Boat Station Manager

THE MARINE SOCIETY AND SEA CADETS; Birkenhead; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading charity in the UK seeks a Boat Station Manager to facilitate life-changing water experiences for young people. The role involves leadership, management of a training facility, and ensuring safety and high-quality delivery. Candidates must possess RYA Instructor qualifications and have strong organizational skills.

Benefits

Cycle to work scheme

Season Ticket Loan

51 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Life assurance (4x salary)

Private medical insurance

Pension (employer contribution up to 10%)

Wellbeing portal and EAP

Employee development opportunities

National staff conference

Qualifications

• Experience leading outdoor activities with various groups.
• Knowledge of boat routine maintenance and repair.
• Experience with uniformed and/or youth organisations.

Responsibilities

• Manage the day-to-day running of the Boat Station.
• Brief visiting groups on policies and procedures.
• Oversee instructors and manage accounts in liaison with the finance manager.

Skills

Organisational skills

Leadership

Mentoring

Budget/financial management

Education

RYA Senior Dinghy Instructor

RYA Powerboat Instructor

RYA Advanced Dinghy Instructor

Job description

Location: Crosby Lakeside Adventure Centre, Waterloo, L22 1RR

Job type: Full-time / Permanent

Closing Date: 11th July 2025

The Marine Society & Sea Cadets (MSSC) is a vibrant and growing charity delivering life changing nautical adventure for young people through the Sea Cadets to give them the best possible head start in life. We also provide personal and professional development opportunities for seafarers with the Marine Society. Working with our staff, cadets, and volunteers, we have built a vision and five-year strategy to take us forward and further improve the astounding contribution already made through our work to the lives of thousands of young people and seafarers, while fully supporting our volunteers who are vital to our success.

About the role:

The manager is instrumental in facilitating and delivering life changing, positive on the water experiences for young people. As an expert practitioner, they will provide leadership, development and mentoring to their team of instructors. The post will require strong organisational skills.

The Manager is an employee of the Marine Society & Sea Cadets based at our Crosby Boat Station. The post holder is required to hold and maintain the following qualifications as a condition of employment: RYA Senior Dinghy Instructor and RYA Powerboat Instructor.

The primary purpose of the role is to manage a water-sports training facility in the Liverpool area for all Sea Cadet Units and other affiliates to the Boat Station.

Key Responsibilities:

• Manage the day to day running of the Boat Station.
• Ensure that all visiting groups and their staff are fully briefed on the Boat Station's policies and procedures and that there is adequate supervision of Cadets and young people at the facility, so as to discharge their duty of care for them.
• Oversee the Chief Instructor and all other sessional Instructors using the Boat Station.
• Manage the Boat Station's accounts in liaison with the Regional Finance Manager including day to day fees.
• Ensure that best practise in accordance with the NGB guidelines and requirements following our Inshore Boating Operating Standard.

Requirements:

• RYA Senior Dinghy Instructor
• RYA Powerboat Instructor
• Leading outdoor activities with a wide range of groups, individuals and abilities
• Developing and implementing training programmes and strategies
• Budget/financial management
• Experience and knowledge of boat routine maintenance and repair
• Experience/knowledge of uniformed and/or youth organisations
• RYA Advanced Dinghy Instructor
• Cycle to work scheme and Season Ticket Loan
• 51 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Life assurance (4x salary) for those that join the pension
• Private medical insurance
• Pension (employer contribution up to 10%)
• Wellbeing portal and EAP with 121 counselling
• Employee development: We are investing in our employees' development and have an annual calendar of learning and development opportunities, designed to support employees to develop into their roles and stretch them to achieve their full potential.
• National staff conference: All employees come together once a year to reflect on the past year and celebrate success at our offsite staff conference. This is a great opportunity to listen to employees' views, and for employees to network, share information and socialise.

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 safeguarding training and undergo a criminal record check.

Please click APPLY to be redirected to our website to complete your application.

Candidates with experience or relevant job titles of; Boat Station Manager, Maritime Station Manager may also be considered for this role.

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Job Overview

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1575906

Date Posted:

Posted 2 weeks ago

Expiration Date:

19/07/2025

Location:

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