JOBS: Centre Assistant Scheme at Plas y Brenin 2016/17

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 Plas y Brenin 02 Feb 2016
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We need to find 8 centre assistants who will share our enthusiasm for delivering something special, striving to be best in training, development and assessing of mountain-based sports. Our centre assistants will be with us from June 2016 throughout to August 2017, and will gain an insight into all aspects of working in a national centre – from instructing to working on reception and contributing to programme development. These are full time volunteer positions but the personal and career benefits from this extended voluntary placement are impressive.

This is a fantastic opportunity to become an integral part of the Plas y Brenin team, learning how a national centre ticks and seeing first hand how a busy all-year round facility operates.

Our Centre Assistants are pretty special people. We are not just looking for keen outdoor enthusiasts who want to become leaders and instructors, but you should identify with some of the things we’ve listed below:

- Have a friendly and outgoing personality, with excellent inter-personal skills
- Be flexible and mature in your approach to day to day tasks and be happy to participate fully in a range of ‘asks’
- Have a reasonable level of office and IT skills
- Be able to work independently as well as part of a team
- Make a 15 month commitment to Plas-y-Brenin beginning 6th June 2016
- Positively promote and represent the interests of Mountain Training Trust, the charity that operates Plas-y-Brenin, throughout your time with us
- Be a minimum age of 21 years and have held a full UK drivers licence for at least two years (D1 category is very desirable) as you must be able to comply with our minibus driving restrictions.

If you would like to apply, please complete an online application form and send this to ceri.pritchard@pyb.co.uk. Tell us why we need to offer you one of these exciting positions. As the workforce across the outdoor sector is not representative of the wider population, we are particularly keen to receive applicants from those that can help us readdress this imbalance. The closing date for applications is Friday 19th February at 5pm and interviews will be held at Plas y Brenin over 10th and 11th March 2016.

To find out more, as well as download further information and the application form, click on the following link: http://pyb.co.uk/jobs.php#director
 MrFantastic 15 Mar 2016

Hi Ceri

I understand the importance of experience but this is clearly work that people should be getting paid for. If you paid minimum wage and you attracted the candidates you're after, you'd still easily be making a return. Even if you had to invest a lot in their training. This is sheer arrogance and it's doing nothing for Plas y Brenin's reputation.
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