Fitness Manager

Vale Resort; Hensol; On-site; GBP 27,000 - 31,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company pension

Discounted or free food

On-site parking

Job summary

The Vale Resort is seeking a Fitness Manager to lead the day-to-day operation of the leisure and fitness facility, ensuring high standards across gym, fitness, leisure and guest service while supporting the management team in achieving financial targets. The role requires experience in leisure or hospitality, staff supervision, customer service excellence, and a strong focus on safety and operations.

This is a full-time position at The Vale Resort in Wales, with occasional evenings and weekends

Qualifications

• Experience supervising or managing a fitness team.
• Excellent customer service and communication skills.
• Strong health and safety knowledge.
• Ability to motivate, coach and develop staff.

Responsibilities

• Support the day-to-day operation of the leisure and fitness facility, ensuring cleanliness, safety and efficiency.
• Assist with opening/closing and staffing levels.
• Monitor gym and leisure areas to ensure standards and safety.
• Lead and develop the leisure and fitness team to deliver high standards of service.
• Deliver a great member experience and support achievement of KPIs.

Skills

Leadership

Customer service

Communication

Health & safety

Staff supervision

Education

Relevant leisure or fitness qualification

Job description

An opportunity has arisen for a Fitness Manager to join our team at The Vale Resort.

Rate of Pay: £28,906.61 a year

Hours of Work: Full Time

Due to exceptional demand within our Leisure Club, we are looking to increase our team at the Vale Resort and are currently recruiting for a Fitness Manager.

The Vale Resort is an award winning, four-star Hotel, Comprising of 143 bedrooms with five food outlets, two championship golf courses, and Wales' largest spa, health and racquets club. We also offer state of the art sporting facilities and host top-flight international and club teams. Recent expansion of our Resort includes Hensol Castle, transformed into a luxury and unique wedding and events venue, proving extremely popular. Recent renovation of the Grade I listed Castle has now opened 23 luxury bedrooms along with award winning Distillery, gin school and visitor attraction tucked away in the cellar.

About the Role

As a Fitness & Reception Manager at Vale Resort, We are seeking a motivated, customer-focused and commercially minded Fitness Manager to support the day-to-day management and successful operation of a busy leisure and fitness facility. The role will be responsible for maintaining high standards across the gym, fitness, leisure and customer service areas, while supporting the wider management team in delivering an excellent member experience, achieving financial targets and ensuring a safe, professional and welcoming environment for all customers and staff.

Main Duties

• Support the day-to-day operation of the leisure and fitness facility, ensuring all areas are clean, safe, well maintained and operating efficiently.
• Assist with the opening and closing of the facility and ensure appropriate staffing levels are maintained.
• Monitor the gym, fitness and leisure areas to ensure company standards, procedures and health and safety requirements are consistently met.
• Deal confidently with operational issues, customer concerns and staff queries, escalating matters where appropriate.
• Assist with emergency procedures, incident reporting and risk assessments and ensure all relevant legal, health and safety and industry requirements are adhered to.
• Lead, motivate and support the leisure and fitness team to deliver consistently high standards of service.
• Monitor staff performance and provide regular coaching, feedback and support. Encourage a positive, professional and inclusive team culture.
• Organise staff rotas and ensure appropriate staffing levels across all operational area
• Deliver and promote an exceptional customer experience across the facility.
• Build strong relationships with members and encourage customer retention and engagement.
• Support the delivery of fitness programmes, gym inductions, classes, fitness assessments and member consultations where appropriately qualified.
• Monitor customer feedback, identify opportunities to improve the member journey and deal with complaints professionally and work towards positive resolutions.
• Support the management team in achieving membership, personal training, fitness and ancillary revenue targets.
• Monitor sales performance and contribute to achieving departmental KPIs.
• Promote memberships, fitness products, classes, personal training and other services
• Support promotional campaigns, member events and marketing initiatives.
• Complete relevant operational and management reports accurately and on time.
• Work closely with other departments and management to ensure the smooth running of the wider facility.
• Assist with audits, inspections and internal quality checks.
• Work closely with other departments and management to ensure the smooth running of the wider facility.

About You

The ideal candidate will have previous experience within the leisure, fitness, health club or hospitality industry, with proven experience supervising or managing a fitness team. We are looking for someone with excellent customer service and communication skills, a strong understanding of health and safety, and the ability to motivate, coach and develop staff. Strong organisational skills, a customer focused approach and the flexibility to work evenings, weekends, public holidays are also essential. A relevant leisure of fitness qualification is required.

• Company pension
• Discounted or free food
• On-site parking