Rat Race Customer Experience Assistant Full Time £27,000
Location: Thirsk and Easingwold / Hybrid
Since 2004, Rat Race Adventure Sports has been creating extraordinary, life-changing outdoor adventure events for everyday people. We are a pioneering adventure brand with a long-standing reputation for delivering world-class live outdoor sports events and expeditions, built on meticulous planning, expert leadership and an uncompromising commitment to safety. In recent years, Rat Race has expanded fully onto the global stage, delivering bold, audacious concepts across the UK and internationally.
We’re looking for a proactive and enthusiastic Customer Experience Assistant with an interest in the outdoors to join our expanding team and work closely with the Customer Experience team to deliver excellent customer service across all our channels.
This role offers the flexibility of remote working; however candidates will need to be within commutable distance of our Thirsk/Easingwold office as this role requires some office contact time and this is enhanced during live event delivery weeks.
Key objectives include:
- Reply to incoming enquiries on a daily basis and liaise with team members to administrate requests promptly.
- Assist the team with all aspects of the customer journey to ensure a fantastic experience for our #ratracers.
- Head up accommodation, travel and vehicle bookings for crew on our UK mass participation events.
- Support the volunteer coordinator with volunteer/temporary staff recruitment process online and surrounding admin and outgoing communications where required.
- Support the Customer Experience Manager with pre-event customer comms where required.
- This role requires event attendance at multiple events throughout the UK particularly to support and help run Registration.
In 2027, you will be required to attend:
- Ultra Tour of Arran
- The Wall Ultra
- Scotland Coast to Coast
- Rat Race 100: Bamburgh to Edinburgh
- Rat Race 100: Edinburgh to Glamis
- Rat Race 100: Glamis to Stirling
- Sea to Summit Ben Nevis
- Sea to Summit Snowdon
- Sea to Summit Scafell Pike
- Ultra Tour of Edinburgh
Event information can be found on here.
About you
- A people person who thrives on interacting with customers and helping create a great experience.
- Excellent grasp of spoken and written English.
- Strong written and communication skills.
- Organised, proactive and keen to learn.
- Proficiency with basic IT packages such as Microsoft word and excel. Ability to work with spreadsheets is essential.
- A keen interest in the outdoors and the ability to work outside in dynamic environments.
- Driving License essential and non-negotiable.
- Previous customer facing role experience preferred.
- Excellent administration skills essential and the ability to juggle multiple concurrent projects necessary.
- You must be willing and able to attend Rat Race’s Thirsk/Easingwold HQ 2 days per week.
- You must be able to attend most of our key UK mass participation events.
Benefits of working at Rat Race
- Remote and flexible working available
- 4-day working week (October – March)
- Unlimited holiday allowance
- Significant international travel opportunities
- 2-week Christmas closure
- Staff benefits including healthcare and income protection
- Enhanced maternity and paternity pay
- Friends and family discounts
To apply please email your CV and cover letter to events@ratrace.com FAO Brydie Greenwood. Successful applicants will be contacted for interview in October.
Applications are open until the 20th October. Anticipated start date November 2026
