Centre Manager - Seasonal Pool

Belgravia Group; Marong; On-site; AUD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Belgravia Health & Leisure Group Pty Ltd in Victoria seeks a Centre Manager to lead our seasonal pool and deliver exceptional customer experience. You will coach the team, manage operations, finances and programs, and partner with the local Council to meet community needs.

The role is a full‑time fixed-term contract from November to April, requiring strong leadership, risk management and a passion for leisure to drive high performance and a supportive, community‑minded culture.

Qualifications

• Experience managing or leading in a leisure or aquatic facility.
• Strong communication and negotiation skills.
• Knowledge of health and safety legislation.
• Experience planning operational, financial and people plans.

Responsibilities

• Ensure safety and wellbeing of visitors and staff through policies and procedures.
• Coach and develop leaders to achieve KPIs and development plans.
• Lead a high performance, community minded culture through hands-on leadership.
• Achieve budget targets and maintain relationships with local Council.
• Recruit and develop staff; map career progression and succession.
• Maintain facilities to contracted standards and support service delivery.

Skills

Centre management

Leadership

Communication

Health & Safety

CPR Certificate

First Aid Certificate

National Police Check

Working with Vulnerable People

Legal working rights in Australia

Pool Lifeguard Certificate

Pool Operations Certificate

Job description

15d ago , from Belgravia Health & Leisure Group Pty Ltd

• Great career pathway with an entrepreneurial organisation
• Opportunity to make a real difference in a supportive team

We are on the hunt for an outstanding people leader to coach, inspire and lead the team at our fantastic seasonal pool!

The Role

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a suitably qualified and experienced Centre Manager to lead the team to deliver exceptional customer experience on a full time fixed term basis.

Responsible for the management of this fantastic facility, the team at the Centre and our local community, you are fully accountable for the Centre’s operational, financial and program deliverables. You will develop and execute plans through engagement with the Centre’s leadership team, key stakeholders and the local Council.

With an experience in sales, financial and risk management, you will continue to drive the Centre’s overall success. This role is a 6 month contact, November - April.

Key Accountabilities

• Ensure the safety and well-being of visitors and employees through effective planning and oversight of polices, processes and procedures.
• Coach and develop leaders to deliver on KPIs through engagement, performance planning and individual development plans.
• Lead and drive a high performance community minded culture through highly visible and hands-on leadership and team engagement.
• Achievement of budgeted performance targets.
• Maintain a high value relationship with local Council
• Implement a high value customer service proposition that addresses the needs of the client base.
• Recruitment of energetic, diverse and passionate employees as required to compliment the team and the vision for the Centre.
• Identify staff and develop career progression paths that lead to transparent and effective succession decisions when required.
• Maintain facilities to approved standards in line with contract requirements.

About You

You will be a up and coming leader, who drives with vision and energy. You are passionate about leisure, wanting to join a growing organisation. You will be able to share insights into how you have successfully shaped high performance teams into business actions. You can easily articulate the link between employee engagement and exceptional business performance.

Essential Skills and Qualifications:

• Experience in managing or leading in a similar leisure or aquatic facility
• Highly developed communication skills with a flair for positive influencing and negotiating win-win outcomes
• Sound knowledge of health and safety legislation
• Experience in planning and execution of operational, financial and people plans to successful outcomes
• Current CPR Certificate
• Current First Aid Certificate (Level 2)
• National Police Check
• Working with Vulnerable People
• Legal working rights in Australia
• Current Pool Operations Certificateis not essential but highly regarded
• Pool Lifeguard Certificate (or ability to successfully complete the course)

We value diversity and encourage people from different backgrounds to apply, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people from culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) backgrounds, people of any age or gender, people identifying as lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and gender diverse, intersex and/or queer (LGBTIQA+) and people with disability.

We will provide innovative recruitment strategies to remove any barriers that may prevent potential suitable applicants. These includes:

• A dedicated contact person to receive expressions of interest in the job and complete a verbal job application during which the person answers questions over the telephone.
• Allowing a short video submission describing their application for the job
• Allowing a support person during an interview

We are committed to providing a child safe environment. Please refer to ourchild safety framework. Successful applicants will be required to obtain a national police check and a Working with Children check.

https://belgraviagroup.com.au/childsafe#statement