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Centre Manager wanted for a new bouldering gym, London Jobs

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City Bouldering is opening up in October 2021 and looking for a dynamic and passionate leader to join. The centre is located in the square mile and right next to Aldgate station a short walk from Liverpool St Station. 

Climbing is one of the fastest growing lifestyle sports in the UK and Europe and our new centre will give people of the area the ability to embrace the climbing experience, community, and lifestyle that we love.

Open every day from morning until late evening, managing our centres requires an energetic and self-motivated person, able to motivate a team and ensure our customers have a fantastic experience during every visit leaving them looking forward to their next. 

Our Centre Manager will be responsible for creating an atmosphere where customers can have fun, relax, meet new friends and old, and improve their fitness in an inclusive climbing environment, underpinned by the highest standards of safety, customer service and positive team engagement.

Responsibilities 

  • Reporting directly, working closely with the CEO you will be responsible for all elements of running the day to day of the centre. 
  • Managing staff, leading inductions, training, coaching, ensuring all relevant procedures are followed and maintained

Essential Skills.

  • Experience of working in the climbing wall industry.
  • Hold relevant climbing instructor qualifications 
  • Excellent verbal, written and organisational skills.
  • Be a confident team leader with a proven track record.
  • Ability to use your own initiative and solve problems.
  • Passionate about climbing and awareness of industry trends.
  • Have excellent customer service skills.
  • Be driven towards personal development and motivated to help others

Desirable Skills.

  • Experience of route setting or managing a route setting schedule.
  • Experience of performing PPE inspections and ideally using Papertrail.
  • Experience of delivering NICAS or NIBAS sessions.
  • Experience of training instructors.

Our offer:

  • Highly competitive salary depending on experience 
  • Being part of something very exciting from the very start!
  • Fun and supportive working environment
  • Industry standard holidays and pension contributions

Hours and Location

We operate a flexible agreement, The position will be full time 37.5 hours per week and include some daytime, evening, weekend and Bank Holiday work. It will be based at City Bouldering, 33 Aldgate High Street, London, EC3N 1AH

How to Apply

Please send your CV and a covering letter outlining your suitability for the role to admin@citybouldering.co.uk by close of business on Friday 27th August. We'll be holding interviews the following week with the successful candidate ideally joining the team in mid/late September


For more information City Bouldering



24 Aug, 2021

Can you post the salary so people can decide whether to apply or not. You say competitive but competitive for where? You could mean Sheffield or London. 2 completely different "competitive" markets.

31 Aug, 2021

I've updated this it's 32-36K depending on experience

31 Aug, 2021

I am still accepting applications until this Friday also.


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