Climbing Instructor

Places Leisure Group; Barns Green; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 24,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus 2%

Health & Fitness membership

Flexible working hours

Additional annual leave

Learning & development opportunities

Company Pension

Cashback on healthcare costs

Discounts on activities

Job summary

Places Leisure Group is looking for an enthusiastic team member to help run climbing sessions, ensure safety briefings, and maintain a fun environment for visitors at our leisure centre in the UK.

The role emphasizes strong communication, experience with children or in a climbing environment, and will involve working with diverse customers. Training and flexible hours are available to suit your schedule.

Qualifications

• Experience engaging with children is preferred.
• Strong communication skills are essential.
• Climbing wall experience is desirable but not essential, training will be provided.

Responsibilities

• Deliver safety briefings before sessions and ensure a safe environment for climbers.
• Create a fun and engaging atmosphere for leisure users.
• Support customers and uphold safeguarding policies while working with the public.

Skills

Child engagement

Communication

Climbing experience

Customer service

Job description

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.

We aren't your typical company. We apply the same philosophy to our People as we do to our communities, ensuring our team is appreciated and supported. At Places for People, you're more than just a number - you're part of our cause.

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.

At Places for People, safeguarding is everyone's responsibility. We are committed to creating safe communities for our customers and colleagues by protecting children, young people, and adults at risk from harm, abuse, and neglect.

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.