Duty Manager in Tonbridge

Duty Manager

Location: Putlands Sports & Leisure Centre, TN12 6NZ

Salary: £13,500 to £14,500 plus excellent benefits

Schedule: Permanent, Part-time, 20 hours per week, 2-week rota across 7 days (3 days off per week) flexibility is required to work across 7 days. Shift times Monday to Friday: 7am to 2pm or 2pm to 9pm. Shift times Saturday & Sunday: 7.45am to 4pm or 7.45am to 2pm

Make a positive difference every day

At Serco, we're pleased to be recruiting on behalf of More Leisure Community Trust .

More Leisure Community Trust encourages active, healthy lifestyles across the local community. Providing affordable access to a wide range of sports and leisure facilities in a safe, clean, friendly and welcoming space, their goal is to support healthier and happier lives for everyone. Delivering these services relies on an enthusiastic, customer-focused team, and they're now looking for a Duty Manager to join their team and help make a positive difference every day.

As Duty Manager, you'll play a vital role in creating a safe, welcoming and high-performing environment for customers, colleagues and community groups. From overseeing daily operations and maintaining high standards of health and safety to supporting colleagues' development and driving continuous improvement, your work will have a direct impact on the experience of everyone who visits the centre. This is an opportunity to take pride in meaningful work that supports healthier communities and helps impact a better future.

What you'll do as a Duty Manager

• Support the Centre Manager and wider leadership team with the day-to-day operation of the leisure centre
• Take responsibility for shift management, ensuring a safe, efficient and welcoming environment for customers and colleagues
• Lead and support lifeguarding, housekeeping and facility presentation standards throughout the centre
• Manage incidents, accidents and emergencies, carrying out investigations and follow-up actions where required
• Support colleague training, induction and development to ensure high standards of service and compliance
• Help drive growth, innovation and continuous improvement through stock management, rota planning and operational excellence

Does this sound like you?

• Have experience in a supervisory or management role within a leisure, hospitality or customer-facing environment
• Demonstrate strong leadership skills with the ability to motivate, support and develop colleagues
• Have a commitment to health and safety, customer care and delivering high-quality services
• Be confident making decisions, managing priorities and responding effectively in emergency situations
• Good IT skills (CRM, Internal Platforms, Word, Excel)

What we offer

• Free gym membership for you and your immediate family
• Free safeguarding training and DBS checks
• Free swimming lessons and holiday clubs for one child (50% off for additional children)
• 21 days' holiday plus bank holidays
• 6% employer matched pension contribution
• Training and development opportunities
• Employee Assistance Programme, Wisdom wellbeing app, Personal Trainer discounts
• Discounts across around 1,000 retailers, from food and clothing to days out, entertainment, travel, and gym equipment
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Vetting and checks

This role requires a Basic DBS check , which will disclose any unspent convictions in line with the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. You will also complete an Occupational Health Questionnaire to help us identify and provide any support you may need to undertake the role effectively.

Ready to make a difference? Apply today.

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