Assistant General Manager - Sheffield, South Yorkshire

We are Places Leisure, part of the Places for People Group; we are placemakers; our work impacts on the lives of people across the U.K. – providing homes to live in, communities to retire to, spaces to stay active, supported homes for independent living, and student accommodation. Our places work when they work for everyone.  

How do we do all this? By surrounding ourselves with active people, customer first people and  people. Our people live and breathe our SPIRIT values; we are the place for spirited people.

So, we want you to join us and the 12,000 other colleagues on our journey; colleagues who have helped us create places, maintain 209,000 homes, manage £4.5 billion of assets, deliver £87.9m in social value and teach 80,000 children to swim each week.

More about your role

You will support the General/Club Manager in the smooth running of the leisure facility. You will support with the hiring and training of staff and where necessary cover shifts and staff breaks. You will assist in reviewing targets with the General/Club Manager and help motivate all staff to achieve targets where required.

Overall your role will ensure that the leisure centre/gym is; welcoming to all customers, all staff put customers first and that customers can achieve their personal fitness and wellbeing aims when attending the leisure facility.

For more information please download our job profile available on our website.

More about you

You should possess a background within the leisure or hospitality industry and have some experience, managing or supervising small teams. You should also have knowledge/experience of back office running of a site, this could include: and be used to reviewing performance against KPIs, understand basic financial performance and Net Promoter Scores. Above all we are looking someone who has a passion for health and fitness and can demonstrate how they put customers first.

The benefits

Our ambition gives you all the challenge you could wish for and that's why we can offer you tangible and exciting career progression in a diverse and pioneering business.  

Here people can flourish, thrive, better themselves and work in fantastic communities with inspirational colleagues and customers.

We know that there's always more we can do to make you smile, that's why we offer a comprehensive benefits package to help colleagues save money or make their lives a little bit easier; from a pension, generous holiday pay, training, sick pay, and free or discounted gym membership – to a wealth of extra perks including interest-free loans for colleagues, discounts and offers on thousands of retailers, restaurants and leisure outlets and much more.

What's next?

If you meet the criteria and are ready to make the next step in your career then click apply. You will be redirected to our careers site where you can discover more about the role, read a full job description and apply directly to us.