Frequently Asked Questions

All qualified staff are paid £150 per day for Bronze & Silver expeditions. There is an additional payment if you also act an an assessor. 

GOLD Expeditions - Mountain Leaders (summer or winter) are paid £180 per day and travel expenses at £0.45p per mile from home address to the venue (plus return).  This is capped at 200 miles.   

Full details on our pay will be emailed to you on completion of a successful interview. 

Yes - if you act as an assessor for us, we pay an additional £20 per day. All assessor reports must be completed and returned to assessor-reports@eastcoastoutdoors.co.uk within 14 days of the expedition finishing. 

Yes - you are expected to be present onsite overnight. However, clients take responsibility for student welfare from 7pm - 7am allowing you appropriate rest. 

Yes - you must have relevant DofE experience and have worked with young people in an expedition environment.  You will be invited to join an expedition, where you will be shadowed by experienced staff to deem competence in delivery.  

You will be excepted to seek and complete a walking qualification within 12 months of signing up with us.  

Yes -  Expedition Assessor and Supervisor Training Course - The Duke of Edinburgh's Award (dofe.org) 

If your DBS is out of date (older than 3 years), we will carry out and pay for an Enhanced DBS check.  We will ask you to pay the extra £13 and join the up date service. 

We use email, Facebook (private leaders page) and WhatsApp to promote available work. Work is advertised to everyone from September for the following year.

No - our clients some times ask for Friday/Saturday or mid week.  This is rare, but not uncommon. The majority of our expeditions happen on a weekend. 

Yes - we require all staff to sign up for a minimum of 6 days per year. If you don't help deliver expeditions in a 12 month period you will automatically be removed from our active lists. 

London, Essex and East Anglia mostly. Our expeditions take place all over the UK but are mostly based in Norfolk, Suffolk, Epping Forest, Essex Boarder, Surrey, Kent, South & North Downs, Chiltern Hills, Peak District & Yorkshire.  

Yes of course, everyone is welcome and everyone brings their own skills and knowledge.  

Our Expedition Managers are reliable, experienced frequent flyers. They hold a walking qualification and have plenty of relevant leadership experience on the ground.  You will need to have worked for the company for a minimum of 3 years.