Contract Fitness Manager

Location:
Eclipse Leisure Centre
Salary:
£34,000
Employment Type:
Permanent
Hours per Week:
40
Grade:
5
Closing Date:
4 June 2025

Reporting Group:

Leisure - Operations

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We are Places for People Group, we're a social enterprise that believes it's people that make a community. That's why we build homes and deliver services for everyone in the community 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.

We aren't your typical company. We apply the same philosophy to our People as we do to our communities, ensuring our team is appreciated and supported. At Places for People, you're more than just a number - you're part of our cause.

More about your role

As a Contract Fitness Manager, you will oversee the fitness teams across the Eclipse and Sunbury sites within the Spelthorne contract which has a combined club live of 6000+ members. Your responsibilities will include managing all aspects of onboarding, personal training, fitness and group exercise programming, and ensuring that all targets are consistently met. You will lead the fitness team to achieve their objectives while maintaining the smooth and efficient operation of fitness services. You will work closely with the site management team and area fitness support team, whilst reporting directly to the Contract Manager, providing regular updates on key performance indicators (KPIs) and financial budgetary information. A key part of your role will be overseeing the success of the 200+ station gym within the prestigious, state-of-the-art, £50 million Passivhaus building, a flag ship site for the business, ensuring the highest standards of service and excellence in this high-profile setting.

For more information please download our job profile available on our website

More about you

You will have developed a career within the fitness industry (or military physical training) and be looking to continue in a managerial role. You will be as comfortable delivering fitness training as you are planning long term strategies to promote and develop a busy fitness function. An NVQ level 3 in fitness (or equivalent) is essential.

Benefits

We are a large, diverse and ambitious business, which will give you all the challenge you could wish for.

We know that there's always more we can do to make you smile, that's why we offer a comprehensive benefits package with each role, yours will include:

We align with the Real Living Wage foundation
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.

What's next?

If you meet the criteria and are ready to make the next step in your career then apply following our simple 5 minute application process, upload a CV and a supporting statement which demonstrates how you meet the requirements of the role.

Please note that we may bring the closing date forward, if we receive a large number of quality applications. If you are interested in this role we would advise applying immediately to avoid disappointment.

If you are using a mobile device such as an iPad then ensure your CV is stored in the cloud, we currently support Google Drive, OneDrive and Dropbox.

At Places for People, safeguarding is everyone's responsibility. We are committed to creating safe communities for our customers and colleagues by protecting children, young people, and adults at risk from harm, abuse, and neglect.

We follow robust safeguarding policies and procedures, ensuring all employees, volunteers, and contractors uphold the highest standards of safeguarding and accountability. Our recruitment process includes pre-employment checks, including Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks where applicable, to promote a safe and secure working environment.

By joining Places for People, you are expected to contribute to our safeguarding culture, following our policies and reporting concerns to protect those in our communities.

Armed Forces - We are proud to support the Armed Forces Covenant. Places for People will guarantee an interview for any candidate who is serving or has formerly served in the Armed Forces, as a reservist, armed forces veteran (including the wounded, injured and sick), cadet instructor and military spouse/partner and who meets the essential criteria for the vacancy.

Disability Confident - We are proud to be a member of the Disability Confident scheme certified as Level 2 Disability Confident Employer. This helps us to successfully employ and retain people with disabilities and health conditions. Disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for a vacancy will be guaranteed an interview. The Equality Act 2010 (Disability Discrimination Act 1995 for NI) defines a disabled person as someone who has a physical or mental impairment that has sa substantial and long-term negative effect on their ability to do daily activities.

Neurodivergent – Neurodiverse individuals have highly valuable skills, and we recognise that a traditional interview process sometimes works against them and doesn’t allow them to self-advocate. Neurodiverse applicants who meet the criteria for a vacancy will be guaranteed an interview.