Leisure Centre Operations Lead – Health & Safety Focus

Freedom Leisure; Caterham Valley; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 62,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company pension

Cycle-to-work

Staff membership

Employee Assistance Programme

Financial advice

Incremental annual leave entitlement

My Staff Shop discounts

Training & development

Insurance schemes

Job summary

Freedom Leisure is recruiting an Operations Manager for de Stafford Sports Centre. You will join the Senior Management Team and lead health & safety, facility management, cleaning and quality control across the entire centre, while also directing poolside operations and staff.

You will join a shift-based duty manager schedule including weekends and evenings. You should be at Assistant Manager level or above in a medium to large operation, capable of multi-priority leadership and staff

Qualifications

• Experience at Assistant Manager level or higher within a medium to large operation.
• Strong people management skills.
• Experience in problem solving, organizational, customer service and staff management.
• Ability to identify staff training and development requirements and opportunities.
• Awareness of industry developments, trends and research.
• Commercial awareness contributing to a viable operation.
• Passion for the leisure and cultural services industry with ongoing professional development.
• Good computer skills (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook).
• Team oriented and able to work across organisation boundaries.

Responsibilities

• Lead on health & safety, facility management, cleaning and quality management for the whole centre.
• Lead on poolside operation and manage the pool staff team.
• Participate in Centre Management team and assist in overall centre direction.
• Work a rota including weekends and evenings and undertake Duty Manager shifts as required.

Skills

People management

Problem solving

Organizational skills

Customer service

Staff management

Training & development

Industry developments

Commercial awareness

Passion for leisure

MS Office

Teamwork

Time management

Communication skills

Autonomy & decision making

Pool Plant Cert

NPLQ

Level 2 Fitness

Tools

MS Office

Job description

Freedom Leisure is recruiting an Operations Manager for de Stafford Sports Centre. You will join the Senior Management Team and lead health & safety, facility management, cleaning and quality control across the entire centre, while also directing poolside operations and staff.

You will join a shift-based duty manager schedule including weekends and evenings. You should be at Assistant Manager level or above in a medium to large operation, capable of multi-priority leadership and staff