Job Description

Site Location - Buxton

Contract - Permanent

Working hours -37.5

Holiday - 25 days plus bank holidays

Who are we?

We're the UK's #1 outdoor adventure company offering 13 outdoor activities across 36 locations in the UK, and we're looking for enthusiastic individuals with a good head for heights to join our tribe.

As one of our Outdoor Activity Centre Managers you'll be responsible for managing the site and ensuring the safe operation of activities for both our customers and team.

Benefits

Expeditions & Naturally Powered Days -subsidised adventure trips such as caving, hiking, cycling, kayaking and climbing

Employer pension contribution

Retail and Leisure Discounts

Wellbeing and Health initiatives and support

Childcare scheme

Enhanced maternity and paternity

Give As You Earn - charity donations direct from your salary

Volunteering Days - paid time off to volunteer on local social and environmental projects

Free Go Ape for immediate family or 20% off

Some of the responsibilities include;

Instructor training and recruitment

Team management

Scheduling

Health and safety

Course inspections and maintenance

Customer service

Corporate Events

Building relationships with the support teams

Site administration

Marketing

Budgeting

Commercial development

The safe operation of the site is paramount and we're looking for managers who appreciate this and who can understand, adhere to, and maintain high standards of policy, procedure and practice.

Keeping the 'Adventure' in adventure is one of our values and to achieve this we need to offer the customer 'wow'. A customer focused attitude is essential and the enthusiasm to inspire this within your team.

We're looking for candidates who can demonstrate commercial awareness with the ability to see the bigger picture and the drive to grow and improve.

Our work is mainly outdoors in the trees, so not only should candidates like the outdoors but also be environmentally conscious and committed to being a force for good in the community and beyond.

At Go Ape we are committed to our 'Working together to Safeguard Children' obligation for safeguarding and in this role you will be working in a position of trust.

Diversity, equity and inclusion matters at Go Ape. We have a working environment where we value and respect every individual's unique contribution, enabling all of our co-owners to thrive and achieve their full potential.

Our Glassdoor rating for Diversity & Inclusion is 4.8 out of 5, this is above the average for our industry and a company of our size.

As well as providing training, we issue a survey to our new co-owners at Go Ape to support us in monitoring equality, diversity and inclusion in the recruitment and onboarding process. We are pleased to hold a score of 4.88 out of 5 in response to the following question 'On a scale of 1 - 5, how accurate would you say the following statement is 'I feel welcome at Go Ape' (5 being very accurate)'.

As the above illustrates, we are committed to equality of opportunity and welcome applications from individuals, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, socio-economic background, religion and/or belief.

We will consider reasonable adjustments for all our roles.

Job Type: Permanent

Pay: 29,000.00 per year

Work Location: In person