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Anglian Water Services • Oakham | United Kingdom

Senior Activities Instructor

Employment type:  Part time
Salary:  From £15,250 per annum
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Job Description

Location: Rutland Water

Contract: Part Time Permanent

Hours: 18.5 hours

Salary: from £15,250.00 based on part time hours

Surfing, Swimming, Sailing and more. Join the adventures at Rutland Water.

Swimming, sailing and more are on offer at Rutland Water, beautifully nestled in 4,200 acres of countryside, making it the perfect place to work for those who love the outdoors. From thrilling Watersports to relaxing nature walks, our park has something for everyone.

Why AVH Parks?

AVH Parks is part of the Anglian Water Group (AWG), and managed 14 parks across the East of England and East Midlands, including Rutland, Grafham, Alton and Pitsford Water. We also provide fishery, estate and grounds maintenance services to third-party operators as a commercially focused leisure and land management business. We strive to Make Today Great for all of our customers, every day.

What will you be doing?

As a Senior Activity Instructor, you will be supporting the Activities Manager and managing a team of instructors to deliver fun activities for all ages.

Tasks include:

  • Deliver high quality, safe and enjoyable activities, including watersports, bushcraft and land-based sessions, for individuals, school groups and corporate groups.

  • Provide exceptional customer service from start to finish, assisting with the delivery of day-to-day operations.

  • Use the online booking management system to ensure customers have a seamless experience when booking and checking in for hires, courses and events.

  • Maintain hight standards of health and safety, housekeeping and presentation.

  • Handle cash, retail systems and end-of-day process in line with company procedures.

What does it take?

  • RYA Senior instructor Qualification

  • Experience in leading a team of instructors (Desirable)

  • An appropriate valid First Aid qualification certificate

  • We are looking for customer-focused individuals to provide first-class customer service to all our visitors

  • Experience of working in a customer facing outdoor role would be desirable

  • You’ll help us maintain a clean and safe environment

  • Most importantly you’ll show flexibility and a willingness to learn about all aspects of our activities

  • Driving Licence

As a valued member of the team, you are entitled to these fantastic benefits:

  • Bonus scheme

  • Private health care

  • Competitive pension scheme

  • 26 annual leave rising with length of service (pro-rata)

  • Flexible benefits to support your wellbeing

  • Company Induction, Uniform and Training

  • Free parking at all our water parks

  • Discounts across our water parks – including our Watersports Centre and Cafe’s

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One Team, One Experience

Company benefits

25-30 days annual leave + bank holidays
Adoption leave – 26 weeks full pay
Annual bonus
Annual pay rises
Bank holiday swaps
Bike parking – Secure bike parks at main offices
Buy or sell annual leave – 5 days (pro rata'd if part time)
Car allowance
Cinema discounts
Coaching
Coffee discounts
Collaboration spaces
Company car
Compassionate leave
Critical Illness Insurance – Personal Accident cover - providing a lump sum in the case of an accident leading to injury, death or disablement at any time, whether you are on company business or not
Cycle to work scheme
Death in service
Discretionary sick pay
Electric Car Salary Sacrifice – 2 schemes available
Employee assistance programme
Employee discounts
Employee recognition scheme
Enhanced maternity leave – 26 weeks full pay
Enhanced paternity leave – 4 weeks full pay
Enhanced pension match/contribution – Double the contribution you make up to 7% - you pay in 7%, we pay in 14%
Enhanced sick pay
Eye Care Support – Free eye tests for visual display unit (VDU) users, along with free/discounts on glasses
Faith rooms
Family health insurance – Discounted family health insurance. Available to select annually.
Fertility treatment leave
Further education support
Gym membership – Discounted gym membership
Hackathons
Health assessment
Health cash plan
Health insurance – Private Healthcare scheme including cover for pre-existing conditions
In house training
Income protection – Should you be unwell and unable to work for a period of time, the Income Replacement scheme may provide you with income for two years combined with sickness absence
Interest free loans
Learning platform
Life assurance
Life insurance – 8 times your basic annual salary
Loyalty programme – Awards for long service, along with increase in annual leave allowance
Lunch and learns
Meditation space
Menopause support
Mental health first aiders
Mental health platform access
Mental health support
Mentoring – including reverse mentoring and family leave returners
Neo-natal leave
On-site catering
On-site shower
Open to job sharing
Open to part time work for some roles
Open to part-time employees
Optional unpaid leave
Paid fostering leave – 5 days paid
Physiotherapy
Pregnancy loss leave
Private booths
Private GP service – 24/7, unlimited remote GP appointments for you and your household
Professional subscriptions
Religious celebration leave
Reservist leave
Sabbaticals
Salary sacrifice
Secure on-site parking
Shared parental leave – 26 weeks full pay
Teambuilding days
Theme park discounts
Time off in-lieu
Volunteer days

Working at Anglian Water Services

Company employees:

6500

Gender diversity (m:f:n-b):

66:33:1

Hiring in countries

United Kingdom

Office Locations

Awards & Accreditations

2nd - Best Employee Wellbeing

2nd - Best Employee Wellbeing

Flexa awards 2026

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