General Manager in Dublin

Love Recruitment Limited; Dublin; On-site; EUR 44,000 - 52,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Personal Training to top up income

Job summary

Love Recruitment Limited is seeking a General Manager in Dublin to lead a gym club within a national fitness network. The role focuses on hands-on management, delivering high standards, and energizing the member experience.

You will manage staff, oversee brand execution, and drive commercial initiatives such as events and personal training to grow memberships. A background in fitness leadership and passion for industry advancement is essential.

Qualifications

• Experience leading fitness teams or clubs.
• Proven ability to drive member engagement and standards.
• Strong communication and motivational skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead and inspire an Assistant Manager and team of Personal Trainers.
• Oversee brand and club operations to deliver high standards and dynamics for members.
• Drive commercial opportunities through events, testing and partnerships.
• Support growth; develop local presence and drive new memberships.

Skills

People management

Leadership

Brand management

Commercial development

Education

Personal Trainer Level 3

Personal Trainer Level 2

Job description

General Manager in Dublin

€44k basic plus €8k bonuses structure

Benefits include ability to Personal Train to top up income.

Industry Leading Fitness Operator

We are recruiting for a this fitness job in Dublin for the UK's largest chain, who have gyms all over the UK and are now expanding their estate into Ireland. They provide great pathways 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, however level 2 is acceptable.
• 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.

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

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