Sports Centre Duty Manager - 10 - 25 hours per week

The Deanes, Benfleet, Essex, SS7 2TD

9 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  ASAP

• Closing date

  4 October 2026 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  24 September 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Other support role
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Casual
• Full time equivalent salary: Age appropriate Minimum Wage + Holiday Pay

Sports Centre Duty Manager - 10 - 25 hours per week job summary

Our adjoining Sports Centre requires a Duty Manager to ensure the smooth running of the facility during it's opening hours, delivering a high quality and safe experience for all who visit the Centre.
This role involves acting as first point of contact for all sports facility visitors, and as such you must be ready to communicate with a diverse range of clients, including members of the public, children and young people and other user groups. You will be responsible for dealing with enquiries and bookings and assisting with other administrative tasks as directed. The Duty Manager supports the Sports Centre Manager to ensure the safety of the public and service users and there will also be some physical aspects to the role including the setting up and taking down of equipment.

Please refer to the attached job description for full details of the role's responsibilities.

The successful applicant will be enthusiastic with proven customer service skills and an interest in the sport and leisure industry is essential. This position involves shift working between the core hours of Monday - Friday 3 pm - 10 pm and all day Saturday and Sunday (8am - 6pm).

For further information, or an informal chat, please contact Sam Wood via email on dscmanager@outlook.com or on 01268 741162

The Deanes is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects its entire staff to share this commitment. All postholders working in our schools will be considered to work in Regulated Activity and will be required to have an Enhanced Disclosure from the Disclosure & BarringService (DBS). In line with Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance all shortlisted candidates may be subject to online searches that may include social media. For further information please contact HR@seeat.org

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.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

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 will not be accepted for this application.

About The Deanes

• Organisation type: Academy, ages 11 to 16
• Education phase: Secondary school
• Size: 588 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: The Deanes website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/the-deanes

The Deanes is part of the Challenger Multi-Academy Trust, which is in an exciting period of growth with schools in Bedfordshire and Essex. The Deanes is a small secondary school where each and every one of our students can feel happy, respected and known as an individual within our safe and accepting community. We aim to create a positive and respectful environment for all members of The Deanes, with consistently high expectations and standards. Our curriculum caters for individual strengths and needs, enabling every student to make outstanding progress and provide them with extensive opportunities for personal development.

The well-being of our staff is a high priority. All staff at The Deanes have access to high quality training to further develop their teaching practice. Staff can take advantage of free gym membership and we are fortunate to have an onsite children’s nursery which may be able to accommodate your childcare needs.

The Deanes is well situated in South East Essex, with good links to public transport. We are situated within ten minutes of Benfleet and Rayleigh Rail Stations, where a 45 minute train journey will take you into London. There is also ample car parking onsite.

The Deanes is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Successful candidates will be subject to DBS clearance.

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