Cluster Manager

Love Recruitment Ltd; Greater London; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent fitness recruitment agency is seeking a passionate Fitness Manager in South London. This hands-on role involves leading and inspiring a team while managing operations to ensure exceptional member experiences. Candidates should have a background in fitness management, strong leadership skills, and a passion for the fitness industry. This opportunity offers pathways for career development and the chance to make a significant impact within a leading fitness chain.

Qualifications

• A background in management within the fitness industry.
• Experience as a Multi-site General Manager, Club Manager, or Fitness Manager.
• Strong personality and the ability to inspire a team.

Responsibilities

• Manage and lead a team of Personal Trainers.
• Ensure operational excellence in club management.
• Drive commercial opportunities for new memberships.

Skills

People Management

Brand Management

Commercial Awareness

Energy and Personality

Education

Personal Trainer qualified to level 3

Level 2 qualification acceptable

Job description

We are recruiting for a this fitness job in South London for the nation's largest chain, who have gyms all over the UK. They provide great pathways to develop your fitness career, firstly through giving opportunities and then with a great learning and development program. There is genuinely a huge amount of fitness industry leading talent to work for and alongside. This is truly a great health and fitness opportunity.

This is a very hands‑on management role within the fitness industry and encompasses many areas that can be covered in more detail when you connect with one of our fitness recruitment team. However, the key responsibilities are:

• People Management – Manage, inspire and lead an Assistant Manager and a team of Personal Trainers.
• Brand & Operations Management – the fitness brand is brilliant and alongside your fitness team, it is your job to make sure your club not only attains the required standards and processes but comes ALIVE for its members.
• Product – Yep, you know that big room you are managing, you must believe in it, want to be in it, want to be talking to the people in it. This fitness job requires people with great knowledge of the industry and genuine passion for fitness.
• Commercial – you will need to help the club raise its profile locally with fitness testing and events both corporate and community, ultimately bringing in new memberships. You will also help and lead your fitness team drive other commercial opportunities for your club, such as personal training and secondary spend.

What are we looking for? For you to be successful for this role and what we are looking for are clear. Firstly, you will read the above key requirements and be excited. Secondly a successful candidate for these jobs in fitness typically has:

• A background in management within the fitness industry. We are typically looking for someone who has been a Multi site General Manager in fitness, Club Manager, Fitness Manager, Deputy/Assistant Manager or Sales Manager within the fitness industry.
• If you are from outside the industry this role is still possible but you must completely excel in the areas above and have transferrable examples. You will also ideally be Personal Trainer qualified to level 3, however level 2 is acceptable.
• You will have energy, personality and ambition for this fitness job. Skillset is vital but this company also recruit the person sat in front of them, meaning personality and character go a long way.

This fitness job can develop significantly and there are considerable examples of this happening consistently over time and all over the country. The next step from this role would be progression to a larger regional manager position for more experience or a cluster manager position.

Your recruiter for this role is Cam Bridger, Account Director at Love Recruitment and can be contacted simply by applying for this role below. Love Recruitment are a fitness recruitment agency, specialising in hundreds of fitness jobs like these. Cam is a health and fitness recruitment specialist for the whole fitness sector and if keen to considered please ‘apply now’.

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Only applicants meeting the strict criteria outlined above will be contacted as part of the shortlisting process.

Videos

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