Activity Leader

Activity
Leader Job Description

Emerald Cultural Institute provide a transformative
educational and cultural experience within a positive, nurturing environment
where both students and staff can grow and prepare to meet their personal and professional
goals.

We are currently recruiting for
Activity Leaders to work in our busy summer centres from the middle of June to
the middle of August. We operate campuses across the City Centre, Milltown and
Rathgar areas.

Responsible For: Injecting life into the
Activities Programme, providing an experience which is stimulating and
culturally enriching for students, supervising the students outside the
classroom, and overseeing their health and safety and discipline at all times.

Reporting To: Centre Manager

Responsibilities:

• Monitoring the health and
  safety, welfare and discipline of students, anticipating discrimination,
  bullying, and damage.
• Monitoring the whereabouts
  of students throughout the activity.
• Ensuring they are prepared
  for all the activities that they are running.
• Attending staff meetings
  and training (on a rota basis).
• Leading the activity or
  excursion for a group of students at pre-arranged times each week.
• Ensuring they are
  knowledgeable of the trips and excursions and guides the students in a fun
  positive way around the different activities.
• Encouraging full and
  enthusiastic involvement by students in the scheduled Activity and
  Excursion Programme, leading by example.
• Completing attendance
  records of students as required and reports on non-attendance or
  ill-discipline.
• Co-operating with the Centre
  Manager and on occasions with agents and accreditation inspectors, in the
  observation and evaluation of activities.
• Any other duties as
  requested.
• This list is not
  exhaustive.

Essential Criteria

·        
Recognised Leisure qualification
e.g. specialist coaching qualification, First Aid an advantage.

·        
Experience working with
teenagers in a residential environment at summer camps or activity programmes.

·        
Must be legally entitled to work
in Ireland.

·        
Must have Garda Vetting
Certification.

·        
Fluent in communicative and
written English.

·        
Enthusiastic with high energy and
be able to motivate students.

·        
Excellent organisational and
time management skills.

·        
Must be a Team Player with a ‘can
do attitude’.

·        
Must complete Tusla Child
Protection Training.

·        
Must be
available to work July 2026.

·        
Must be
able to able to commute to City Centre, Milltown and Rathgar.

       The salary for this position will depend
on experience. Please email your CV to emeraldhq@eci.ie

Emerald Cultural
Institute is an Equal Opportunities Employer