Assistant Manager - Nationwide

Kings Camps; Leeds; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading children's activity organization in the UK seeks a passionate Camp Manager for summer camps. This role involves delivering a safe and fun environment for children aged 5 to 17, leading a team, and ensuring high standards of care and activity delivery. Ideal candidates will have experience with children, leadership skills, and a relevant qualification. Flexible hours and excellent training opportunities are included.

Benefits

Funded residential opportunities

Employee Awards Programme

Discounted First Aid training

Career development opportunities

Qualifications

• 12 months’ experience working with children and young people.
• 3+ months' experience in a management or leadership position.
• Knowledge and experience of Child Protection, Safeguarding and Health and Safety.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for delivering a high-quality Kings Camps experience.
• Ensure children aged 5 to 17 are safe, active, having fun and learning together.
• Supervise lunchtimes and model best practices to less experienced staff.

Skills

Experience working with children

Leadership skills

Excellent communication skills

Organised and able to follow procedures

Flexible and adaptable

Knowledge of Child Protection

Education

Childcare, sports or teaching related degree

Job description

Overview

If you’re looking for an incredibly rewarding way to extend your leadership skills in an out of school setting, which will pay you to keep active and have fun, we’re sure we can find an amazing role for you!

Kings Camps run sports and activity day camps for children throughout the school holidays that deliver our mission – getting children active, having fun and learning together.

We know market‑leading programmes don’t deliver themselves - it’s our people who create amazing holiday experiences for children - and we’re now hiring energetic and passionate Camp Managers to deliver our mission in 2025 and beyond.

Why work for Kings Camps?

• Funded residential opportunities
• Employee Awards Programme
• Up to 70% off Paediatric First Aid training
• £30 reward voucher for referring a friend
• Up to 50% off Kings Camps places for your own children, siblings or wider family (5‑17yrs)
• Excellent locations – some of the best universities and school sports facilities in the UK!
• Market leading training and development
• Fully funded disclosure for Managerial and Voluntary positions
• Career development and the potential of regular employment with Kings (we always promote from within!)
• Opportunity to help make a difference in the lives of children from all backgrounds
• Free Kings Camps uniform

Job Description

"Working alongside the Camp Manager leading a like‑minded team of coaching staff, you’ll be responsible for the delivery of a high‑quality, school‑holiday, Kings Camps experience, ensuring children aged 5 to 17 are safe, active, having fun and learning together. The Assistant Manager has specific responsibility for programme delivery – including activity sessions, whole camp warm‑ups and weekly events. Whilst they aren’t assigned a specific group of children, the Assistant Manager is required to step in to lead activities, supervise lunchtimes and model best practice to less experienced Red Tops."

The Assistant Manager acts as a responsible first‑aider and is always on hand to speak with parents, staff or central office personnel, working alongside the Site Manager to ensure operating procedures and policies are followed correctly.

Child safety is our number one priority so you’ll ensure that the welfare of children is paramount at all times, supervising children during breaks, participating in swimming sessions, overseeing the safe use of equipment, promptly recording any incidents. Implementing behaviour management policies, and upholding health and safety standards and procedures.

Person Specification (Ideal, but with some flexibility)

• We’re ideally looking for candidates to be available for the full season (Mon‑Fri, between 8am and 5.30pm) with the exception of summer, where we ask for a minimum of 3 consecutive weeks.
• 12 months’ experience working with children and young people
• 3+ months' experience in a management or leadership position
• Childcare, sports or teaching related degree (or related qualification)
• Knowledge and experience of Child Protection, Safeguarding and Health and Safety
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to motivate
• Organised and able to follow policy and procedure
• Vibrant, resilient, team player
• Flexible and adaptable
• Paediatric First Aid (training opportunities are also available)

Our Safeguarding Promise

Kings Active Foundation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. Safer recruitment is central to the way we work and all staff and volunteers are expected to share our commitment to safeguarding, always creating an environment where young people feel safe and can thrive.

About us

Kings Camps are a market leading not‑for‑profit organisation offering sports and activity day camps at over 50 UK locations, getting children and young people active, having fun and learning together.

Founded in 1991, we were inspired by US‑style summer camps. We decided that youngsters in the UK would love to experience school holiday camps too, and established a model which meant we could reach even more children through not‑for‑profit work in the UK and overseas.

Our coaches (we call them Red Tops) deliver high quality sports camps with an energy, passion and commitment to child development that we call the Kings Factor®.