Climbing Assistant

The YMCA Newark & Sherwood Climbing Wall is due to open immiently and due to expected demand, we are looking to recruit additional Climbing Assistants.

Working on either a part time or even casual basis, we are looking for experienced Climbing Assistants to join our team.

As part of our brand new Community & Activity Village in Newark, we are exceptionally proud and excited to open the Climbing Centre comprising:

- 15m high main wall with lead, top rope and 17 auto belays
- Speed wall with timer, for competitions and speed climbing
- 15m climbing wall and overhand, with 19 lines with over 40 routes
- Vertical and slab climbing; including lead routes, top ropes and auto belays
- 6m top rope area with five lines and over 10 routes
- Three bouldering areas with seven coloured circuits, totalling 80+ boulder problems, catering for beginner, intermediate and advanced boulderers
- Clip 'n Climb area, geared towards young people, with 12 different challenges
- 6m top rope training wall with 5 belays
- Viewing area

Your main responsibility will be to supervise the use of the Climbing Centre and supervising the use of Clip and Climb area for all visitors.

You will assist with sessions for all ages and abilities, ensuring an exceptional visitor experience.

You will need to following Health & Safety procedures and YMCA Newark & Sherwood policies and procedures at all times and attending training where required.

We are happy to support you to become a fully qualified instructor should you wish to persue additional qualifications

You will also:

- Operate within Health & Safety procedures, understand the policies and procedures and attend training where required.
- Ensure that all operating procedures are adhered to, with no compromises to health and safety, ensuring that all climbers have completed/obtained the necessary pre-session requirements.
- Maintaining the highest customer service standards
- Ensuring that all necessary checks are carried out regularly on all climbing walls and that boulders and climbing routes are reset on a regular basis to a high standard to keep the climbing facility fresh and interesting for visitors.
- Ensure the Climbing Centre is clean and tidy for visitors.
- Dealing with accidents and incidents as they arrive, recording appropriately.

Using your own previous climbing experience, you will be hands on to instruct adults and children of all abilities.

We would look for you to be flexible and be available to work evenings and weekends where required, mostly rota ’ed in advance but able to cover at short notice if needed.

**About You**

We are looking for someone with a really unique mix of skills to manage this fantastic venue. You will have experience of working in the climbing wall industry. You will be a passionate and experienced climber first and foremost who has turned their passion into a career.

You will hold relevant climbing instructor qualifications including first aid. We are though, most interested in your relevant experience

This is a brand new facility so you will have the opportunity to put your stamp on the way the centre is ran, we will look for your to make suggestions to create an experience all visitors to the centre will enjoy and remember.

We are also committed to your continual development and can offer you further training and qualifications if desired to fulfil your greatest potential.

If you are looking to work for an organisation who cares about you and your wellbeing, the YMCA prides itself on the package of wellbeing we support all our employees.

At YMCA Robin Hood Group, you will have many additional benefits, including but not limited to:

- Comprehensive well-being package
- Cash-back private medical and dental policy
- Generous holiday entitlement increasing 1 day each year for your first 5 years
- Regular ongoing training
- Subsidised childcare and holiday clubs
- Workplace pension
- Pastoral support
- Excellent opportunities for development and progression in an exciting expanding organisation.

**A Bit About Us**

We are exceptionally proud of our organisation and the employees we have as part of our YMCA Robin Hood Group. Our core values - caring, honesty, respect and responsibility ensure we are all working to the same agenda in a collaborative, cohesive manner with liked minded individuals.

There is an energy and passion which runs through our team providing a genuinely fantastic place to work. Added into this, we have an ambitious Mission to increase the services we offer to support more people within our local community. With this growth, we are able to support your career progression, additional study/qualifications and give you future opportunities within our Group as well as opportunities for our residents and service users too.

We have an ambitious growth plan which includes the expansion of our adult housing provision, children’s residential care service, the addition of new services within the Community & Activity Vi