Walking Instructor

Job Introduction

This role has a starting salary of £12.93 per hour. This is a bank term time position with no set or guaranteed hours.

A New Role for the New Academic Year! Looking for a rewarding role that is term time only and flexible around school drop-off and pick-up? Want to work within your community, as well as in others?

We are excited to be bolstering our community of award winning Walking Instructors, joining our fantastic Safer Travel team. You will be based in Woking or Guildford to support on our Feet First: Walking Training programme in local schools.

To ensure that we meet our operational needs and best serve our community, we are currently accepting applications from candidates based in Woking and Guildford.

This is a flexible term time position with no set or guaranteed hours, timings of the courses will fit around the school day. Courses will take place in the morning - after the school run - and will finish in the early afternoon. As an example, on average, our Walking Instructors teach around 31 days per academic year, but this may vary depending on the schools which have booked the training.

Rewards and Benefits

• Additional annual leave allowance 
• An extensive Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) to support health and wellbeing
• Up to 5 days of carer’s leave per year
• A generous local government salary related pension
• Lifestyle discounts including gym, travel, shopping and many more
• 2 paid volunteering days per year
• Learning and development hub where you can access a wealth of resources
• Continued CPD opportunities related to the role e.g., tailoring teaching practices for neurodivergent children
• Opportunity to teach vital life skills to primary school-age trainees

About the Team

The Safer Travel Team at Surrey County Council launched the Feet First: Walking Training service three years ago. The training is targeted at 7–8-year-olds (i.e., pupils in Year 3) and is a service that is available to all primary schools across the county. The Feet First: Walking Training team became award winning in November 2024, winning the coveted 'Team of the Year' prize at the Modeshift National Sustainable Travel Awards.

The aim of Feet First is to provide primary school children the necessary road safety skills and knowledge at the beginning of key stage 2, through a series of in-class and on-road practical training modules.

We are on track to deliver our objective based around providing an informative, robust and entertaining programme of learning that highlights the necessary road safety skills, giving Year 3 pupils the foundation to feel safe navigating Surrey’s roads. Our goals are to empower children with these necessary life skills so they can feel confident walking to school both now and independently in the future.

  About the Role

We would like to hear from people who want to make a difference for primary school-age children, by encouraging them to feel more confident walking to school and equipping them with the necessary road safety knowledge and awareness skills. You will be directly leading the on-road training sessions with small groups of trainees, so you should feel confident engaging children of 7-8 years old both in the classroom and during the on-road training elements of the course. You will also be confident working on your own, managing your own workload and timings, as although you may be attending schools with other Instructors, you will be expected to lead your own groups.

Full training for the role will be provided, ready for the beginning of the academic year.

  Application Questions

To apply, alongside your CV, you will be asked to answer the following questions:

1. What motivated you to apply for this role?
2. Detail your experience either working or engaging primary school-age children, that you feel could help you in this position.
3. What do you think the most important items would be to teach to trainees as part of the practical, on-road training?

Contact Us

Please contact us for any questions relating to the role. This could be to discuss flexible working requests, transferable skills or any barriers to employment.

For an informal discussion please contact WalkingTraining@surreycc.gov.uk / 07977 333305.

For more information on becoming a Walking Instructor, please click here.

The job advert closes at 23:59 on 29/06/2025 with interviews to follow. Please note that applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis, and the advert may close earlier if sufficient applications are received.

We look forward to receiving your application, please click on the apply online button below to submit.

Local Government Reorganisation

Surrey County Council is preparing for Local Government Reorganisation which will allow us to implement the Government led policy of devolution, which is all about giving more powers to local areas. 

Currently, Surrey has a two-tier council system, with 11 district and borough councils and a county council, all responsible for different services. All these councils will be reorganised into a smaller number of new unitary councils which will come into effect in April 2027. At this point, this role will be transferred, with all existing terms and conditions intact into one of the new unitary councils. 

Join our dynamic team and shape the future of local government. Make a lasting impact with innovative solutions and improved services for our community. Help us build a brighter future for our residents! Please see more information here: Information for applicants on Local Government Reorganisation - Surrey County Council.

Our Values 

Our values are as important as our abilities and shape who we are as an organisation. Discover more about our values.

Before submitting your application, we recommend you read the job description. Our Life at Surrey handbook also attached provides insights of the culture at Surrey and how as a valued employee, you can help shape our Council.

Our Commitment

Surrey County Council is proud to be a Disability Confident Employer. A guaranteed interview will be offered to all disabled applicants where:

• The candidate has evidenced the minimum criteria for the role through their application 
• The candidate has chosen to share that they have a disability on the application form

Our application form and onboarding process will provide an opportunity to request any reasonable adjustments for the interview and/or the role. We want to be an inclusive and diverse employer reflecting the community we serve and particularly welcome applications from all underrepresented groups.