Our people and the centre teams are the bedrock of what Explore is built upon and we entrust you with a huge level of responsibility and ownership, in turn this means that every day is completely different and varied depending on the requirements of your centre and where performance may need driving at that particular moment. Whilst this makes it really tricky to give you a typical ‘day in the life’ it does make for a very exciting and never dull working environment!
Every single day you’ll be involved in working with our members and local schools whilst also getting stuck into the nuts and bolts of the business and commercial elements of centre life. You’ll be involved in sales, customer service, recruitment and management and we hope that you’ll take a real sense of pride and satisfaction from being able to see first-hand the impact that you can have on every element of centre life.
The Assistant Director working pattern
Our centres are designed to give the greatest flexibility possible for our members and we’re open as much as possible to make sure that families are able to juggle everything else that they have going on with as much ease as possible. That means that we’re open 7 days a week throughout the entire year including school holidays.
When you start with us you’ll work on one of the two rota options below. As a team it’s up to you to take the initiative to work out which rota best suits your needs, sometimes you’ll work in a team where you swap the rota regularly to give each Assistant Director equal time on each option, other times it may suit your team to remain stable if both of you prefer. Normally some flexibility is needed, particularly when booking holidays and when you’re looking to progress to become a Centre Director, it is beneficial then to have spent some time on both rotas in order to understand the operations that take place on all of the different days.
ROTA 1
Monday | |
XX:XX |
Tuesday | |
11:00 – 20:15 |
Wednesday | |
11:00 – 20:15 |
Thursday | |
11:00 – 20:15 |
Friday | |
11:00 – 20:15 |
Saturday | |
09:00 – 18:15 |
Sunday | |
XX:XX |
Our term time opening hours for members are usually Monday to Friday 3-8pm, Saturday 10-6pm and Sunday 10-4pm or 11-5pm. During school holidays our rota will vary in order to accommodate extended opening hours for our members. Centres run a mixture of 11am-8pm days (open to members at 12pm) and 9am-6pm days (open to members at 10am), depending on their members needs and additional content courses. Hours on different days will vary between centres.
ROTA 2
Monday | |
11:00 – 20:15 |
Tuesday | |
11:00 – 20:15 |
Wednesday | |
11:00 – 20:15 |
Thursday | |
11:00 – 20:15 |
Friday | |
XX:XX |
Saturday | |
XX:XX |
Sunday | |
09:00 – 16:15 |
Our term time opening hours for members are usually Monday to Friday 3-8pm, Saturday 10-6pm and Sunday 10-4pm or 11-5pm. During school holidays our rota will vary in order to accommodate extended opening hours for our members. Centres run a mixture of 11am-8pm days (open to members at 12pm) and 9am-6pm days (open to members at 10am), depending on their members needs and additional content courses. Hours on different days will vary between centres.
Our Marketing Events
Our marketing events often happen at weekends when parents and children are free, and during school holidays so there will be times when you work on what would normally be your day off, we appreciate people who go the extra mile. With the position giving such an incredible amount of responsibility there will also be times when you come in early and go home later, again, we appreciate that you go above and beyond and will always try to make sure that you get your time back in lieu, and also make sure that it’s recognised in your appraisals and pay reviews.
Kickstart a career at a centre near you
Our Locations
We have over 140 centres nationwide and recruit continuously for all locations.
Priority Assistant Director Vacancies
We would love to receive your application to be an Assistant Director, but due to the Covid-19 Pandemic, we have had to pause our recruitment while our centres are closed. If you apply to work as an Assistant Director in any of our centres during this time, we will keep your application on file, and be in touch when we are able to resume interviews.