Leisure Centre Duty Manager
Raise Education Trust, Southampton, SO30 4EJ13 days remaining to apply
Closing date
11 July 2025 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
27 June 2025
Job details
Job role
- Other support roles
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £24,405.00 Annually (Actual) Grade C Step 1 – £24,405 plus 14% shift allowance equals an actual salary £27,821
Leisure Centre Duty Manager job summary
Leisure Centre Duty Manager - 37 hours per week, 52 weeks per year, worked on a rotating shift pattern. Grade C Step 1 – £24,405 plus 14% shift allowance equals an actual salary £27,821. 24 days annual holiday plus Bank Holidays. Shift hours of work are completed over five or six days, within a 4 week rota, including evenings and weekends.
Raise Education Trust is looking for a Duty Manager to cover Wildern Leisure Centre and Deer Park Sports Centre. You will have a drive for success, a passion for excellent service and a desire to work in a stimulating organisation. You will possess excellent communication skills and have the skill, drive and determination to support the development of the Leisure Centre. We are looking for a Duty Manager who is keen to take responsibility, has a keen eye for detail and the enthusiasm and stamina to deliver results.
Wildern Leisure Centre is a co-located centre at the heart of the community of Hedge End, West End and Botley and surrounding areas. The Centre is a busy hub of activity with the potential to grow further. We have recently fully refurbished the Fitness Suite which is supported further by a 25m Swimming Pool, Learner Pool, Sports Hall, Gymnasium, Multi-Use Hall/Studio, Astro-turf, 3g, Tennis Courts and Grass Football pitches. These facilities are supported by separate wet and dry side changing areas.
Deer Park Sports Centre is a dry-side site which supports the Uplands development and is located in Botley just 2 miles from Wildern Leisure Centre. With a fantastic array of new facilities such as; Full size FIFA approved floodlit 3g pitch, three floodlit tennis & netball courts, four court sports hall, exercise studio and grass pitches. This has allowed us to attract and hosts some wonderful local adult and junior clubs that help to create a lovely ambience in a beautiful setting.
Essential Qualities:
- NPLQ.
- Good understanding of the leisure industry.
- Leisure Supervision/Management experience.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Extensive knowledge of the leisure industry.
- Flexibility and commitment.
Desirable Qualities:
- Fitness Instructor Level 2
- Pool Plant Operation
- Swim Teaching L1/2
- A recognised qualification in Leisure Management or NVQ Level 3
Benefits of working for our trust include:
- Enrolment in one of the UK’s largest public sector pension schemes.
- A tax efficient Cycle-to-Work scheme through salary sacrifice.
- A tax efficient IT Leasing scheme through salary sacrifice.
- Friendly and sociable colleagues.
- Staff membership rates to our modern on-site Leisure Centre.
- Good transport links.
- Free on-site car park.
If you currently work in a school, please ensure one of your references is from your current Headteacher.
Please submit your application as soon as possible as we may invite candidates to interview before the closing date. Closing Date: Midday Friday 11th July 2025.
Disclaimer: due to the high volume of applications we receive, we reserve the right to close a vacancy earlier than the advertised date if we receive applications that meet the criteria. Once a vacancy has closed, we are unable to consider further applications, so please submit your application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.
RAISE Education Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We will ensure that all our recruitment and selection practices reflect this commitment. All successful candidates will be subject to Disclosure and Barring Service checks along with other relevant employment checks.
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.
Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.
Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children
You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.
Applying for the job
This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.
CVs are not accepted.
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