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!
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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”.