Overview
How you’ll make a difference
As a Bikeability Instructor, you will provide road safety awareness skills to children and adults, enabling them to be confident and consistent whilst travelling throughout South Gloucestershire.
What you will be doing
- It will be your responsibility to deliver training to adults, children and families throughout the year, including some evenings and weekends.
- Regularly, you will promote cycle training to groups and individuals.
- As a confident cyclist, you will be happy to work in all weathers.
What we need from you
- It is essential that you are an accomplished cyclist, used to cycling in all road and traffic conditions and can provide your own bicycle and cycle helmet which must be worn at all times.
- You must have strong communication skills, with the ability to convey clear instructions to children, adults and other professionals.
- You will have good availability during school times, at least two days a week and you must have some experience of working with children.
What you need to know
- We have positions available and are offered on an annualised contract of 600 hours throughout the year – 11.51 hours weekly
- Salary is £13.26 per hour, with travel time and expenses paid.
- Salary pro rated to hours worked.
- Please note that due to the nature of this role it is a requirement of employment that an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check is obtained for this post.
Interviews will take place regularly over May, June and July 2026.
How a career at South Gloucestershire Council is different
- We know our team work best when they have balance in their lives and we offer genuine flexibility to help them achieve that work/life balance.
- We invest in the careers of our people and we are recognised for the quality, breadth and depth of our training and development offer, which helps our people make the greatest long-term difference in their work.
- As part of our benefits package you will receive generous annual leave (pro rata), employee wellbeing support and you will have access to a range of staff discounts, including eye tests, travel, shopping and leisure activities.
- We recognise that our diverse team of skilled and dedicated people make us a great place to work. We welcome applications from everyone and ensure that individuals are selected, promoted and developed on the basis of their merits and abilities.
Our teams at South Gloucestershire Council are making a real difference to the lives of people who live, work and learn here.
- We’re building and shaping communities which people are proud of.
- We’re planning for the future; building and improving the roads, railways, schools, green spaces, and houses.
- We’re providing essential services across our communities to ensure they are safe and well maintained.
We’ve achieved a great deal, but we need talented and dedicated people to ensure we continue to make a difference.
We’re making a difference, be part of it!
To view the full job description, please click this link: Bikeability Instructor – Job Description
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