Climbing Instructor

Places for People; Andover; In loco; GBP 18.000 - 24.000; Tempo pieno

Vantaggi offerti da questo lavoro

Health & Fitness membership

Flexible working

Additional annual leave

Company pension

Staff discounts

Descrizione del lavoro

Places for People Group seeks a friendly, safety‑minded staff member to create a fun, secure climbing experience for customers. You will lead safety briefings, monitor the area, and ensure participants understand safety rules before sessions begin.

Experience with children is preferred, and a climbing wall qualification is desirable but not essential. You will be supported to develop in a collaborative, customer‑facing role with flexible working options and access to benefits.

Competenze

• Experience of working with children in a similar environment.
• Strong communication skills are imperative.
• Experience in safeguarding policies is desirable.

Mansioni

• Provide a thorough safety briefing before all sessions.
• Ensure the climbing environment is safe and entertaining.
• Engage leisure users and deliver a fun, supervised experience.

Conoscenze

Communication skills

Experience with children

Safeguarding awareness

Team player

Descrizione del lavoro

We are Places for People Group, we're a social enterprise that believes it's people that make a community. That's why we build homes and deliver services for everyone in the community to thrive. At Places Leisure we are changing lives by creating active places and healthy people for communities to thrive, and we want to be the UK's leading health and wellbeing enabler.

More About Your Role

You will be involved in providing an exciting and fun environment for our leisure users to engage in their climbing experience, ensuring that the environment is safe and entertaining at all times. You will deliver a thorough safety briefing before all sessions to ensure that the participants are fully aware of all safety measures before taking part and that the area they will eb in is safe and hazard free. For more information please download our job profile available on our website.

More About You

You will have experience of working in a similar environment and engaging with children, it is desirable that you have experience working in a climbing environment however we are looking to train and engage with our colleagues. Having a climbing wall instructor qualification is desirable however not essential however strong communication skills are imperative.

Benefits

We are a large, diverse and ambitious business, which will give you all the challenge you could wish for. We know that there's always more we can do to make you smile, that's why we offer a comprehensive benefits package with each role, yours will include:

• A bonus scheme for all colleagues at 2%
• Full Health & Fitness membership for you, a nominated adult and up to 4 juniors
• Flexible working (including part time working, shift work and more)
• An opportunity to purchase additional annual leave
• Lots of opportunity to access ongoing personal learning and development
• Access to our Company Pension scheme
• Cashback plan for healthcare costs – up to £500 saving per year
• Discounts of up to 50% on activities, centre shop and cafes
• Extra perks including huge discounts and offers from shops, cinemas and much more.

We follow robust safeguarding policies and procedures, ensuring all employees, volunteers, and contractors uphold the highest standards of safeguarding and accountability. Our recruitment process includes pre-employment checks, including Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks where applicable, to promote a safe and secure working environment.

By joining Places for People, you are expected to contribute to our safeguarding culture, following our policies and reporting concerns to protect those in our communities.

Armed Forces

We are proud to support the Armed Forces Covenant. Places for People will guarantee an interview for any candidate who is serving or has formerly served in the Armed Forces, as a reservist, armed forces veteran (including the wounded, injured and sick), cadet instructor and military spouse/partner and who meets the essential criteria for the vacancy.

Disability Confident

We are proud to be a member of the Disability Confident scheme certified as Level 2 Disability Confident Employer. This helps us to successfully employ and retain people with disabilities and health conditions. Disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for a vacancy will be guaranteed an interview. The Equality Act 2010 (Disability Discrimination Act 1995 for NI) defines a disabled person as someone who has a physical or mental impairment that has sa substantial and long-term negative effect on their ability to do daily activities.

Neurodivergent

Neurodiverse individuals have highly valuable skills, and we recognise that a traditional interview process sometimes works against them and doesn’t allow them to self-advocate. Neurodiverse applicants who meet the criteria for a vacancy will be guaranteed an interview.