Assistant Manager
GLL is looking for a Fitness & Sales Manager to work at The Abbey Meadow Outdoor Pool. If you have the skills and ambition to join us as a Manager, there's never been a more exciting time to join us. This is more than a job, it's a career.
This role offers you the opportunity to be a big part of a UK-wide organisation that supports and promotes leisure and sport to all ages and abilities - from children's swimming lessons to health intervention programmes and even sponsorship of future Olympic medal winners. Reporting to the General Manager, you’ll be responsible for delivering and developing a high-quality service and a successful business model.
You’ll work closely with the Assistant Manager Operations, Partnership Manager and our regional team of experts to assist in the running of a successful facility. In addition to a proven track record in managing a busy sales team and fitness centre, you’ll have the necessary operational qualifications such as the National Pool Lifeguard Qualification and Pool Plant Operator.
You'll have a demonstrable track record in providing a range of fitness services which challenge and excite members in a safe working environment.
You will also need experience of delivering a range of sales and marketing campaigns as well as excellent customer service that retains and attracts new members. It goes without saying that you’ll be a strong people manager and have the business acumen necessary to plan and improve the products and services for our community.
What you need:
* A can-do attitude
* A real focus on customer service.
* Passion and personality
* Knowledge of health and safety
* Be a great team player
* Ideally, you'll have your National Pool Lifeguard Qualification (NPLQ) with up to date NPLQ training records and if not the NPLQ training can be provided subject to passing a swim test.
What you’ll do:
* You will experience regular pool rotations
* Supervising and cleaning the pool area
* Setting up equipment
* Deliver first-class customer service
* Deal with customer queries
* When not poolside you will be a key support to your team on a daily basis from preparing Studios, Gyms or Sports Halls for various activities to the general cleaning and upkeep of the centre.
As a leader within the leisure industry we can also offer scope to progress your career, and job variety like nowhere else.
In return, you will get:
- A full time permanent position
- Industry leading rates of pay
- Discounted membership at our leisure centres
- Discounts across thousands of retailers (GLL Extras)
- A fantastic pension scheme
- 25% off Red Letter Days
- 25% off Buy A Gift
- 20% off GLL spa experience treatments and associated products.
- Ride to work scheme
- Free eye tests and discounted glasses
- The opportunity to join the GLL Society and have a say in how we are run plus associated social events
- Exclusive discounts on our villas in Portugal
- Exclusive discounts on our Ski chalets in Bulgaria
- Health assurance
- Career pathways, professional development are just the start. To ensure you stay at the top of your game, we provide training with practical and theory elements too.
About GLL:
As the UK’s largest leisure operator and charitable social enterprise, we offer a range of careers for everyone in our local communities. We manage over 400 facilities across England, Wales and Northern Ireland, including public sport and leisure centres, elite sporting venues, libraries and children’s centres.
Our people are from the communities we serve and help us make real changes in their local area.
To make sure we’re having a positive impact on our people, we also offer some flexible and part-time working options so you can make sure your new job works for you.
So whether your ambitions lie in sport and leisure, events & catering, health & beauty, corporate support or working with children, you’ll be able to find your ideal new job at GLL.
Passionate about seeing our communities thrive, we invest back into our facilities, projects and people and are Investors in People Silver Award employer.
We are an inclusive employer. We seek and welcome diversity in our teams.
All pay rates are subject to skills, experience, qualifications and location.