run TOUR GUIDE.

THE ROLE.

Potentially the best job in the World? Taking awesome groups on guided runs and walks of Birmingham.

pre requsites.

● Good Avalibility to lead tours in Birmingham on weekends and weekday evenings.

● Ideally you will already have a Leadership in Running Fitness Qualification (LiRF via England Athletics) with an Enhanced DBS Check;

- HOWEVER, if you are someone who aligns with our values and can commit to leading at least 10 tours with us, we will consider paying for your Qualification (worth £190).

● Experience leading running groups, tour guiding and/or public speaking will help a lot but is not essential. Someone with the right attitude and availability means more to us than experience and accolades.

WHO WE’RE LOOKING FOR.

  • Responsibility for the safety of runners that you lead on running tours within the remit of your LiRF;

  • Bring your fun personality and love for running and Birmingham to our tours;

  • Confident speaking in public to groups of up to 25;

  • The ability to learn and recall tour information and deliver it in an engaging way;  

  • Provide excellent customer service to runners as a friendly host whilst you are leading the tour with them;

  • Prompt timekeeping to ensure you’re there to greet runners and keep them on track; 

  • Bring your local knowledge to the tour; 

  • Give continuous honest feedback – invaluable to our success as a World-Class Running Service Provider.

WHAT DO YOU GET IN RETURN? 

● Do things you love – running and exploring and learning more about your home;

● Running leadership, developing the safety skills learnt through your Qualification;

● Rewarding work - helping people, learn, socialise and have fun whilst keeping fit - with the same benefits yourself!;

● Flexibility to earn alongside your other work and/or personal commitments;

● Expand your network through working with local people and partners as well as running customers;

● Getting to meet new people from all over the world; 

● Free running tours and merch for you, discount for your family and friends; 

● The opportunity to be involved with our exciting startup from the beginning as well as the up and coming running tour industry;

● Become part of runningtours.net, a supportive global network of running tour guides, who you can also run with in their cities;

● Work as part of a positive, open and close-knit team;

● Opportunity for future work of this kind, or other roles with us.

HOURS. 

● Please see required availability above.

● Great availability really helps so that we don’t ever have to say no to a runner (who will most likely be a tourist in the city only for a short space of time).

● LOCATIONS - Current tours start and end in the City Centre and many of Birminghams suburbs.

● Tours vary in length from 1.5 - 3 hours including arriving early before your tour starts. Even longer if you socialise with the runners afterwards (you’ll want to);

● You will usually do tours whenever Lucy can't and for big group bookings;

● Runners may request personal tours for any day/time but the demand will most likely be for weekends and midweek evenings;

● Tours are most popular in warmer months and over the Christmas period.

PAY & BENEFITS.

● You are employed on a freelance basis; 

● Per Tour rate of £25+; 

● Full branded attire: new orange running top, waterproof and leggings;

● Any additional responsibilities taken on additional pay will to be agreed upon – we’d love your suggestions of how you can contribute to the business.

TRAINING. 

GET SET.

  • Attend a running tour as a guest to take notes;

  • Induction to learn everything there is to know about our business and brand;

  • Learn the tour with learning materials provided;

  • First Class Customer Service training;

  • Your chance to lead a private tour between you and Lucy to receive feedback.

GO.

  • Lucky runners get to be led on a Run of a Kind with you with Lucy there for support and more feedback.

  • Off you run as a fully fledged Run of a Kind guide!

APPLY NOW

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Prefer to email us with your application?

Send your responses to the questions above to hello@runofakindbirmingham with the title “I wanna be your next Running Tour Guide”.