Climbing Club Coach & Camp Counselor — Inspire Young Climbers

Touchstone Climbing; Berkeley (CA); On-site; USD 21,000 - 30,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical FSA

Paid Time Off

Free Gym Membership

Flexible Work Schedule

Job summary

Touchstone Climbing seeks a Club Coach for Northern California to lead youth climbing sessions and help build engaging training programs for clubs and camps.

The role emphasizes developing age-appropriate curricula, collaborating with other coaches, and delivering a high-energy, safe learning experience for climbers of all abilities. Part-time, on-site position with flexible shifts and team support.

Qualifications

• Experienced in bouldering, top rope, and lead climbing.
• Sound understanding of climbing techniques such as footwork, body positioning, movement efficiency, route reading.
• Patience and passion for working with kids at multiple ability levels and learning styles.
• Creative, fun approach to climbing instruction and curriculum; makes learning enjoyable and engaging.
• Interest in creating high quality training curriculum and programming for Climbing Clubs and Kids Camps.
• Willingness to collaborate with other coaches to provide an exceptional team experience.
• Available to work additional support shifts at assigned gym.

Responsibilities

• Lead climbing sessions for kids and climbers in diverse programs.
• Develop and improve training curriculum and programming for Climbing Clubs and Kids Camps.
• Collaborate with fellow coaches to deliver an engaging, safe, high-energy coaching environment.
• Be flexible to cover additional shifts as needed by the gym.

Skills

Bouldering

Top rope climbing

Lead climbing

Climbing instruction

Curriculum development

Team collaboration

Shift flexibility

Job description

Touchstone Climbing seeks a Club Coach for Northern California to lead youth climbing sessions and help build engaging training programs for clubs and camps.

The role emphasizes developing age-appropriate curricula, collaborating with other coaches, and delivering a high-energy, safe learning experience for climbers of all abilities. Part-time, on-site position with flexible shifts and team support.