DofE Senior Instructor Positions 2025
Role: DofE Senior Instructor.
Start date: March 2025 onwards.
Pay: £175 per day.
Extras: £10 DofE assessor report writing allowance, £30 named driver allowance.
Contract: Non-contract - This is a freelance position.
Location: Operating from our Kendal HQ, UK-wide.
Minimum qualification requirement:
Bronze Award - Basic Expedition Leadership/Walking Group Leader/Lowland Leader/Countryside Leader
Silver Award - Hill and Moorland Leader
Gold Award - Mountain Leader(Summer)
How: Read through the recruitment process information below.
Want to know more about working for us? Check out our staff recruitment video below…
We are recruiting Freelance Senior Instructors to join our industry leading team for 2025 onwards.
Successful candidates will be active outdoor instructors, with experience of expedition delivery with various AAPs, outdoor education, and adventure companies similar to ours.
Applicants must be high-performing professionals with the ability to work effectively with our team, and participants from differing backgrounds.
Ideally, the candidate will have substantial experience in the DofE expedition section or similar.
Our DofE courses operate throughout the U.K.
DofE Senior Instructor positions are available to those with (as a minimum);
DofE Expedition Assessor.
Safeguarding Qualification.
1 year/season operating with Sam Sykes Ltd.
25+ Days booked across the upcoming season.
Commitment to work during our busiest periods (eg 10+ Days, June/July)
2 x Outstanding Appraisal Feedback Forms achieved.
Recruitment process
Candidates should email the Operations Manager directly.
Candidates should outline in the email their eligibility for the role of Senior Instructor.
After the candidates eligibility for the role has been approved by the Operations Manager, their application for the role will be passed on to the CEO.
The CEO will then review the application for approval
If you would like to apply for the position of Senior Instructor or have any queries regarding the role, please contact the Operations Manager directly by e-mail
About Sam Sykes
Operating throughout the U.K.
Sam Sykes is a world leading provider of the expedition and residential sections of the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award and the Duke of Edinburgh’s International Award.
Our team is the core of our business success.
Since 2009 we have grown consistently as a commercial organisation, whilst maintaining an unparalleled reputation for safety, professionalism and ambition. The consistency of our continued growth and professionalism is symbiotic with the internationally regarded staff team here at Sam Sykes.
Based from our HQ in the Lake District.
We are driven to ensure that our staff enjoy working within a team of like minded people, where personal development is actively encouraged and opportunity for progression is clear. Each member of the Sam Sykes team is an ambassador with an important voice both internally and externally to our company.
The story of Sam Sykes is steeped in over five decades of family history, delivering inspirational adventures to people worldwide since the early 1970’s. For more information on our background just click here.