Assistant Duty Manager

Do you have experience working in a Sport, Leisure, or Fitness Facility in a supervisory role? Do you have excellent communication skills with the ability to build strong working relationships?
The University has recently invested £1.2M to expand 'The Edge' sports facility and provides state of the art fitness and class equipment, offering a range of classes and aquatics activities and 25 metre 8 lane swimming pool.
As an Assistant Duty Manager, you will be responsible for supervising a team of Recreation Assistants and ensuring that a high level of customer service is always maintained. You will work in a team ensuring that operational procedures and work practices are adhered to by keeping the facilities safe, clean and always maintained. Working with the Duty Manager, you will take responsibility for the day-to-day operation of the facility.

Working as part of a team, you will have excellent communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to motivate others. You will have the ability to work unsupervised and use your own initiative. You will have experience working in a Sport, Leisure or Fitness Facility in a supervisory capacity and will hold a current Royal Life Saving Society UK (RLSS) Lifeguard qualification or have the ability to pass within 3 months.

The role is full time, working on a shift basis which will include the requirement for you to work early morning starts (6:00am) and late evenings (11:00pm), weekends, University Closure days and Bank Holidays. You will be primarily based at one of our designated sports facilities, however, will be required to work at any of our sports facilities when required.