The Castle are looking for Front of House Staff members to join our team!
We have roles available for five people who are looking for 20hrs minimum per week.
What’s Life Like in the Front of House Department?
The Front of House roles at the Castle are varied and busy offering training and work across all three departments: Shop, Café, and Reception.
As a Front of House team member, you will have a “home department” where you will do most of your hours, this could be in the Café, Shop or Reception, however in addition to your “home department” you would also work across the other FOH areas to help support the teams demands.
This means you get variety and stability all at the same time!
On your shift you could be working in...
The Shop, ensuring you provide an amazing level of customer service and enthusiasm with your knowledge of climbing equipment, shoes, and all other great products we have available for our climbing community.
Reception, ensuring our customers receive a very warm welcome. Providing information about the centre, ensuring the correct forms and paperwork are filled in, or offering information on our climbing facilities. Memberships, the Garden, and more.
The Café, ensuring our community have great coffee and food available to fuel their climbs! Providing a high level of customer service and good knowledge of our sustainable produce and food products.
Duties include:
- Facilitating the entry of our customers, in line with the Castles’ health and safety policies
- Answering customer queries by phone, email and in person
- Administration of our customer database and bookings systems
- Provide excellent customer service to hungry climbers
- This will include food/drink handling and coffee barista. Provide customers with advice and facilitate the sale of climbing equipment
- Working with the Duty Managers and colleagues to ensure a safe and friendly working environment for our customers and staff
- Collaborating with all front of house departments
- Working cross-departmentally in front of house
What we are looking for
We will offer training for each area, however previous experience in a customer facing role within a cafe, sports centre, shop, or similar environment is desirable. A good knowledge/experience of climbing is also desirable due to the health and safety questions and knowledge base required around equipment.
You will be a team player, supporting your colleagues and be aligned to the values of The Castle, in sustainability and in creating a friendly and open environment for everyone.
Applicants should also have a high level of computer literacy and a high standard of written and spoken English.
What we offer
- Competitive rate of pay at £11.05 per hour
- Use of Climbing facilities
- Staff socials
- Discounts in the shop and café
- Subsidised staff yoga
How to Apply
Interested? Please send your CV and a Covering Letter saying why you want to work for the Castle and in particular your knowledge and experience in the related areas.
Please send your applications to BOTH
sophie.gilders@castle-climbing.co.uk and workforthecastle@castle-climbing.co.uk
Apply now!
Deadline for applications: Sunday 7th August 2022
At The Castle, everyone is welcome. Having an inclusive, fair, and respectful workplace is extremely important to us. We want to build a climbing community that is representative of the community we are in, and a place that everyone feels they belong to.
