Leisure Centre General Manager

Job Description

Huntingdonshire District Council (HDC) is passionate about providing high quality services to our communities, residents and businesses. This means we need to employ and retain the most talented and dedicated people.Situated within the heart of the Cambridge-Peterborough Growth Area, Huntingdonshire is a beautiful district that boasts thriving market towns and many attractive villages, each with its own identity. We are an innovative and forward-thinking local authoritywhose residents are at the heart of our decision-making.One Leisure manages the leisure centres across the Huntingdonshire area on behalf of HDC and we are looking to appoint two motivated and commercially driven General Managers to oversee their facilities, each taking responsibility for a number of sites.One General Manager will oversee the sites at St Ives and Ramsey and the other will be responsible for Huntingdon, St Neots and One Leisure Direct.We are ideally looking for existing business or general managers with a considerable track record within leisure, sport or retail management in order to enable One Leisure to drive business performance across a robust suite of key performance indicators.These are newly created roles with the ambition of supporting the Business and Operations Manager deliver commercial growth, through revenue generation, identifying opportunities for sustainable business performance and reviewing and delivering capital investmentplans to move the business forward in order to deliver the business growth expected across our fantastic portfolio of facilities.The new managers will work closely with the Head of Leisure, Business and Operations Manager and Operations Managers at all sites, in order to coach and mentor their front-line delivery teams utilising their annual service plans and business action plansto develop their teams to deliver excellent business results.Candidates will need to be on site for most of the week in order to meet the needs of the service and be flexible with their hours to cover the opening hours of the leisure centre. Some weekend working may be required but will not be a regular occurrence.Closing date is 27 June 2022 (midday) and interviews will be held 5th July 2022 - 9am - 5pm, 7th July - 9am - 5pm (if needed based upon shortlisting)At HDC we want to employ staff who embody our icare values (Inspiring, Collaborative, Accountable, Respectful, Enterprising) all of which support our ultimate purpose of putting our customers first.Please note that the official closing date is as above and will be the correct date. Some third party websites may have different dates so please always refer to the HDC website for the official closing date to ensure you do not miss out on applying.For many of our roles (and where it is possible) we are currently working remotely and anticipate in the future returning to a hybrid office model on a flexible basis. This will still include work from home and flexi-time opportunities in order to providea good work-life balance whilst still ensuring that teams benefit from in person interaction. Candidates should therefore be within commutable distance of our offices in Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire or able to attend meetings as required if further afield.As an employer who values diversity of thought, we seek to employ candidates from a range of backgrounds in order to make our organisation more innovative. We are seeking candidates who are looking for their next career opportunity and are a supportive employer,enabling our staff to work in an environment that produces high standards of work in an employee-led environment.Equality, diversity and inclusion is at the heart of our recruitment and along with our values we are committed to creating an inclusive working environment, where diversity is valued and there is equality of opportunity. We therefore welcome applicationsfrom all sections of the community and we offer a range of benefits, including flexitime, to encourage a work-life balance.

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LeisureSportLeisure CentresLeisure Industry