Senior Instructor

Children’s Sailing Trust is a charity based in Cornwall that offers access to sailing and watersports to children aged 8-14, as well as young people with additional needs. We are passionate about using these activities as a tool to develop confidence, competence and resilience, enabling participants to reach their full potential in life. One of our key beliefs is that all children and young people should have the same opportunity to learn sailing and watersports, irrespective of financial challenges, disabilities or special educational needs.

Our charity has been working on the Helford River since 1997, taking local children, young people and adults sailing, kayaking and paddleboarding through our term-time schools’ programme. The organisation also offers commercial after school, weekend and holiday courses to generate funds that feed back into the sustainable running of the Charity. Children’s Sailing Trust is a growing organisation and opened its second location and HQ late 2021 – a fully-accessible watersports centre and holiday accommodation at Trevassack Lake, a converted freshwater serpentine quarry on The Lizard peninsula.

Complementing our activities on the Helford River, Trevassack Lake enables us to offer more to a wider range of participants with specialist equipment that allows watersports opportunities for all.

The Role

Working under the direction of the Activities Manager, Senior Instructors will be responsible for the delivery of high-quality watersports sessions to a variety of groups and individuals. Senior Instructors will work alongside Dinghy Instructors, Assistant Instructors and Volunteers to deliver sessions. Senior Instructors may take day to day responsibility for the management of sessions and equipment, in the role of the Duty Officer.