Leisure Centre Manager

Lift Rawlett Leisure Centre is a thriving community facility based within Lift Rawlett School in Tamworth. The centre provides high-quality indoor and outdoor spaces for sports clubs, fitness groups, community organisations and local events, playing a key role in supporting health, wellbeing and community engagement.

Leisure Centre Manager

Lift Rawlett

Comberford Road Tamworth, Staffordshire, B79 9AA United Kingdom

Salary: Grade 7 SCP 12-17 £28,598 - £31,022 + Wellbeing Cash Plan + Pension Scheme LGPS + Additional Benefits

Hours: 30-37 hours per week, 52 weeks

Contract type: Permanent

Start Date:

About the Leisure Centre

Lift Rawlett Leisure Centre is a thriving community facility based within Lift Rawlett School in Tamworth. The centre provides high-quality indoor and outdoor spaces for sports clubs, fitness groups, community organisations and local events, playing a key role in supporting health, wellbeing and community engagement.

As part of Lift Schools, a national multi-academy trust of 59 schools, the leisure centre benefits from strong operational support, excellent professional development opportunities and a commitment to high standards.

We are now seeking an ambitious, commercially minded Leisure Centre Manager to lead the centre's operations, grow its community impact, and strengthen its relationship with the school.

Your new role

As Leisure Centre Manager, you will take full responsibility for the day-to-day running and strategic development of the centre. You will ensure a high-quality customer experience, drive income generation and lead a small team to deliver safe, efficient and welcoming services.

A key focus of the role will be building strong, positive relationships with the school and wider community, ensuring the leisure centre operates in harmony with the school's priorities.

Key responsibilities include:

* Leading the daily operations of the leisure centre, ensuring facilities are safe, clean and fully operational * Developing and delivering a strategic plan to grow usage, income and community engagement * Managing budgets, financial performance and pricing strategies to ensure profitability * Creating and implementing marketing initiatives to increase bookings and participation * Building strong relationships with school stakeholders, community groups and customers * Recruiting, managing and developing a team of leisure centre staff * Managing bookings, rotas and the effective use of facilities * Ensuring compliance with health & safety, safeguarding and operational policies * Acting as the main point of contact for the centre, including handling customer feedback and resolving issues

This role requires flexibility, including evenings and weekends, to meet the centre's operational needs.

What you'll need to succeed

We are looking for a confident, proactive and commercially aware individual who can balance business performance with the needs of an educational environment.

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