We’re looking for a Senior Route Setter based in Boulders Cardiff. Click here to view the full job description. If you’d like to apply, please send a copy of your CV to HR@bouldersuk.com.

Senior Route Setter, based in Boulders Cardiff

Working with Team Boulders 

We value our people and encourage a healthy work life balance. We recognise that not everyone wants to work in the same way and we strive to accommodate an inclusive structure where everybody benefits. Detailed below are the ways in which we currently work with our colleagues. 

Permanent Colleague 

Permanent employees can be full-time or part-time and have a stable, ongoing employment relationship with us. 

  • If you are a permanent employee you work a set number of hours per month including at weekends and evenings. Although the timings of the hours may be subject to change and you may be required to work overtime. You are obliged to accept the hours in the rota that you are given, unless a different arrangement has been mutually agreed in advance of you joining us as part of your contract. 

  • You hold a permanent position with Boulders and although a permanent contract has no fixed end date, it can be terminated by either you or Boulders with notice. 

  • The number of hours you are contracted to work can only be changed with agreement from Boulders and would require a permanent change to your contract of employment. 

  • Your line manager will be responsible for advising you of any changes to your hours of work. 

  • If you are on a part-time contract you will hold a permanent position but work fewer hours than your full-time colleagues. 

  • If you are on a fixed-term contract you will be employed for a specific period, typically to complete a project, meet seasonal demand or provide cover for another employee who is on sickness, or extended leave. 

  • If you want to take holiday, please book it as outlined in your contract of employment and handbook. 

  • We may require you to seek our permission to undertake secondary employment, particularly if we reasonably consider that the second role would pose a risk or cause prejudice to our business. 

  • Enhanced benefits package. 

 

30 hours or more 

Free climbing* for you during opening hours (plus full paying membership benefits e.g. Café / shop discount) 

Free climbing* for one named plus one, during opening hours (no additional membership benefits) 

Tea and coffee from staff room during working hours 

One free hot drink from the café per full shift (6 hours or more) 

Bike to work scheme  

29 hours or less 

Free climbing* for you during opening hours (plus full paying membership benefits e.g. Café / shop discount) 

NO PLUS ONE MEMBERSHIP 

Tea and coffee from staff room during working hours 

One free hot drink from the café per full shift (6 hours or more)  

Casual Worker – Zero Hours Contract Over 18-year olds 

We employ casual workers on an as-needed basis to accommodate fluctuating demands of the business to cover temporary or seasonal workloads, such as during busy periods or to replace absent permanent employees but also to fit in with the lifestyles of our workers as we have colleagues who like the freedom of choosing when they work.   

As a casual worker you do not have a fixed schedule or guaranteed hours.  This sort of contract means:  

  • Your contract with us is known as ‘zero hours’.  

  • You are free to either accept or turn down any work Boulders offers you– you only work when you want to, and in turn we aren’t obliged to offer you work.  

  • You sign the contract agreeing with our terms and conditions to qualify for work.   

  • Once you do accept any hours offered you are obliged to work them or find appropriate alternative cover from suitably qualified colleagues 

  • You have more flexibility in your schedules. 

  • You could only occasionally do work for Boulders and are free to work with other organisations, pursue academic studies, projects travel etc. We just ask you to keep in touch to let us know if you are going to be unavailable for work. 

  • You are under the supervision or control of a line manager when working. 

  • Boulders deducts tax and National Insurance contributions from your wages. 

  • You must use Boulders-owned and inspected Personal Protective Equipment (PPE).  

  • There will be no notice periods required by either party (other than the hours you are already committed to) to end the arrangement we share.  

  • We will regularly review your working hours. If you regularly work 16 hours or more per week over a continuous three-month period, a Zero Hours Contract may no longer be appropriate. 

  • If you want to take holiday, please book it as outlined in your contract. 

  • Some benefits are available for casual workers. 

Free climbing* for you during opening hours (plus full paying membership benefits e.g. Café / shop discount), to qualify you must have received a payslip and pay, for the month prior to access.  Access subject to performance. Can be removed at any time.   

Tea and coffee from staff room during working hours 

One free hot drink from the café per full shift (6 hours or more) 

Project Crew - Zero Hours Contract

16- to 18-year-olds 

We sometimes appoint 16- to 18-year-olds on a casual basis as above and if this is you, you will be able to work alongside a Front of House Assistant supporting them with their responsibilities for up to a maximum of 8 hours in any given week.  

Tea and coffee from staff room during working hours 

One free hot drink from the café per full shift (6 hours or more)

Freelance

If you are a self-employed worker with Boulders we do not pay you through PAYE,  

  • You submit invoices for the work you’ve done. 

  • You are responsible for agreeing your hourly rate with Boulders in advance and reviewing it at appropriate intervals. 

  • You’re responsible for paying your own National Insurance and tax. 

  • You don’t get holiday or sick pay when you’re not working. 

  • You work under a contract (sometimes known as a ‘contract for services’ or ‘consultancy agreement’) 

  • You don’t have the employment rights and responsibilities of employees. 

  • You do not have the same free access rights to the centre as a casual or permanent staff member.  

  • If you are a Climbing Instructor or Climbing Assistant you must use Boulders-owned and inspected Personal Protective Equipment (PPE). 

  • Appropriately qualified for the work they do. 

Tea and coffee from staff room during working hours 

One free hot drink from the café per full shift (6 hours or more) 

Free climbing* for you ONLY on the days you work, before or after the working shift, during opening hours 

*Free climbing subject to our “Staff, Volunteers and ‘Friends of Boulders’ Climbing Rights” terms and conditions see https://bouldersuk.com/terms-conditions