Duty Manager | Maidstone Leisure Centre

Salary: up to £21,500 depending on experience + Fantastic Benefits

Location: Maidstone Leisure Centre, ME15 7RN

Hours: 40 per week, flexibility to work evenings and at weekends is required.

Our committed staff are passionate about supporting our customers to achieve their fitness and lifestyle goals.

Would you like to join our fantastic team on this impressive Leisure Centre based in Maidstone?

Overview of the role

As the Duty Manager you will manage the facility on a day to day basis ensuring all activities are delivered to a high standard with safety as the first priority.  The role will involve a high level of customer interaction as well as the deployment and supervision of the department teams. 

You will take control and respond in the event of any emergency situation.   

Each Duty Manager will be aligned to a specific area of responsibility of which they will be accountable for.  Areas include:

• Health, Safety and Quality
• Commercial
• Operations

About you

As the successful candidate you must be able to evidence operational and people management, preferably gained within a Leisure environment.

As a Manager of people you will have extensive experience of managing and successfully leading and developing team across Maidstone leisure centre. 

You will possess well developed problem solving skills with the ability to think creatively to satisfactorily resolve problems in a systematic and logical manner.

Your naturally strong team working, written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills will stand you in good stead in this role as will your ability to be assertive and exercise authority when appropriate.

Essential qualifications

• First Aid at Work qualification including AED
• National Pool Lifeguard Qualification (NPLQ)

Benefits include

Free Gym membership

Staff meal discounts

Discounts and money off vouchers for a wide range of goods and services

On occasion we receive significantly more applicants than expected for some vacancies and under such circumstances we reserve the right to bring forward the closing date of the advertisement. We therefore strongly advise you to apply for the role promptly to avoid disappointment should the closing date be brought forward. The trust is committed to equal opportunities and requests any potential applicant to contact the Serco Recruitment Team on 0345 010 4000 as soon as possible if an applicant has any additional queries, requirements or will need additional time in submitting an application should the closing date of the advertisement be brought forward.