Head Route Setter and Coach - Urgent Hiring

Are you a rock climbing aficionado with an artistic flair for movement?

Climb Toowoomba, Toowoomba's newest bouldering gym is seeking a head Route Setter to join our growing team!

This dynamic role offers the opportunity to shape the climbing experience for enthusiasts of all abilities, crafting innovative and captivating problems that will push climbers and redefine their limits.

In this role you will be based in Toowoomba, however will be leading our route setting team across two gyms. The second one located in West Brisbane.

Route Setting Duties & Responsibilities

• Manage, motivate and inspire a diverse route setting crew including contractors and employees.
• Hire, train and supervise new route setters.
• Lead the route setting team.
• Work with gym managers to develop and work within monthly and annual budgets.
• Organize the route setting schedule to ensure timely turnover of routes and boulder problems while minimizing impact on customers and programs.
• Ensure distribution of routes and problems meets the needs of all climbers.
• Ensure that existing routes are maintained (i.e. replace route tags, tape and broken holds , fix spinners, etc...)
• Organize and maintain cleanliness of route setting storage areas
• Ensure the inspection of walls, holds, bolts, tools and equipment, etc. for damage on a regular basis.
• Oversee and organize route setting and maintenance in our West Brisbane facility including travel to West Brisbane where required.

Coaching

• Provide learn to climb and climbing fitness coaching to our squad classes, both Adults and Youth in our Toowoomba facility.
• Devise and maintain coaching plans.

Other responsibilities

• Work the front desk to check-in and greet members and new climbers.
• Ensure compliance with risk management plan to ensure safety of setters, gym staff and customers
• Assist Management in updating and maintaining route setting policy and procedure documentation
• Complete additional tasks and responsibilities as directed by facility management

Qualifications and Experience

• Minimum 3+ years route setting experience, experience as a head route setter (preferred)
• Extensive indoor and outdoor climbing experience including bouldering and roped/lead climbing
• Route setting qualifications where available are desirable.
• Coaching qualifications where available are desirable.
• Ability to get working at heights and elevated work platform qualifications (yellow ticket) required.
• Ability to get working with children blue card required.