At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead a team to deliver exceptional service and create active, healthy communities.
- Company: Places for People Group, a social enterprise focused on community wellbeing.
- Benefits: Flexible working, health membership, bonus scheme, and discounts on activities.
- Other info: Join a dynamic team with opportunities for personal growth and development.
- Why this job: Make a real impact in your community while developing your leadership skills.
- Qualifications: Strong leadership skills and a background in leisure or hospitality preferred.
The predicted salary is between 40000 - 50000 £ per year.
We are Places for People Group, a social enterprise that builds homes and delivers services for communities to thrive. At Places Leisure we are changing lives by creating active places and healthy people for communities to thrive, and we want to be the UK's leading health and wellbeing enabler.
More About Your Role
Reporting to the Area Manager you will take responsibility for ensuring your team delivers exceptional service, well presented and clean facilities at all times. You will identify strategic initiatives that provide real commercial value and make a positive impact to the bottom line. You will also ensure that key metrics are achieved and that our key stakeholder is engaged and happy at all times. You will be responsible for ensuring that your local community engages in a range of sports and activities by ensuring your centre offers facilities that meet their needs, in a welcoming and inclusive environment.
More About You
You will be a strong leader with a commercial brain, and you must be able to evidence at interview where you have taken decisions that have improved the bottom line. You will be a skilled manager/coach and be able to motivate and develop your direct reports and wider team. Our business is fast moving and ever changing and you will possess the capability to lead a team through change whilst delivering amazing customer service. Ideally you will possess a background in leisure, alternatively we would welcome applications from candidates from a hospitality background. However more importantly to us is your ability to lead a fast moving business and maximise commercial value whilst delighting our customers.
Benefits
- A bonus scheme for all colleagues at 2%
- Full Health & Fitness membership for you, a nominated adult and up to 4 juniors
- Flexible working (including part time working, shift work and more)
- An opportunity to purchase additional annual leave
- Lots of opportunity to access ongoing personal learning and development
- Access to our Company Pension scheme
- Cashback plan for healthcare costs – up to £500 saving per year
- Discounts of up to 50% on activities, centre shop and cafes
- Extra perks including huge discounts and offers from shops, cinemas and much more.
Equality & Diversity
We follow robust safeguarding policies and procedures and we are proud to support the Armed Forces Covenant: we guarantee an interview for any candidate who is serving or has formerly served in the Armed Forces, as a reservist, armed forces veteran, cadet instructor and military spouse/partner who meets the essential criteria for the vacancy. We are proud to be a member of the Disability Confident scheme certified as Level 2 Disability Confident Employer. Disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for a vacancy will be guaranteed an interview. Neurodiverse applicants who meet the criteria for a vacancy will be guaranteed an interview.
