Duty Manager

Salford Council; Salford; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A local government authority in Salford is seeking a Full Time Duty Manager to assist in developing an effective sport and leisure service. The role includes coordinating resources, ensuring safety and efficiency, and providing leadership to the team. Candidates should possess strong communication skills and a drive for excellence. Successful applicants will require a DBS check and a National Pool Lifeguard Qualification will be essential for those without prior qualification.

Qualifications

• Strong leadership, organisation, and innovation skills.
• Good communication skills.
• Motivation to succeed demonstrating SCL behaviours.

Responsibilities

• Assist the Sport and Leisure Manager and Assistant Manager.
• Co-ordinate and deploy resources for facility management.
• Ensure safety and efficiency in daily operations.

Skills

Leadership

Organisation

Communication

Motivation

Innovation

Job description

We have an exciting position available for a Full Time Duty Manager whose role is to assist the Sport and Leisure Manager (SLM) and Assistant Sport & Leisure Manager (ASLM) in developing and maintaining an efficient and effective sport and leisure service by identifying and meeting customer needs and profitability. Assuming responsibility for co‑ordinating and deploying resources both human and material at facility level to supervise, develop and direct designated employees ensuring that the facilities are run efficiently, safely and securely on a day‑to‑day basis, with particular regard to the health and safety of staff and customers.
We pride ourselves on recruiting the right people with the right values into the right roles. We are looking for professional, respectful, knowledgeable, passionate and solution driven people to join our team as we strive to deliver excellence to our customers.

• Exceptional qualities including strong leadership, organisation and innovation skills
• Good communication skills
• Drive and motivation to succeed and consistently demonstrate SCL behaviours
• Course content is a mixture of skills and theoretical knowledge in both classroom and pool side setting
• Salford Community Leisure is committed to building a great place to work with over 500 employees servicing more than 3 million customer visits across 60 venues each year
• The role will be based at Worsley leisure Centre, one of the busiest facilities in the city with over 200,000 attendances a year and a growing membership base of more than 3,800 members
• Please be aware that this post is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check and that the cost of the DBS check (currently £49.50) will be deducted from your first two months salary payments at a rate of £24.75 per month
• Jump/dive into deep water.
  • Swim 50 metres in less than 60 seconds
  • Swim 100 metres continuously on front and back
  • In deep water tread water for 30 seconds
  • Surface dive to the floor of the pool
  • Climb out unaided without ladders/steps where pool design permits
  Successful candidates who do not hold a National Pool Lifeguard Qualification (NPLQ) must be available to attend an NPLQ course and assessment on the following 6 consecutive dates