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Turnhouse Golf Club
Job Details
- Place of work: Turnhouse Golf Club
- Position: Training Applicant/ PGA Trainee
- Region: Scottish
- Date added: 27/11/2024
- Closing Date: 27/12/2024
- Email your CV
Turnhouse Golf Club
Training Applicant/ PGA Trainee
A fantastic opportunity has arisen for a new Trainee/Registered PGA Assistant to join our team at Turnhouse Golf Club Professional Shop. We are looking for a friendly, confident, and knowledgeable individual who is happy working as part of a team. Our aim is to provide a professional and personal service to our club members and visitors.
About the role:
This is a permanent, full-time position based on-site at our private members Golf Club located to the West side of Edinburgh. Turnhouse is home to excellent facilities with a full length 14 bay driving range, putting greens and short game area. Additionally, we have an indoor custom fitting suite with the latest Trackman 4 technology.
This role will include a variety of responsibilities including, day to day running of our Professional Shop, tee booking system, club competitions, sales & merchandising. Our ideal candidate will have the opportunity to provide members and visitors with coaching; as well as custom fitting sessions at our indoor and outdoor facilities (using Trackman 4 technology). The successful candidate will play a key role in developing our Junior Section within the Golf Club.
What we are looking for:
Our ideal candidate should be well presented, approachable, friendly and confident working in a customer focussed environment, with strong communication skills and can demonstrate good product knowledge. You will have a strong customer service ethos of being honest with high integrity. Golf is our passion, so having a natural appetite for the game of golf and being customer centric to provide the best level of service to our members and guests is essential.
Why Join Us?
This is a great opportunity to develop your customer service skills and progress in your PGA golfing career. You will gain invaluable experience working across various aspects of pro shop operations including stock management, custom fitting and equipment technology.
This role offers an excellent platform to develop your coaching skills. We use state of the art Trackman technology in our indoor studio for all custom fitting and coaching, as well being able to coach on a full outdoor practice facility.
Lastly you will have support and mentorship from our Head Professional, as well as uniform provided. We may also support through PGA/events if required.
A competitive salary will be paid to the successful candidate with extra earning potential
through commissions and coaching.
How to apply:
If you require further information or wish to apply, please email your CV and covering letter to PGA Head Professional Peter Mitchell at pjmgolf@outlook.com
Application Closing Date: Midnight 27th December 2024
Interviews: w/c 6th January 2025
Anticipated Start Date: Mid-February 2025
Peter Mitchell
Head PGA Professional
Turnhouse Golf Club
T: 0131 339 7701
E: pjmgolf@outlook.com
Please note that any successful candidate will need to have the right to work in the UK. If we offer you a job and you accept, we will need to complete satisfactory references.
We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their age, disability, race, religion/belief, gender, sexual orientation or gender identity.
