The Code Zone runs coding clubs for kids aged 6–16 across Essex, Cambridgeshire, Hertfordshire and West Suffolk . Think less "boring IT lesson", more "after-school gaming club where you accidentally learn to code." We're award-winning, we're growing, and we're on the hunt for an IRL Manager to lead our on-the-ground presence across the region.
We're hiring an IRL Children's Club Manager to take ownership of our in-person club network across Essex, Cambridgeshire, Hertfordshire and West Suffolk . This is a hands-on leadership role, you'll be mentoring in sessions yourself, but you'll also be the person making sure every club runs to standard, growing our footprint into new venues, and building relationships with the schools and community spaces that make that growth possible.
Your responsibilities will span:
- Mentoring - running hands-on coding and gaming sessions yourself, helping kids aged 6–16 build games using Scratch, Python and beyond
- Quality control - visiting clubs across the network to ensure sessions are delivered to The Code Zone standard, supporting and coaching mentors, and flagging/fixing issues before they become problems
- Training - onboarding and training new mentors as the team grows, and managing regular ongoing training across the team
- Performance monitoring - tracking how individual clubs are performing and putting a plan in place to turn around any that are underperforming
- Venue management - sourcing and organising bookings with community centres and other venues as we open new locations
- Community outreach - building relationships with local schools and community hotspots to raise our profile and drive new club growth
- Team support - acting as the go-to person for our Local Club Mentors day-to-day, including managing timesheets and other staff support matters
This role reports to Ops Lead, with regular check-ins on club performance, outreach progress and team matters.
Covering our club network across Essex, Hertfordshire, Cambridgeshire and West Suffolk (currently including Harlow, Loughton, Hertford, Bishops Stortford, Waltham Abbey, Cambridge, Ely, Bury St Edmunds and Saffron Walden), with new locations added as the network grows. You'll need your own vehicle and a full UK driving licence, as this role involves regular travel between multiple sites and transporting session kit, most cars will do the job fine, so long as there's enough boot space for a couple of equipment crates.
Full-time - 40 hours per week, term-time delivery pattern with additional hours for outreach, venue visits and admin outside of session times. During school holidays, we switch from coding clubs to gaming sessions.
Start date: Mid-August 2026.
£30,000 starting salary, rising to £35,000 at the end of a 3-month probation period, in line with the role stepping up to its full management scope.
Mileage is reimbursed from day one for all business travel between sites, at HMRC-approved rates (currently 45p/mile for the first 10,000 business miles in a tax year, 25p/mile thereafter).
- Strong experience working with children is essential; coding knowledge is a bonus, not a requirement
- Some experience leading, coaching or managing others (formally or informally)
- Comfortable being the face of The Code Zone with schools, venues and parents
- Based in or commutable across the Essex/Hertfordshire/Cambridgeshire/North London area, and prepared to travel further afield as we grow
- Reliable, organised, and naturally great with kids
- Willing to undergo a DBS check (arranged and paid for by us)
- Full UK driving licence and own vehicle
- Work as part of a small, friendly, close-knit team that genuinely cares about what it does — you won't be going it alone
- A genuine leadership role in a small, fast-growing, award-winning edtech business
- The Code Zone branded kit (yes, the hoodie is great)
- Real experience shaping how a growing club network runs, not just delivering it
- Full onboarding and ongoing training provided
- Opportunity to grow further as the IRL network expands
- Free upskilling across coding languages and teaching skills
- DBS check arranged and paid for by us
