Gym Manager - London Croydon

PureGym Ltd.; Croydon; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 46,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

33 days leave

Free gym membership for family

Bonus scheme

Enhanced maternity & paternity leave

Employee assistance programme

Life assurance

Pension scheme

Legal services discount

First aid qualification

Group exercise training

Management development training

Job summary

PureGym Group is seeking an experienced Gym Manager to drive the performance of a busy club, overseeing financials and people development, while leading a team of Personal Trainers and fitness staff.

Reporting to a Cluster Manager, you will recruit staff, improve member experience, manage budgets, and collaborate with other gym managers to raise standards across the cluster. This is a supportive, progression-oriented environment at PureGym.

Qualifications

• Previous management experience and a passion for fitness and wellbeing.
• Ability to manage budgets, financial reporting and inventory.
• L2 qualification in gym instructing and experience teaching group exercise.

Responsibilities

• Drive the performance of your gym by investing time in the detail, setting action plans for improvement and ensuring a safe & legal environment.
• Foster a positive and motivating work environment.
• Establish a highly engaged team of Personal Trainers and Fitness Coaches and an Assistant Gym Manager; develop their skills and careers.

Skills

People management

Budgeting

Team leadership

Group exercise

Education

L2 gym instructing

Job description

Employee Benefits:

• Contracted salary, (40 hours per week)
• 33 days of annual leave allowance (Including bank holidays). With an additional Personal day.
• Free gym membership for a friend or family member.
• Bonus Scheme
• Enhanced Maternity & paternity leave
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Life assurance
• Pension Scheme
• Discounted legal services
• Funded first aid qualification.
• Group exercise training.
• Industry leading management development training courses.

The Role:

A varied role, with responsibility for everything from financials to people development, you will focus on the following:

• Drive the performance of your gym by investing time in the detail, setting action plans for improvement and always ensuring a safe & legal environment.
• Foster a positive and motivating work environment.
• Establish a highly engaged team of Personal Trainer/Fitness Coaches and an Assistant Gym Manager; understand what motivates each of them, coach and develop your team to enhance their skills and career growth.
• Recruit Personal Trainer/ Fitness coaches and proactively find new ways to bring in new talent.
• Deliver an excellent member experience in your club through a constant focus on service and standards.
• Group Exercise: manage and improve GEX offering within the gym.

Reporting into a Cluster Manager, you will be part of a talented team of Gym Managers and fitness professionals focused on creating an exceptional member experience and first-class standards. You will play a key part in creating a great place to work – and workout – for both your team and gym members. You will manage a team within your own club but will be expected to build close working relationships with other Gym Managers within your cluster, working together to strengthen performance across the area.

If this sounds like your perfect next role, here’s what we’re looking for:

• Previous management experience and a passion for fitness and wellbeing.
• Someone who embodies our mantra of ‘Feel PureGym good’ in all that they do.
• A passion for supporting people reach their full potential.
• You’ll be comfortable with managing budgets, financial reporting and inventory.
• A desire to do the right thing. Driving results is important – and how you do this - with resilience, confidence, and integrity is equally vital to success in this role.
• A L2 qualification in gym instructing, and experience teaching group exercise.

Here is a little about us:

The PureGym Group is a global gym business with a community of more than 700 gyms and over 2 million members. At PureGym, everything we do comes back to one simple idea: helping you feel good.

We're proud of our people and have a strong focus on internal progression. Championing diversity, we are committed to providing an excellent employee experience and workplace culture. As such, we are a Disability Confident Committed employer, and offer interviews to candidates who meet the essential criteria for a role, and opt-in to the scheme on their application form.

Our gyms are friendly, supportive, and judgement‑free spaces where everybody can come in, work out and leave Feeling PureGym Good. We are proud to be certified by Top Employers Institute.

If this sounds like you next career choice,