Night Supervisor

Night Supervisor

MSSC · Queensferry, United Kingdom · Other · Posted 2026-01-12

Workplace: on_site

Department: Sea Cadets

Description

Night Supervisor

Contract: Casual Contract

Location: Various Locations across UK (please scroll down to view)

Salary: Salary is dependent on location (please scroll down to view)

Closing Date: On going

Application: CV & Supporting Statement

Marine Society and Sea Cadets (MSSC) is a leading maritime charity in lifelong learning and personal development and is the governing charity of the Sea Cadet Corps (SCC), a civilian voluntary youth organisation engaging some 15,000 young people over 400 Sea Cadet Units, throughout the UK. The SCC offers a wide range of youth opportunities with the same enduring objective – to give young people the best possible head start in life through nautical adventure and fun.

We are currently seeking dynamic and motivated Night Supervisors to provide overnight supervision to cadets aged 12-18 attending residential training courses at multiple facilities, working in conjunction with other supervisors.

Requirements

You will be experienced at working with young people including positive ways to address challenging behaviour, and you will have experience of delivering fun and safe activities for young people outside of formal training periods. You will demonstrate maturity and professionalism, and be adaptable and flexible in your approach to work.

Essential

• Experience of working with young people.
• Knowledge of positively addressing challenging behaviour.
• Ability to discharge Duty of Care to young people.
• Holds a current First Aid Certificate.
• Basic knowledge of relevant health and safety, including assessing risk and COSHH.
• Either a full current UK photo driving licence or UK passport.

Desirable

• Experience of a uniformed organisations, or knowledge of Sea Cadet regulations.
• Holds D1 Endorsement and experienced in driving a minibus.
• Holds current First Aid at Work Certificate or better.
• Holds full, current UK driving licence.

The successful candidate will be passionate about working with young people and want to put their skills and knowledge in to practice as part of our team. Working hours are as determined by the training programme and will be evenings from start of the evening meal until completion of breakfast the following day at which time the cadets will be handed back to course instructors. However, the experience of working with our cadets and other young people is rewarding especially if you are interested in and have benefited from youth work.

Locations

1. Port Edgar Boat Station: Port Edgar Marina, Shore Road, South Queens Ferry, EH30 9SQ
2. Weymouth National Boat Centre: Barrack Road, Weymouth, Dorset, DT4 8TZ
3. Whale Island Boat Station: Whale Island, Portsmouth, Hampshire, PO2 8ER
4. SCTC Caledonia: MOD Caledonia, Hilton Road, Fife, KY11 2XH
5. SCTC Excellent: Whale Island, Portsmouth, Hampshire, PO2 8ER
6. SCTC Raleigh: HMS Raleigh, Torpoint, East Cornwall, PL11 2PD

Benefits

Outside London: £14.24 per hour

We are a national charity helping to develop lifelong learning skills for the youths of today. With strong links to the maritime sector and Royal Navy. The charity uses the impact of being on the water to change their lives. Offering great flexible work and benefits

Additional Information

MSSC positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates from all backgrounds. Equity, diversity, and inclusion really matters to us, so we can best serve our beneficiaries from every community. We work to ensure a fair and consistent recruitment process and aim to be a charity where diversity of experience, identity and skills are valued and welcomed. MSSC is an equal opportunities employer.

We recognise our responsibilities to safeguard and protect the young people and vulnerable adults with whom we work. We do all we can to promote their health, safety and wellbeing, and we expect our staff to share this commitment and work in line with safeguarding policy, the MSSC’s values and ethos of inclusivity. We adhere to safer recruitment practices and therefore employment is subject to detailed pre-employment checks for successful candidates, including references and criminal disclosure checks and the completion of a disclosure questionnaire.

All successful applicants are required to attend MSSC Employee Safeguarding Training, Induction Training and an enhanced DBS check before they can work unsupervised.

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