Park Management - Designate General Manager - PA1

Parkdean Resorts; Southerness; Hybrid; GBP 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading holiday park organization is looking for a Designate General Manager to oversee operations and drive performance across its parks in the UK. The role involves financial management, team development, and ensuring compliance with safety regulations. Ideal candidates are passionate about creating a positive workplace culture and have strong commercial skills. You'll need flexibility to relocate to different parks as necessary. Join the team to contribute to unforgettable guest experiences and hone your management skills.

Benefits

Employee Assistance Programme

50% discount on holidays

30% team member discount on food and leisure activities

Discounts on local brands and services

Qualifications

• Experience in managing teams and projects in a hospitality setting is preferred.
• Ability to comply with health, safety, and GDPR regulations.
• Flexibility to relocate as needed to different parks.

Responsibilities

• Oversee financial aspects including budgets and profit margins.
• Lead recruitment, onboarding, and training of team members.
• Ensure compliance with legal and safety standards.
• Drive business performance and financial success.
• Develop park winterisation plans and capital expenditure projects.

Skills

Passionate about fostering a positive culture

Strong influencing and negotiation skills

Tech-savvy

Highly organized

Job description

Southerness Holiday Park, Southerness, Southerness, Dumfries and Galloway, United Kingdom

Job Description

Posted Tuesday 23 December 2025 at 01:00

Get ready for an exciting journey into the heart of holiday park life! You'll dive into every aspect of running a holiday park, learning the ropes and building the skills to become the next General Manager. This is your chance to shine and pave the way toward managing your very own holiday park someday.

At a strategic level, you'll team up with Regional Directors and General Managers to hit EBITDA targets while championing their mission to craft unforgettable guest experiences.

As a Designate General Manager, you’ll play a vital role in keeping our holiday parks running smoothly across the nation. This means being flexible and ready to relocate to different parks as needed, ensuring you're always where the action is and making a big impact wherever you go!

So, why Parkdean Resorts?

Well, besides the one-of-a-kind team culture, stunning locations across the UK, and the chance to work with the UK's largest holiday park organisation, we can offer:

• The chance to develop your skills and boost your career across our 66 parks – as one of the best in the biz when it comes to development, we’ve got your back when it comes to training!
• You’re never on your own with our Employee Assistance Programme! It comes with a 24/7 confidential helpline for counselling and support - because your wellbeing is our top priority.
• A 50% discount for you and a 25% discount for friends and family when booking your holiday with us.
• A team member discount of 30%, available on everything from fabulous food to delicious drinks and even our fun leisure activities.
• Score awesome discounts! From tasty meal kits like Hello Fresh to your favourite local gyms, we’ve got deals on lots of brands just for you.

We want to be a force for good and caring for our parks, people, and planet is a natural component of the way we do business. We celebrate our people, communities and natural environment, enabling us to enhance the amazing memories we create for many years to come.

What you will be doing...

• Champion our company values to create a positive, high-performing culture and engaged teams. Ensure full compliance with legal, health, safety, and GDPR regulations.
• Oversee all financial aspects of the park, including budgets, sales, profit margins, and expenses, to meet annual financial targets.
• Hold weekly Head of Department meetings, weekly 1:1 meetings, and monthly Health & Safety meetings to ensure your teams are working collaboratively within your business strategy and within compliance standards.
• Collaborate with each Head of Department to craft and execute a tailored business plan for their area. This plan will include clear performance targets, control measures, and reporting systems, all designed to drive success and deliver outstanding results.
• Partner closely with the central People Team to recruit, onboard, and welcome new talent. You'll also lead the charge in training and developing team members at all levels, helping them grow and thrive.
• Lead Park winterisation plans, capital projects, and proactively identify any weaknesses or security risks within company systems.
• Working closely with HODs, you will develop and deliver park winterisation plans and capital expenditure projects.
  

Some of the skills we’re looking for:

• Passionate about fostering a positive, engaged, and growth-focused workplace culture.
• Skilled at influencing, negotiating, and building strong relationships.
  Strong commercial mindset focused on driving business performance and financial success.
• Tech-savvy with the ability to adapt to and master new systems quickly.
• Highly organised, with the ability to juggle multiple priorities and deliver results in fast-paced environments.

Whatever you do, please don’t filter yourself out! We are often flexible when considering an applicant’s skills and experience for a role. So, don’t be put off if you don’t tick all the boxes.

Are we the right fit for you?

At Parkdean Resorts we don’t leave unforgettable moments to chance.

We pitch in, we have fun, and we grow, challenging and inspiring each other to make great things happen every, single, day. We’re people people, Parkdean people, and we do everything we can to ensure our guests and owners create amazing memories.

Parkdean Resorts is committed to Safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults. Background checks including DBS (or equivalent) will be carried out if appropriate.

We want to do all we can to create an environment and recruitment process where people feel safe and comfortable to talk about disability. For any reasonable adjustment requests, please contact Holly at [e-mail]

Southerness Holiday Park, Southerness, Southerness, Dumfries and Galloway, United Kingdom