Club Manager

Meadows Padel Ltd; Preston; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 35,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus potential

Perks worth £1,500 a year

Job summary

Meadows Padel Ltd in Preston is recruiting a Club Leader to open and run the site, managing the team and building a thriving community across padel, café and studio.

You’ll own the site P&L, drive occupancy and revenue, recruit and train staff, set the weekly rota, and work with marketing to raise the club’s profile locally. Evening and weekend availability is required.

Qualifications

• Proven track record in managing hospitality or sports venues.
• Experience in leading and developing a small team.
• Strong budget management and revenue growth experience.
• Familiarity with safety regulations and safeguarding.
• Experience launching a new venue and running events.
• Experience using booking platforms, especially Playtomic.

Responsibilities

• Launch the club from fit-out to opening day, including recruitment, training, systems, suppliers and events.
• Set up booking, membership and POS across padel, café and studio.
• Build opening calendar of socials, intro sessions and launch offers.
• Own site P&L and deliver revenue against budget while controlling costs.
• Drive court occupancy using booking data and smart scheduling.
• Grow memberships, class bookings and café/retail spend.
• Win corporate bookings, private events and school/community partnerships.
• Report performance to the directors and act on numbers.
• Run leagues, tournaments, socials and junior sessions.
• Program coaching and Pilates with coaches and instructors.
• Know regulars and make visits welcoming.
• Work with marketing/content to raise profile locally.
• Recruit, train and develop Assistant Manager, coaches and front-of-house
• Build and manage weekly rota across opening hours
• Lead from the front, covering front-of-house, bookings, cafe duties
• Act as Designated Safeguarding Lead and keep training up to date
• Keep health and safety, food hygiene and risk assessments current
• Oversee cleaning, maintenance and court care, manage site suppliers

Skills

Venue management

Budgeting

Community building

People leadership

Roster management

Health & safety

Evenings & weekends

Communication

P&L ownership

F&B management

New venue launch

Event management

Booking platforms

Sales experience

Passion for sport

First aid

Tools

Playtomic

Job description

Location

Contract

Full-time

Hours

40 hours a week, including some evenings and weekends

Pay

£30,000–£35,000 plus bonus potential and perks worth £1,500 a year

Reports to

Directors

About Meadows Padel

Meadows Padel is a new North West brand bringing padel, a brunch café and a Pilates studio together under one roof. Our first site has six courts and a mezzanine social space, and we plan to open more sites across the region.

We want to be more than somewhere to book a court. We’re building a place people come to play, eat, train and meet friends, and we need a leader who will shape that from opening day.

What you’ll do

You own the site’s results, its people and its community. Here’s what that looks like day to day.

Launch the club

Help get the site from fit-out to opening day: recruitment, training, systems, suppliers and launch events

Set up booking, membership and point-of-sale systems across padel, café and studio

Build the opening calendar of socials, intro sessions and launch offers

Grow the business

Own the site P&L and deliver revenue against budget while controlling costs

Drive court occupancy, our main revenue line, using booking data and smart scheduling

Grow memberships, class bookings and café and retail spend

Win corporate bookings, private events and school and community partnerships

Report performance to the directors and act on what the numbers show

Build the community

Run a full programme of leagues, tournaments, socials and junior sessions

Programme coaching and Pilates classes with our coaches and instructors

Know your regulars by name and make every visit feel welcoming

Work with our marketing and content team to raise the club’s profile locally

Lead the team

Recruit, train and develop the Assistant Manager, coaches and front-of-house team

Build and manage the weekly rota to match demand across opening hours

Lead from the front: every role here shares front of house, bookings and café duties, including yours

Act as Designated Safeguarding Lead and keep training up to date

Keep health and safety, food hygiene and risk assessments current

Oversee cleaning, maintenance and court care, and manage site suppliers

What you’ll bring

• 2+ years managing a hospitality, leisure or sports venue
• Commercial sense: working to budget, controlling costs and growing revenue lines
• A track record of building loyal, repeat customers or a community
• Strong people leadership: recruiting, training and motivating a small team
• Experience building rotas and managing staffing costs
• Sound knowledge of health and safety and willingness to act as Designated Safeguarding Lead
• Availability for some evenings and weekends
• Excellent communication with customers, staff, coaches and partners
• P&L ownership or financial reporting experience
• Food and beverage or café management, with a Level 2 Food Hygiene certificate or above
• Experience launching or opening a new venue
• Running events, leagues, tournaments or community sport programmes
• Familiarity with booking platforms such as Playtomic
• Retail or membership sales experience
• A passion for padel, racket sports or fitness
• First aid certificate (or willingness to get one)

What’s in it for you

• Most padel clubs offer discounted play and food. We go further: once you pass probation, padel, classes and food are on us, a package worth £1,500 a year on top of your salary and bonus.
• Annual coaching and development budget for courses, qualifications or coaching
• Free padel, free Pilates and studio classes, and free food on shift
• Apparel allowance for club kit
• Food card for you to use in the café off shift

Working pattern

This is a hands‑on, on‑site role. Padel is busiest on evenings and weekends, so you’ll need some weekend availability.

40 hours a week across the site’s opening hours

Some evening and weekend shifts each month, planned through the rota you manage

You set the rota, so you balance cover fairly across yourself and the team