Training Manager – “Outdoor Adventure”

Location:                Manchester or Chester
Salary:                    Up to £40,000 + 25% annual bonus

Role 

I am working with an exciting Outdoor Adventure brand who are currently looking for an experienced Training Manager to design, deliver and continuously improve high-quality training across adventure and hospitality operations.

 Supporting both front-line and adventure activity teams through structured onboarding, practical coaching, compliance monitoring and continuous improvement initiatives.

It is a hands-on, multi-site role with responsibility for building capability, improving standards and supporting operational consistency.

Key responsibilities

• Design and deliver engaging training programmes for operational teams.
• Lead onboarding and induction training for new starters.
• Develop consistent training standards across all sites.
• Identify learning needs with managers and key stakeholders.
• Deliver practical coaching, refreshers and skills development sessions.
• Create and maintain training materials, guides and procedures.
• Monitor employee progress, competency and training completion.
• Support adventure activity training, guest experience delivery and operational safety.
• Work with senior leaders, HR, managers and trainers to maintain consistency.
• Carry out training audits, compliance checks and operational reviews.
• Maintain accurate records, documentation and reporting.
• Support updates to risk-awareness processes, procedures and digital training tools.
• Travel between sites as required.

Skills and experience

• Proven experience in training, coaching, learning and development, or team development.
• Background in hospitality, leisure, tourism, events or adventure operations is highly desirable.
• Strong facilitation skills, with confidence delivering both classroom and practical training.
• Experience designing onboarding, refresher and competency-based training programmes.
• Ability to identify skills gaps and turn operational needs into structured training solutions.
• Excellent organisational skills and attention to detail.
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced, multi-site environment.
• Confident using data, audits and feedback to improve training quality and operational performance.
• Experience maintaining training records, compliance logs and learning documentation.
• Hands-on, adaptable approach with a strong focus on safety, quality and guest experience.

For more details email your cv to david@corecruitment.com or call David Allen on 02077902666