2025 - Assistant instructor required on beautiful Scottish island Brighton, East Sussex Raasay House

2025 - Assistant Instructor Required on Beautiful Scottish Island

Salary: £12.60 + Tips, free meals, subsidised accommodation, staff discount, free activities + bike hire

Closes: 31 Mar 2025

Course No

Contract Type: Contract

Recruiter Type: Direct Employer

Description

JOB DESCRIPTION:

This is a special role for someone with hospitality experience who wants to learn more about life as an activities instructor. Raasay House is a hotel with 24 rooms of varying sizes, and we also host school groups who have been staying with us annually for the last 30 years in some cases!

When we have school groups visiting, you would be joining a team of 5-7 qualified instructors leading activities like kayaking, coasteering, archery, rock climbing, and more. Your season would consist mainly of helping with school groups in the spring and fall, performing other duties such as housekeeping or waiting tables during the summer and other times when you're not needed for activities.

This role is ideal for someone who has worked in restaurants or hotels before and would also like to try their hand at running outdoor activity sessions with school groups, hotel guests, and other island visitors. First aid training and/or experience as an instructor are a bonus but not required.

What do we expect from you?

1. That you are interested in assisting instructors with the running of activities.
2. That you are reliable, punctual, and responsible.
3. That you have experience and interest in working in another area of the hotel when you aren't needed as an instructor, such as front of house, bartending, or housekeeping.
4. That you are flexible, friendly, and excited to learn new things!

WAGE:

This is a seasonal position offering an hourly rate of £12.60 (or more depending on experience), plus tips, which are shared among staff based on hours worked.

DURATION OF EMPLOYMENT & LIFESTYLE BENEFITS:

Our business is a seasonal one and we work very hard in the 8-month season that we are open. A typical work week is anywhere from 40-48 hours, spread over five or six days. We close all Sundays (except for breakfast, which we serve to a smaller number of guests than during the week). All employees get a 30-minute unpaid break on shifts that last for more than 6 hours. We also offer paid leave calculated at 12.07%, equivalent to 28 days annually.

We take fair pay very seriously and use a straightforward system to clock in and out on all shifts, which means you are paid for every minute you work.

Raasay is a very small island, so we offer subsidised accommodation as part of our staffing package. You can stay in a room in the staff house in Inverarish village (about 20 minutes' walk from the hotel) or a single wooden cabin on site if you prefer (1 minute walk from the hotel). All staff meals are included every day, whether you are working or not.

Other benefits include free outdoor activity sessions, wildlife boat trips, free bike hire, and discounts throughout the hotel for you and your friends and family. We participate in the ride-to-work scheme as well as UK pension and other employee benefits.

Please note that we have plenty of housekeeping, bar, reception, and kitchen jobs available so feel free to include a CV for your partner or a friend when applying. All candidates must be able to demonstrate that they are legally allowed to work in the UK.

ABOUT US:

Raasay House is a unique island hotel and outdoor activity provider. With our roots in outdoor activities, we have evolved over the last 40 years into a highly rated hotel & activity provider with a good reputation for providing a range of services at a high standard. We offer experiences from half-day kayaking sessions to relaxing stays in deluxe rooms and lots in between. We are a family hotel operating in a beautiful tastefully renovated country house overlooking some of the most stunning scenery you will see anywhere in Scotland. Our guests rave about our food and our staff. If we get something wrong we listen to our guests. We are constantly looking for ways to improve and provide an even better experience to the thousands of guests we welcome to this unique Scottish island every year.

We are already highly rated online and we are only aiming higher are you ambitious too?

We were voted 'Best family friendly, Best Historic hotel, Best Hotel under 50 rooms in the West' by Prestige Hotel awards over the last number of years.

All candidates must be able to demonstrate that they are already legally allowed to work in the UK.

START DATE:

March / April 2025

APPLYING:

Send a CV and cover email with your availability dates for 2025 to . If we wish to progress your application you will receive an email inviting you to book an online interview slot. If invited to interview, applicants must be prepared for a face-to-face interview via Zoom. Due to the high volume of applicants, unsuccessful applicants will not receive any communications from us. If you do not hear from us within 3 weeks then you have not been successful on this occasion but are free to apply again in the future.