Boat Station Manager – Royal Docks Boat Station, London
Client:
Bluetownonline
Location:
London, United Kingdom
Job Category:
Other
EU work permit required:
Yes
Job Reference:
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Job Views:
2
Posted:
24.03.2025
Expiry Date:
08.05.2025
Job Description:
Job Title: Boat Station Manager – Royal Docks Boat Station
Job type: Full time, Permanent
Closing Date: 18th April 2025
Are you a watersports manager looking for a new opportunity?
The Marine Society & Sea Cadets (MSSC) is a vibrant and growing charity delivering life changing nautical adventure for young people through the Sea Cadets. We also provide personal and professional development opportunities for seafarers with the Marine Society. Working with our staff, cadets, and volunteers, we have built a vision and five-year strategy to improve the contribution already made through our work to the lives of young people and seafarers, while fully supporting our volunteers who are vital to our success.
We are currently looking for a Boat Station Manager to join our team.
About the role:
The Manager is an employee of the Marine Society & Sea Cadets, and is a member of the Sea Cadets Learning Department, based at our Royal Docks Boat Station. The post holder is required to hold and maintain the following qualifications as a condition of employment: RYA Senior Dinghy Instructor and RYA Powerboat Instructor.
The primary purpose of the role is to manage a watersports training facility in the London Docklands area for all Sea Cadet Units and other affiliates to the Boat Station.
Responsibilities:
* Manage the day to day running of the Boat Station and its facilities.
* Ensure that all visiting groups and their staff are fully briefed on the Boat Station’s policies and procedures and that there is adequate supervision of Cadets and young people at the facility.
* Oversee the Chief Instructor and all other sessional Instructors using the Boat Station.
* Manage the Boat Station’s accounts in liaison with the Regional Finance Manager including day to day fees.
* Ensure that best practice is followed in accordance with the NGB guidelines and requirements.
Requirements:
* RYA Senior Dinghy Instructor
* RYA Powerboat Instructor
* Leading outdoor activities with a wide range of groups, individuals and abilities
* Developing and implementing training programmes and strategies
* Budget/financial management
* Experience and knowledge of boat routine maintenance and repair
* Experience/knowledge of uniformed and/or youth organisations
* Instructor award in windsurfing, paddlesports or rowing
* RYA Advanced Dinghy Instructor or Trainer
If you are interested in this Boat Station Manager vacancy, please apply now!
Additional Information:
MSSC positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates from all backgrounds. Equity, diversity, and inclusion really matters to us, so we can best serve our beneficiaries from every community. We work to ensure a fair and consistent recruitment process and aim to be a charity where diversity of experience, identity and skills are valued and welcomed. MSSC is an equal opportunities employer.
We recognise our responsibilities to safeguard and protect the young people and vulnerable adults with whom we work. We do all we can to promote their health, safety and wellbeing, and we expect our staff to share this commitment and work in line with safeguarding policy, the MSSC’s values and ethos of inclusivity. We adhere to safer recruitment practices and therefore employment is subject to detailed pre-employment checks for successful candidates, including references and criminal disclosure checks.
All successful applicants are required to attend safeguarding training and undergo a criminal record check.
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