DofE Instructor Positions 2025
Role: DofE Instructor.
Start date: March 2025 onwards.
Pay: £160 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 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, and working towards becoming an Expedition Assessor.
Candidates must be concurrent with Safeguarding best practice.
Our DofE courses operate throughout the U.K.
DofE Instructor positions are available to those with (as a minimum);
Walking Qualification
16-hour outdoor first aid.
Current clear Enhanced DBS check.
To learn more about this role please see the linked job description and personal specification.
Recruitment process
Candidates should upload their documents to us via our application form (button below). As a minimum, we require…
Bronze Award - BEL, WGL, LL, CLA
Silver Award - HML
Gold Award - Summer ML
First aid
Enhanced DBS
Proof of right to work in the UK details (passport, driving license, etc).
Successful candidates will be called to interview either online or face-to-face.
After a successful interview, access to the instructor page will be granted giving access to the next stage and induction process.
Complete the online induction process.
If selected new staff will undergo a short probationary period during their first expedition with us.
If you have any queries regarding the role after reading the job description and personal specifications (buttons above), please contact us 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.