
• Saturdays 8:45am – 2pm
• Saturdays 2pm – 6:30pm
• Sundays 10am – Close (Usually 6:30/7pm)

Job Roles and duties include –

• General staffing of the park, including signing in attendees and supervising sessions.
• Working in structured lessons coaching groups of skaters
• Teaching and assisting users of the park where necessary or called upon.
• Supporting though encouragement, conversation and acting as a role model to park users.
• Sharing responsibility of the safety and wellbeing of park users.

Job info

• Start date – immediate
• Pay rate – £12.60 p/h (currently under review for new financial year)
• Successful applicants will need to be DBS checked. We will arrange this ourselves on your behalf.

Person Specification

Please refer to the job description documentation for full specification (View / Download PDF)

We are looking for someone who:

• Has a strong interest in working with young people.
• Has experience working as a lead in a group setting
• Has a basic ability in skateboarding.
• Has an overall basic knowledge of skating, including tricks, culture and apparatus.
• Is confident in talking to, working with and teaching people of all ages, especially children and teenagers.
• Has good communication skills.
• Understands professional boundaries when it comes to working with people attending the skatepark.

Previous experience in any relatable fields is strongly desirable.

Applications

Applications must be done through the specified application form below. Deadline for applications is the end of 2nd of April. Successful applicants will be invited to an in person interview, scheduled for 7th of April.

Please complete the form, referring to the job description documentation to guide your answers. You are welcome to apply for both roles using one form. Please indicate this at the top, and make sure the role you’re applying to relates to the correct advertised hours when indicating your availability.

Email your completed application to office@brightonyouthcentre.org.uk, or post / hand it in to Brighton Youth Centre directly. Applications not done through this method will be disregarded.

If you have any questions or are unclear on anything you’ve read and would like some advice, please don’t hesitate to contact us at the same email address.

Application Form (Word Document)    Contact us if you require this form in a different format. We can also provide a printed version at BYC.