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We are currently hiring Belayers and Camp Instructors for Summer 2025! 

Belayer

The Rock Club is looking for enthusiastic and passionate individuals with excellent interpersonal and customer service skills to join our team as a belayer. In the position, you will top rope belay for children and adults during birthday parties, groups, and private appointments.

Responsibilities

  • Top rope belay customers during appointments and facilitate excellent climbing experiences for them.
  • Assist in set-up for groups, parties, and special events.
  • Understand and enforce TRC’s facility rules.
  • Enforce a supervised and controlled environment for our customers.
  • Select routes appropriate for the customer’s age and experience level.
  • Provide additional information about and upsell TRC’s programs and products.

Job Requirements

  • Have a passion for climbing and a willingness to learn and grow within the role.
  • Positivity and enthusiasm that you channel into motivating others and creating exceptional experiences for them.
  • Willingness to work with customers to help them overcome fears and find success in climbing
  • Prior experience in customer service or working with youth preferred.
  • Ability to top rope belay or a willingness to learn. We will train you!
  • Availability to work weekends and a minimum of 4 shifts each month, 3 - 6 hours per shift.

Additional Information

  • This is a part time position. Compensation includes hourly wage ($16), tips, retail store discounts, and a free membership.
  • Belayers will sign up for shifts on a schedule that is published weekly. Shift times will vary week to week.
  • Top rope belaying can be taught. No experience necessary!

Summer Camp Instructor 

Instructors for Summer Camp programs are motivated individuals with a passion for climbing and working with kids. Our instructors work with children of different ages and abilities to provide excellent climbing and camp experience that they will be excited to come back for. 

Responsibilities 

  • Supervise children during youth programming and create a safe and controlled environment. 
  • Communicate effectively with children of different ages, abilities, and needs. 
  • Use your energy and creativity to create a fun and engaging day of camp 
  • Communicate with your head instructor about any feedback, development, or issues with the class or the children you work with. 
  • Through compassion, empathy, and creativity, create a climbing environment that allows all children to find success. 

Requirements 

  • Possess a passion for climbing and working with youth and willingness to grow your skills through coaching and feedback. 
  • Positivity and enthusiasm that you channel into motivating others and creating exceptional experiences for them. 
  • Ability to recognize the individual needs of children and adapt to suit them 
  • Willingness and patience to work through challenging situations. 
  • Ability to top rope belay strongly preferred. 
  • Prior experience working with youth in a summer camp is preferred.  
  • Availability to work a M-F a minimum of three consecutive weeks during the summer 

Additional Information 

  • This is a part time position. Compensation includes hourly wage ($16.50 - $18 based on experience), retail store discounts, and a free membership. 
  • Top rope belaying can be taught if you are unfamiliar. 
  • All Camp Instructors instructors qualify to be trained as belayers and sign up for additional shifts outside of their regular class schedule. 

Junior Program Instructor

Instructors for Junior Programs are motivated individuals with a passion for climbing and working with kids. Our instructors work with children in our afterschool and camp programs to provide excellent climbing experiences, teach them about climbing, and support their growth in the sport.

Responsibilities

  • Supervise children during youth programming and create a safe and controlled environment.
  • Communicate effectively with children of different ages, abilities, and needs.
  • Teach climbing skills from lesson plans guided by a head instructor, and provide students with individual attention to help them advance.
  • Communicate with your head instructor about any feedback, development, or issues with the class or the children you work with.
  • Through compassion, empathy, and creativity, create a climbing environment that allows all children to find success.

Requirements

  • Have a passion for climbing and working with youth, an interest in teaching, and willingness to grow your skills through coaching and feedback.
  • Positivity and enthusiasm that you channel into motivating others and creating exceptional experiences for them.
  • Ability to recognize long term change and progress in children’s climbing and modify teaching to help continue that progress.
  • Willingness and patience to work through challenging situations.
  • Ability to top rope belay strongly preferred.
  • Prior experience coaching or working with youth is preferred.
  • Availability to work a weekly schedule of classes, 3 - 10 hours per week, primarily on afternoons and Saturdays, for up to 15 consecutive weeks (depending on the season).
  • Optionally, availability to work camps during school breaks and summers.

Additional Information

  • This is a part time position. Compensation includes hourly wage ($16.50 - $18 based on experience), retail store discounts, and a free membership.
  • Top rope belaying can be taught if you are unfamiliar.
  • All Junior Program instructors qualify to be trained as and signed up for additional shifts outside of their regular class schedule.