Job Description

At Leeson House Field Studies Centre you'll be part of a small, friendly team in a truly unique location on the Jurassic Coast. You'll get to share your passion for outdoor learning with children and young people while working in one of the country's leading field study centres.


This is a rewarding role in a supportive environment where no two days are the same. You'll also have the option of affordable on-site accommodation to help you settle in.

What you'll be doing

You'll plan, deliver and evaluate high-quality fieldwork and outdoor learning sessions for visiting groups, from KS1 through to A Level.


Working alongside four tutors and the Deputy Centre Manager, you'll lead activities both on our 7-acre site and at nearby sites such as Studland, Old Harry Rocks, Durdle Door and Lulworth Cove. During quieter times, you'll help design new sessions and contribute to the development of the Centre's facilities and grounds.

About you

you'll be an experienced outdoor educator with a real enthusiasm for engaging children and young people you'll be confident leading sessions across a range of ages and subjects, with training and induction provided you'll bring energy, adaptability and the physical ability needed to access our teaching sites you'll ideally be able to drive a minibus (or be willing to train) and have access to transport when required you'll be happy working flexible hours, including some evenings and weekends, with TOIL given in return


For more information about the role, please call Eric or James for an informal discussion on 01929 422126, or email leesonhouse@dorsetcouncil.gov.uk

We aim to interview for this role in September 2025. The role is vacant from then, but we envisage that the preferred candidate will start after October half term. For an outstanding candidate, the start date could be moved to January 2026

This post involves working with children and/or vulnerable adults and/or having access to significant information about them. It will be subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service check. See our policy on the employment of ex-offenders.