Leisure Centre - Deputy Manager

Lift Sir Herbert Leon, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, MK2 3HQ

21 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  ASAP

• Closing date

  22 October 2025 at 3:40pm

• Date listed

  1 October 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Catering, cleaning and site management
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £26824 - £31022 per annum

Leisure Centre - Deputy Manager job summary

Salary: NJC 8 - 17 £26,824 - £31,022 + well-being cash plan + pension scheme + additional Lift Schools benefits Hours: Full Time, 37 hours per week Contract: Permanent Start date: ASAP ideally An exciting full time Leisure Centre Duty Manager on a permanent basis in a friendly gym About Leon Leisure Centre Leon Leisure Centre is onsite Lift Sir Herbert Leon, a secondary school that was named 'Secondary School of the Year' at the Milton Keynes Education Awards 2025. We have top-tier fitness activities and sports facilities, including a 25m swimming pool, multi-purpose sports hall, 3G Astro-turf, and grass pitches. Everything you need to stay active, fit, and healthy! About the Role As a Duty Manager, you will play a key role in the day-to-day operations of our leisure centre, ensuring a safe, welcoming, and high-quality experience for all users. You will lead and support leisure centre staff to deliver exceptional customer service. You will ensure compliance with all Health & Safety legislation and leisure industry standards and promote and support a diverse programme of sports and leisure activities. You will act as a keyholder, providing building security and emergency call-out support and handle customer enquiries and feedback professionally and proactively. What We're Looking For A confident, reliable leader ideally with experience in a leisure or customer service environment. A team player who is flexible, resilient, and solutions-focused.Someone with a passion for community engagement and a commitment to health and wellbeing. Ideally you will be a National Pool Lifeguard Qualification holder with strong knowledge of poolside safety and operations. (Those with relevant experience in leisure, but currently not qualified may be considered if willing to qualify for the qualification) We offer you: Comprehensive training: Access a wide range of developmental training to boost your career. Generous benefits: From your pension plan to healthcare and financial support, we've got you covered. Lifestyle perks: Enjoy discounted gym memberships, travel deals, and even electric vehicle incentives. Ready to apply? Get in touch here. We can't wait to hear from you. We reserve the right to close this vacancy early should we receive an overwhelming response. All candidates are advised to refer to the job description and person specification before making an application. Lift Schools are committed to ensuring the highest levels of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our pupils, and we expect all our people and volunteers to share this commitment. We adopt a fair and consistent recruitment process which is inline with Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance. This includes online checks for shortlisted candidates. All offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS check, references, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check. Lift Schools embraces diversity and promotes equality of opportunity. Job share, part-time and flexible working opportunities will be considered. We are a Disability Confident Employer and there is a guaranteed interview scheme for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

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Commitment to safeguarding

Lift Schools are committed to ensuring the highest levels of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our pupils, and we expect all our people and volunteers to share this commitment. We adopt a fair and consistent recruitment process which is inline with Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance. This includes online checks for shortlisted candidates. All offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS check, references, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check.

Applying for the job

This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About Lift Sir Herbert Leon

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 16
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 647 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Lift Sir Herbert Leon website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/sir-herbert-leon-academy

Lift Sir Herbert Leon is an 11 - 16 mixed comprehensive in Bletchley, Milton Keynes. The school offers excellent learning facilities, especially in Sport and the Arts. It features a library, a theatre/cinema, and advanced IT teaching technology. Additionally, the school is equipped with a swimming pool and a fully furnished fitness suite.

Who is Lift Schools?

Lift Schools is made up of 57 primary, secondary and special schools, educating more than 33,000 pupils across the country. We believe education can transform lives – and we want every child in our schools to achieve their full potential.

Our mission:

We will provide an excellent education to every child, in every classroom, every day.
With excellent leadership and teaching in every school, we will help children go on to lead successful and happy lives.
We will work with others beyond our network to benefit more children and communities.
Every adult in a school has the power to transform lives, and that’s why talented people are essential to us. Our ambition to give every pupil the best start in life relies on our dedicated teachers, teaching assistants, senior leaders, and admin teams. We attract dynamic individuals and provide the space to reimagine what’s possible.

That’s why your career is as important to us as it is to you. We want you to develop, we want you to grow, and we want you to feel valued.

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