General Manager - Warley Park Golf Club

Get Golfing Cio; Brentwood; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension Plans

Free Golf

50% discount on food and beverage

Bonus Scheme

Private Medical

Job summary

Get Golfing CIO seeks a General Manager for Warley Park Golf Club to lead day-to-day operations, own the P&L and drive growth across courses, clubhouse, and events. You will develop the golf, course, and food & beverage teams to maximise participation and charitable impact.

We require strong leadership, commercial insight and a positive culture champion who can manage a busy 27-hole operation including evenings and weekends.

Qualifications

• Proven leadership experience within golf, hospitality, leisure, or a comparable customer-focused environment.
• Strong commercial acumen with a track record of growing revenue and optimising operations.
• Excellent people leadership experience, building cohesive teams and positive culture.
• Outstanding communication and interpersonal skills to inspire staff and customers.
• Confidence in decision-making and managing a varied workload.
• Willingness to work evenings and weekends as required by a busy golf/events operation.

Responsibilities

• Drive revenue growth across courses, green fees, memberships, societies, events and hospitality.
• Grow weddings, meetings and events through the clubhouse and function spaces.
• Deliver budgeting, forecasting and financial control for sustainable performance.
• Oversee daily operations across both courses, practice facilities, pro shop and clubhouse.
• Collaborate with the Course Manager to maintain high standards year-round.
• Ensure health, safety and compliance obligations are met.
• Lead and develop a high-performing team and foster proactive hospitality culture.
• Build strong relationships with members, visitors and event clients.
• Ensure excellent service for all visitors across golf, dining and events.

Skills

Leadership

Commercial acumen

People leadership

Communication

Flexibility

Job description

About Get Golfing

Get Golfing CIO is an ambitious charity dedicated to making golf accessible to everyone.

We own and operate 13 golf facilities across England, welcoming over 12,000 members and 160,000 visitors annually, and accommodating 600,000 rounds of golf per year. As a £25m revenue organisation with 600 passionate team members, every penny of profit is reinvested into improving our venues, developing our people, and supporting community-focused charitable initiatives.

We are seeking an exceptional General Manager; someone commercially astute, operationally sharp, and an outstanding people leader, to take Warley Park Golf Club into its next phase of growth.

The Role

Warley Park Golf Club is an established golf destination set across 160 acres at Little Warley, near Brentwood. Its 27-hole operation comprises the 18-hole Warley course and 9-hole Childerditch course, with mature parkland, lakes and views across the Thames Estuary. The venue also offers practice facilities, a pro shop and a versatile clubhouse with a restaurant, terrace and function rooms for weddings, celebrations, meetings and golf events.

As General Manager, you will lead Warley Park’s day-to-day operations and take full ownership of the P&L. Reporting to Get Golfing’s Executive Team, you will develop the golf, course, clubhouse, food and beverage, and events teams to grow participation and revenue, deliver an exceptional experience for members and visitors, and maximise charitable impact.

This is an exciting opportunity to work with a great sense of cause and purpose.

Requirements

Key Responsibilities

Commercial Leadership

• Drive revenue growth across the 18-hole and 9-hole courses, green fees, memberships, societies, golf days, retail and hospitality, making full use of Warley Park’s accessible location and broad customer offer.
• Grow weddings, celebrations, meetings and special events by maximising the clubhouse’s flexible function rooms, restaurant, terrace and course views.
• Deliver accurate budgeting, forecasting, and financial control to ensure strong, sustainable performance.

Operational Excellence

• Oversee daily operations across both courses, the practice facilities, pro shop, clubhouse, restaurant, terrace and function spaces, ensuring consistently high standards.
• Work closely with the Course Manager to present both courses to a consistently high standard, protect the natural parkland setting and deliver an excellent year-round playing experience.
• Ensure all health, safety, and compliance obligations are met without compromise.

People & Culture

• Lead and develop a high-performing team who deliver warm, professional service.
• Create a positive, respectful working environment where staff feel supported, valued, and aligned to Get Golfing’s culture of proactive hospitality: “The answer is yes, now what is the question?”

Customer & Community Engagement

• Build strong relationships with members, visitors, societies, golf-day organisers, local partners and event clients, strengthening the club’s role as an inclusive community venue.
• Ensure every visitor receives excellent service, whether playing either course, practising, dining in the clubhouse or attending a golf day, wedding, celebration or business event.

Candidate Profile

• Proven leadership experience within golf, hospitality, leisure, or a comparable customer-focused environment.
• Strong commercial acumen, with a track record of growing revenue and optimising operations.
• Excellent people leadership experience, with the ability to build cohesive teams and maintain a positive workplace culture.
• Outstanding communication and interpersonal skills, able to inspire staff and build long-lasting customer relationships.
• Confidence in making decisions independently and managing a varied workload.
• Flexibility to support the demands of a busy 27-hole golf, hospitality and events operation, including evenings and weekends.

Benefits

• Pension Plans
• Free Golf
• 50% discount on food and beverage
• Bonus Scheme
• Private Medical