Centre Manager - SCTC Raleigh

Location: HMS Raleigh, Torpoint, Cornwall, PL11 2PD

Salary: Up to £36,700 gross per annum

Job type: Full time, Permanent

Closing Date: 27th May 2025. Interviews: 3rd June 2025.

Are you a Centre Manager looking for a new opportunity? The Marine Society & Sea Cadets (MSSC) is the leading maritime charity for youth development and lifelong learning. We are a vibrant and growing charity inspiring young people to achieve their potential through challenge and nautical adventure and enabling seafarers and maritime professionals to realise their potential through learning and career development.

About the role: We are seeking a Centre Manager who will manage the day-to-day operations of the cadet training centre based and operated from HMS Raleigh. This includes managing the Training Support Officer, Chief Instructor and the training throughput both planning and delivery, quality assurance seeking continual improvement in all that we do. Our safety culture is critical, and this is focused on supporting volunteers so they can deliver safe, enjoyable yet challenging training to young people across the Royal Navy Cadet Forces. This along with responsibility for the material state and financial performance of the centre, as required by MSSC and in accordance with its policies and regulations.

The manager of the SCTC is responsible for ensuring the training centre is run in a manner appropriate for the residential training of young people in accordance with the MSSC's approach to the provision of national training. Our training centre is hosted within HMS RALEIGH, and it is essential that the Centre Manager maintains a professional and collaborative relationship with all appropriate departments within HMS RALEIGH.

Responsibilities:

• Lead the provision of high-quality training, creating a valuable and impactful experience.
• Ensure that best practice in accordance with the NGB guidelines.
• Deliver highly impactful training courses to cadets and volunteers.
• Lead the planning process for the training centre, ensuring training is scheduled in line with the national training model and against the defined training needs.
• Ensure that all visiting groups and their staff are fully briefed on the Centre's policies and procedures and that there is adequate supervision of Cadets and young people at the centre, so as to discharge his/her duty of care for them.

Requirements:

• Experience of managing a centre including day to day operational matters along with business planning.
• Experience of delivery against targets.
• Experience of working with young people.
• Excellent training and instructional ability.
• Experience of managing output against budget and planned targets.

Benefits:

• Cycle to work scheme and Season Ticket Loan.
• 51 days annual leave plus bank holidays.
• Life assurance (4x salary) for those that join the pension.
• Private medical insurance.
• Pension (employer contribution up to 10%).
• Wellbeing portal and EAP with 121 counselling.
• Employee development: We are investing in our employees' development and have an annual calendar of learning and development opportunities, designed to support employees to develop into their roles and stretch them to achieve their full potential.
• National staff conference: All employees come together once a year to reflect on the past year and celebrate success at our offsite staff conference.

All successful applicants are required to attend safeguarding training and undergo pre-employment checks including a criminal record check.

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