Duty Manager

Places for People; Wellingborough; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 34,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Full Health & Fitness membership

Bonus scheme 2%

Flexible working

Additional annual leave

Learning and development

Company Pension

Healthcare cashback

Discounts on activities

Extra perks and offers

Job summary

Places for People Group is seeking a Duty Manager for Places Leisure to oversee a busy leisure centre. You will manage, recruit and train staff, while ensuring excellent customer service and leadership. A flexible approach to shifts, including evenings and weekends, is essential.

The role requires supervisory experience in a leisure facility and NPLQ qualification; first aid experience is a plus. You will play a key part in driving memberships and delivering reports to senior management.

Qualifications

• Essential: you hold a NPLQ qualification.
• Experience supervising/leading a leisure facility is desirable.
• You should demonstrate excellent customer service and leadership skills.

Responsibilities

• Manage, recruit and train staff to run the centre efficiently.
• Deal with customer concerns and drive up memberships.
• Prepare reports and attend meetings as part of daily operations.
• Represent Places Leisure and lead a team to ensure smooth day-to-day operations.
• Be flexible with shifts including evenings, weekends and public holidays.

Skills

NPLQ qualification

Supervisory/management experience

Excellent customer service

Leadership

First aid experience

Job description

We are Places for People Group, we're a social enterprise that believes it's people that make a community. That's why we build homes and deliver services for everyone in the community to thrive. At Places Leisure we are changing lives by creating active places and healthy people for communities to thrive, and we want to be the UK's leading health and wellbeing enabler.

We aren't your typical company. We apply the same philosophy to our People as we do to our communities, ensuring our team is appreciated and supported. At Places for People, you're more than just a number - you're part of our cause.

More about your role

This a varied and interesting role, as Duty Manager you will wear many hats! Such as managing, recruiting and training staff, dealing with customer's concerns, driving up memberships, preparing reports and attending meetings. You will represent the Places Leisure and you will need to be a motivated individual who will take on responsibility to lead a team and ensure the efficient day to day running of the centre.

You will need a flexible approach to work being open to working shifts including evenings, weekends and public holidays.

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

More about you

With this role you will be managing a large team, so previous experience in a supervisory/management capacity within a leisure facility would be desirable. As a Duty Manager you will become one of our registered first aiders and therefore first aid experience would set you apart from other candidates. We are looking for someone with excellent customer service and leadership skills.

It is essential that you hold a NPLQ qualification.

Benefits

We are a large, diverse and ambitious business, which will give you all the challenge you could wish for.

We know that there's always more we can do to make you smile, that's why we offer a comprehensive benefits package with each role, yours will include:

• Full Health & Fitness membership for you, a nominated adult and up to 4 juniors
• A bonus scheme for all colleagues at 2%
• Flexible working (including part time working, shift work and more)
• An opportunity to purchase additional annual leave
• Lots of opportunity to access ongoing personal learning and development
• Access to our Company Pension scheme
• Cashback plan for healthcare costs - up to £500 saving per year
• Discounts of up to 50% on activities, centre shop and cafes
• Extra perks including huge discounts and offers from shops, cinemas and much more.