General Manager In Fleetwood - Brand New Opening

Love Recruitment; Rishton; On-site; GBP 33,000 - 41,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Personal training opportunities

Job summary

Love Recruitment is seeking a General Manager for a brand new opening in Fleetwood. The role offers a £33,192 basic plus an £8k bonus structure and benefits including opportunities to Personal Train to top up income.

You will lead a fitness club team and drive brand, operations and member experience in a hands-on management position. The successful candidate will have a background in fitness industry management, experience as a GM/Club Manager or similar, and ideally a Level 3 Personal Trainer

Qualifications

• Background in management within the fitness industry.
• Experience as General Manager, Club Manager, Fitness Manager, Deputy/Assistant Manager or Sales Manager.
• Personal Trainer qualification to level 3 is ideal.

Responsibilities

• Manage, inspire and lead a team including an Assistant Manager and Personal Trainers.
• Oversee brand and operations to ensure standards and lively member experience.
• Drive commercial activities, events and PT revenue for the club.

Skills

Fitness management

Leadership

Team leadership

Education

Personal Trainer level 3

Job description

General Manager in Fleetwood - Brand New Opening!

£33192k basic plus £8k bonuses structure + Benefits include ability to Personal Train to top up income.

We are recruiting for a this fitness job in Fleetwood for the nation's largest chain, who have gyms all over the UK and they are looking for a Fitness Club Manager role for their club in Fleetwood. They provide great routes 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 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.

• 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 general manager position for more experience or a cluster manager position.

We are here to support recruitment in the fitness industry and have produced videos on CV writing, interview preparation, guides to fitness jobs and many more that can be seen on our blogs or on our YouTube channel, click on a couple of examples below to check them out.

Videos

CV Writing - https://youtu.be/9CWgVTOjIb0

Interview Preparation - https://youtu.be/A4ROFccAkZc

Find many more at - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTNe7cM-amgJSXJfCY6jS8Q/videos

Blogs

Interview Prep - https://www.loverecruitmentgroup.com/blog/posts/21131-the-definitive-guide-to-an-interview-in-the-fitness-industry-for-your-dream-health-and-fitness-job

Why Work in Fitness - https://www.loverecruitmentgroup.com/blog/posts/19855-why-work-in-fitness-the-definitive-guide

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