Outward Bound Australia is accepting ongoing applications for Group Leader positions as part of our bi-annual intake process.
Group Leaders are responsible for the faciliatation of safe and high-quality outdoor education programs.
Those programs are varied in their lenght, location, type and client groups. Outward Bound Australia delivers journey-based outdoor education programs in the ACT, Victoria, NSW and WA. Outward Bound also delivers centre-based programs out of its National Base, the Tharwa Campus.
Working with Outward Bound is the ultimate outdoor adventure! It offers industry-leading professional development.
A variety of contracts are available with great working conditions.
Skills and Experience Desired
• Cert IV in Outdoor Leadership or equivalent - with the following electives preferred: bushwalking, abseil, top-rope climbing, high ropes elements, canoeing, rafting, mountain biking
• Current Wilderness First Aid and CPR
• Current WWCC or WWVP.
• Manual driving license, unrestricted (preferred but not essential).
• Bronze medallion (preferred but not essential)
• Experience with client groups to deliver technical outdoor activities.
• Experience working with client groups to deliver facilitated activities and outcomes supported by outdoor activities.
• Experience in leading and facilitating multi-days expedition programs.
The Royal Children's Hospital (RCH) has been providing outstanding care for Victoria's children and their families for over 147 years.
We are the major specialist paediatric hospital in Victoria and our care extends to children from Tasmania, southern New South Wales and other states around Australia and overseas.
With a passionate, highly skilled and committed staff campus wide of over 5,000, we provide a full range of clinical services, tertiary care and health promotion and prevention programs for children and young people.
We are the designated state-wide major trauma centre for paediatrics in Victoria and a Nationally Funded Centre for cardiac and liver transplantation.
When it comes to training and research we partner with the very best. Our campus partners, the Murdoch Childrens Research Institute (MCRI) and The University of Melbourne Department of Paediatrics, along with the RCH Foundation, are on site with the hospital in Parkville. Together, we are committed to improving the health outcomes for children today and in the future.
In 2016–17, more than 85,654 children attended our Emergency Department, 322,291 specialist clinic appointments were held which was almost 70,000 more than the previous year, more than 17,000 surgeries were performed and more than 48,552 children were admitted to our wards.
