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Uchelgais Canolfan Mileniwm Cymru yw creu ysbrydoliaeth i Gymru, creu argraff ar y byd – dymunwn i’n holl brofiadau fod o safon ryngwladol ragorol. Mae darpariaeth bwyd a diod yn rhan annatod o’r profiad i ni. Mae’n gyfle i ni arddangos ein gwaith arloesol a defnyddio'r cynnyrch gorau sydd gan Gymru i’w chynnig. Boed yn baned o dê neu goffi, yn bryd cyn y sioe neu ddiod amser egwyl – hoffwn i bob un profiad fod o’r radd flaenaf.

Ydych chi’n angerddol yngl?n â chreu profiadau bwyd a diod anhygoel mewn awyrgylch creadigol a diwylliannol?

Ydych chi’n arweinydd sy’n ysgogi balchder, brwdfrydedd a rhagoriaeth yn eich tîm?

Ydych chi’n unigolyn byddai’n llwyddo gan wybod eich bod chi a’r tîm yn gwneud cyfraniad hanfodol tuag at greu profiadau ysbrydoledig sy’n newid bywydau ac ehangu gorwelion yng nghanolfan gelfyddydau cenedlaethol Cymru?

Rydyn ni’n chwilio am unigolyn deinamig i arwain ein tîm talentog bwyd a diod. Byddwch yn ymdrechu i wneud yr elw mwyaf posib wrth gyrraedd safonau rhagorol sy’n adlewyrchu gwaith creadigol ac ysbrydoledig y Ganolfan ar bob adeg.

Bydd cyfrifoldeb arnoch chi i ddatblygu cynlluniau cynaliadwy i sicrhau twf yn ein busnes bwyd a diod, recriwtio a chadw talent ag arbenigedd profiad cwsmer a chydweithio ar draws y Ganolfan i feithrin gwelliant ac arloesedd ar draws ein hunedau bwyd a diod.

Os mai dyma'r swydd i chi – hoffwn ni glywed gennych.

Ymgeisiwch wrth ddanfon eich CV a llythyr cais yn disgrifio’ch sgiliau gan amlygu eich addasrwydd ar gyfer y swydd.

Croesawn geisiadau yn Gymraeg neu’n Saesneg. Ni fydd cais yn Gymraeg yn cael ei drin yn llai ffafriol na chais yn Saesneg.

Wales Millennium Centre seeks to inspire our nation, impress the world – we wish all our delivery to be world leading.

For us, food and beverage is an integral part of the experience, it’s an opportunity to showcase our innovative work and to use the amazing quality of produce available in Wales. Whether it’s a cup of coffee, a meal before a show or a drink in the interval – we want it to be exceptional.

Are you passionate about driving an exceptional food & beverage experience in a creative and cultural environment?

Are you a motivational leader who promotes a sense of pride, enthusiasm and excellence amongst your team?

Would you thrive in the knowledge that you and your team make a vital contribution to creating inspirational and life-changing experiences that broaden horizons at Wales’s national performing arts centre?

We’re searching for a dynamic individual to lead our talented food & beverage team to maximise sales revenues, deliver consistent excellence and reflect the creative and inspirational work of the Centre.

You’ll be responsible for developing sustainable plans to ensure growth within our food & beverage business; recruiting and retaining customer experience focused talent and collaborate across the organisation to nurture innovative promotions and improvements throughout our food & beverage offering.

If this is you – we’d love to hear from you.

For full details please click here.

To apply please click the ‘Apply button’ and send your CV along with a covering letter describing your skills and why you are suitable for the role.

We welcome applications in Welsh or English. If you apply for a role at the Centre in Welsh, your application will not be treated less favourably than an application submitted in English.

GLL is looking for a Head of Service to ensure a high-quality leisure service is delivered across our 14 leisure centres in Belfast. Now entering our fourth year of operation in partnership with Belfast City Council, we have a 500-strong team that helps get more people, more active, more often in Northern Ireland. Following a capital investment in excess of £105m from Belfast City Council, the Head of Service is a pivotal senior leadership role for the business as we launch three brand new leisure centres, due for completion in 2019.

The Head of Service will provide a clear strategic framework to enable the delivery of a modernised leisure service that meets GLL's targets and bid outputs in line with Belfast City Council's expectations across the partnership and local political environment. This key, senior role reports directly into the Regional Director, but will also work closely with the local regional leadership team and corporate support across the UK. A real social entrepreneur, you'll take on an ambassadorial role to share our message and help us grow within Northern Ireland as well as ensuring a full mobilisation programme for our new leisure centres, including resourcing, marketing and community engagement.

With natural business acumen, community ethos and a keen eye for operational detail, you'll support the Regional Director and represent GLL at a senior level at various forums and committees including client meetings, Active Belfast board meetings and the GLL Board. You'll provide direction and guidance to your management teams to constantly innovate and progress our service offerings as well as ensuring targets are monitored and met accordingly as we service up to 2 million visits a year. Fully aligned with our mission and corporate plan, you'll champion our 'People Vision' and lead by example, empowering local teams to seek learning and development opportunities and achieve high levels of performance.

We're looking for an organised and positive leader who can ensure strong coordination between our teams and local stakeholders to ensure we maximise this opportunity. Already working at a senior level, most likely as a high-achieving Head of Service or equivalent level role, you'll have proven successful leadership experience of running a busy public-usage facilities within community or cultural environments. Project management capability including the full project lifecycle and change management is imperative. Naturally you'll have excellent communication skills and passion for the leisure / culture / community service sectors, but relevant professional qualifications such as QCF accreditations (levels 5-7), IOSHH and CIMSPA membership or the willingness to work towards them, will be beneficial.

In return, we offer a range of benefits that you'd expect from the UK's largest leisure provider:
- Car allowance
- Pension schemes
- Childcare vouchers
- Ride to work scheme
- Discounted membership at our leisure centres
- The opportunity to join the GLL Society and have a say in how we're run plus associated social events
- Career pathways
- Ongoing training and development to help you to be the best

If you're ready to take the next step in your leadership career, please apply now.

INTERVIEW DATE - THURSDAY 7TH JUNE 2018

About Us
GLL is the UK`s largest leisure provider and one of the first and largest leisure social enterprises. Our aim is to get more people, more active, more of the time whilst making leisure and community facilities accessible and affordable. We partner with local authorities to run leisure centres, swimming pools, libraries, children`s centres, spas, events spaces and world-class sporting venues such as the Copper Box Arena and London Aquatics Centre on the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park - all under our Better brand. As a not-for-profit organisation, we’re different. Passionate about seeing our communities thrive, we invest back into our facilities, projects and people and are an Investors in People Silver Award employer.

GLL is an equal opportunities employer.

Salary Details:

28,000 plus 6,000 sales bonuses available

Additional £3000 annual bonus available

Job Summary

energie Fitness are currently recruiting for a passionate Club Manager with a strong background in sales to help drive the club forward.

énergie is the market-leading fitness franchise group in the UK, operating over 100 clubs across our domestic and international territories, with over 100,000 active members. Our rapid expansion has been fuelled by a commitment to people, powerful branding and a belief in the power of local business ownership.

You will be supported by a central team which includes a Regional Sales Manager and Regional Operations Manager.

Responsibilities and Duties

For this role you will:

• Hold overall responsibility for the day to day running of the gym.

• The successful candidate will need to demonstrate the ability to manage and motivate teams of individuals in different roles. Have an understanding of industry sales and processes. They will require to be minimum Level REPs Level 2 qualified and have a passion for Health and Fitness.

• Sales plans and targets are met, member services are impeccable high and any complaints are dealt with in a professional manner as quickly as possible and that the cleanliness of the Gym is kept at a very high standard by managing an on-site cleaner.

• Be expected to manage the sales process to generate new memberships and corporate business.

• Being able to manage fitness/personal trainer staff on sales and retention activities.

• Conduct sales tours to walk in’s as well as generated appointments, in order to promote and sell club memberships.

• Be able to complete successful calls to the leads generated in order to arrange appointments.

• Support the team in retaining the members in order to contribute to the customer service and membership growth.

• Demonstrate strong leadership and decision making skills

• Be confident, trustworthy, motivated and passionate to be able to build rapport with prospects, members and staff.

We are currently seeking passionate and committed personal trainers to take advantage of our fantastic structure.

We own and operate 3 energie Fitness sites in East London, and are looking for high-quality personal trainers to hire for our Bethnal Green branch. You will be given the chance to work shifts weekly as a paid fitness instructor @ £8 per hour. You will also be expected to complete 2 classes outside of your shift times @ £8 for the class. Outside of those hours you will be able to personal train at a cost of 25% per session and keep the rest of the profit yourself. The shifts can be a mixture of 4 and 8-hour shifts depending on what is available, but we allow you to progressively drop shifts as you increase your personal training client base.

Full uniform, training, and business materials will be provided. This includes business cards and a space on our personal training board to advertise yourself. Essentially you will enjoy the benefits of being an employed member of staff whilst building your self-employed personal training business with no fixed rental payments and the security of paid shifts should you want them.

Applicants must be:
* Qualified to REPS level 3

* Confident with excellent communication and people skills

* Committed to the growth of the club and their personal training business

* Professional and well presented

* Innovative and creative>

We are currently seeking passionate and committed personal trainers to take advantage of our fantastic structure.

We own and operate energie Fitness Leighton Buzzard, and are looking for a high-quality personal trainer to hire. You will be given the chance to work shifts weekly as a paid fitness instructor @ £8 per hour. You will also be expected to complete 2 classes outside of your shift times @ £8 for the class. Outside of those hours you will be able to personal train at a cost of 25% per session and keep the rest of the profit yourself. The shifts can be a mixture of 4 and 8 hour shifts depending on what is available, but we allow you to progressively drop shifts as you increase your personal training client base.

Full uniform, training, and business materials will be provided. This includes business cards and a space on our personal training board to advertise yourself. Essentially you will enjoy the benefits of being an employed member of staff whilst building your self-employed personal training business with no fixed rental payments and the security of paid shifts should you want them.

Applicants must be:

* Qualified to REPS level 3

* Confident with excellent communication and people skills

* Committed to the growth of the club and their personal training business

* Professional and well presented

* Innovative and creative

We are Madame Tussauds Hollywood, and we part of the magical Merlin Entertainments!

Do you have the Magic in you to create memorable experiences all for the love of fun? Do you wish to cast a spell of laughter and enjoyment to the people around you? Want to join a team that creates smiles and memories globally on a daily basis? Then you have the magic to be a part of Team Merlin at Madame Tussauds Hollywood!

About The Role
As the Event Sales Manager, you will be right in the heart of the magic by enthusiastically selling our amazing site, as you will be about delivering memorable, innovative experiences. Madame Tussauds offers the ideal environment for experienced self-motivated event sales professionals to soar by utilizing contacts, creativity and proven sales skills. Travel, hospitality, theme park or attraction sales experience is a plus.

Responsibilities:
* Manage and coordinate all operational aspects of events, including arranging setup, staffing, striking etc. with minimal disruption to daily Madame Tussauds guests.
* Actively work with General Manager in the development and execution of annual special event marketing plans including the design of sales materials and promotional information and departmental budgeting
* Establish a culture of success through exemplary individual standards as a member of the attraction Leadership Team
* Follow up client inquiries and establishing client relationships, creation and finalization of client budgets, proposals and contracts.
* Representing the attraction at key industry trade shows and networking at industry functions and attending meetings on behalf of Madame Tussauds Hollywood.
* Planning and coordinating rental events, working directly with preferred suppliers such as caterers, florists, and any other service personnel for an event. Ensuring set-ups for events are completed correctly and on time.
* On-site contact for all events to liaison between event staff, management and client.
* Ability to bring a local client list including industry partners, DMC’s, event planners, human resource managers, movie studio special event planners and pre/post production houses a plus.
* Identify leads, manage prospects and acquire new business in Corporate, Entertainment, and Social Market segments.
* Nurture relationships with past clients through on and off-site presentations and effective outreach to create repeat business.
* Determine customer needs and propose appropriate solutions.
* Complete scheduled outside sales calls and cold call prospecting activities with customer decision makers.
* Document all existing and prospective client interaction in company client relationship management system.
* Promote and book successful events while assuring customer satisfaction and optimizing revenue. Assure success by adhering to internal protocols.
* Adhere to company parameters for service agreements, deposits, billing and collections.
* Maintain an awareness of market behavior and competitive trends and respond accordingly.
* Attend key company events to support client relationship building and company objectives.
* Regularly meet with General Manager to review sales activities, progress on goals, and status of prospective customers.
* You’ll be working five days out of seven but must be flexible and able to work nights, weekend and holidays.
* Perform other duties as assigned

Education:
Bachelor’s degree. Majors in business, marketing, communications and/or advertising preferred.

About The Benefits
In return you will find a competitive salary and benefits package (including a medical, vision, dental, life insurance and 401(k) matching plan offering), share program opportunities, and benefit from free entry to all of our Merlin attractions which also extend to family and friends. In addition, you can expect continued growth of joining an exciting, global organization.

About Us
Madame Tussauds is the ultimate celebrity fun day out, where else can you get up close and personal with A-List celebrities, sporting legends, political heavyweights and historical icons and relive the lives, events and moments that made the world talk about them.

Merlin Entertainments, plc is a business built on fun. We are the world's second-largest visitor attraction operator. We operate over 100 attractions, eight hotels and three holiday villages in 22 countries across four continents and we run some of the best known names in global leisure. These include the likes of SEA LIFE, Madame Tussauds, the Dungeons, the Eye brand, and LEGOLAND. Whether you are serving delicious food, working in the office, maintaining the attractions, entertaining guest or operating rides, the objective is to provide a truly memorable experience and a great day out for all members of the family.

We offer flexible opportunities, in a totally unique environment. We know this is a great place to work, but don’t just take our word for it…click on ‘apply now’.

We’re a place that makes magic. Magic that gives millions of people fun, thrills and memorable experiences. We’re the thinkers, dreamers, doers and achievers whose job it is to create and deliver world-class new attractions, hotels and major investment projects, as well as manage the extensive real estate assets of one of the most exciting companies in the world. Welcome to Merlin Magic Making, the creative heart of Merlin Entertainments Plc

About the role
An exciting opportunity has arisen within Merlin Magic Making Division of Merlin Entertainments plc for a Project Manager role to be based in Florida!

Reporting to the Project Director, The America's; the Project Manager will provide supervision, support and guidance on a regional basis for all North American Resort projects. We are looking for a talented project management professional who can effectively organize, plan and control resources such as external consultants, internal stakeholders and construction projects across the region. The Project Manager will manage a diverse group of internal and external stakeholders related to the design, engineering and construction of each brand to ensure delivery within strict budgetary, quality and time constraints. You will be required to establish a network of regional contacts to add to the portfolio of existing consultants and contractors. The successful candidate will be based at LEGOLAND Florida Resort.

About you
This is an exciting role for someone looking to join a totally unique company. We are a fast-paced business and therefore looking for team members to be adaptable by nature with the ability to challenge the status quo.

The successful candidate will:
* Have extensive experience in creating and managing timelines, budgets and construction quality for new project developments ranging from $1M to excess of $10M+
* Have an extensive design, engineering and construction management experience
* Have excellent influencing and stakeholder management skills with the ability to build strong relationships at all levels both internally and externally
* Be proactive in ensuring deliverables are met on time, risks are identified and mitigated, and issues are managed and resolved
* Have worked with project governance and best practices in construction project management
* Solid knowledge of relevant software such as MS Excel, MS Project, Project Management software
* Have a positive attitude and a love of FUN!

Build yourself a more exciting future at LEGOLAND Discovery Center Columbus!

Opening in Fall 2018, join the exciting New Openings team as the Operations Manager for the brand new LEGOLAND Discovery Center Columbus.

Do you have the Magic in you to create memorable experiences all for the love of fun? Do you wish to cast a spell of laughter and enjoyment to the people around you? Want to join a team that creates smiles and memories globally on a daily basis? Then you have the magic to be Team Merlin at LEGOLAND Discovery Center Columbus!

Your Magical Role
Lead a team of fun driven and enthusiastic Playmakers! We are now looking for an experienced Operations Manager to ensure the day-to-day smooth and profitable operation of the attraction through a proactive approach to driving sales, guest service, and running quality shifts.

During pre-opening, you will work closely with the New Openings team on operational activities leading up to the successful launch of LEGOLAND Discovery Center Columbus. Post-opening, you will aim for high levels of guest satisfaction by ongoing people management including training and development, operation cost control, and health and safety management.

* Responsible for the management of the attraction and all commercial areas of the business including retail and food and beverage, ensuring the delivery of a seamless visit consistent with corporate brand image
* Meet secondary spend, Key Performance Indicators (KPI), and Mystery Visit targets while controlling labour costs, costs of sale, and other expenses
* Assume responsibilities of the General Manager in their absence, liaising with Senior Management when appropriate
* Responsibility to ensure compliance with Health, Safety & Security within the workplace
* Manages up to 5 direct reports; up to 70 indirect reports

Your Magical Ingredients
* Passionate about LEGO
* Highly self–motivated strong leader with proven success managing operational teams
* Embraces the idea of encouraging and empowering Playmakers to provide inspirational guest experiences
* Minimum of 3-5 years of relevant service industry experience; preferably with strong retail management knowledge
* Extensive knowledge of computer including Microsoft Office - Excel, Outlook and Word

Education:
High School Diploma or GED required. College degree preferred.

About The Benefits
In return you will find a competitive salary and benefits package (including a medical, vision, dental, life insurance and 401(k) matching plan offering), share program opportunities, benefit from free entry to all of our Merlin attractions worldwide - which also extend to family and friends, and much more. In addition, you can expect continued growth of joining an exciting, global organization.

About Us
LEGOLAND Discovery Center is just like jumping into a giant box of LEGO® bricks with an abundance of all things LEGO-tastic! With two exciting LEGO rides, MINILAND featuring the iconic landmarks of the USA, a 4D cinema complete with three films, themed LEGO play and building zones, there are simply more LEGO bricks under one roof than you could ever imagine.

Merlin Entertainments, plc is a business built on fun. We are the world's second-largest visitor attraction operator. We operate over 100 attractions, eight hotels and three-holiday villages in 22 countries across four continents and we run some of the best-known names in global leisure. These include the likes of SEA LIFE, Madame Tussauds, the Dungeons, the Eye brand, and LEGOLAND. Whether you are serving delicious food, working in the office, maintaining the attractions, entertaining guest or operating rides, the objective is to provide a truly memorable experience and a great day out for all members of the family.

We offer flexible opportunities, in a totally unique environment. We know this is a great place to work, but don’t just take our word for it…click on ‘apply now’.

We are Madame Tussauds San Francisco and The San Francisco Dungeon and we are part of the magical Merlin Entertainments!

Do you have the Magic in you to create memorable experiences all for the love of fun? Do you wish to cast a spell of laughter and enjoyment to the people around you? Want to join a team that creates smiles and memories globally on a daily basis. Then you have the magic to be Team Merlin at Madame Tussauds San Francisco and The San Francisco Dungeon!

About The Role
Come experience both the glittering world of fame at the world’s best known wax attraction and the dark history of San Francisco's past. As a Guest Experience Host, you will help to create lifelong memorable experiences in our attraction for our guests. Rather it’s escorting our guests down the red carpet or taking a picture of them while they are striking a pose with world leaders, when you are part of Team Merlin, you walk among the stars!

Working in a variety of positions across the attraction, you will drive repeat visits by delivering the highest possible standards of guest service, presentation, and product knowledge. You will ensure that our guests are receiving optimal fun by connecting with them in a magical, fun, and safe environment.

By submitting one application, you will be considered for all available Guest Experience Host positions.

Available positions include Commercial (Retail, Food and Beverage, and Photo) and Operations (Admissions, Entertainment, and Events).

The most qualified candidates will be invited to our attraction for a pre-qualification session and interview. We cannot guarantee that all of the Guest Experience Host positions will still be available at the time of your interview.

Responsibilities:
Adopts an enthusiastic, assertive, and passionate approach to Guest Service, and demonstrates the Merlin Values at every opportunity.
Demonstrates a strong sales approach, maximizing the department’s sales goals.
Seeks out guest contact and displays enthusiasm and boundless amounts of fun energy.
Ensure that our extended queue lines are managed in a safe way while still delivering an excellent guest experience.
Ensure all public areas have well-stocked displays and point of sale, ready for the attraction opening and that the areas are maintained and kept in a clean and tidy manner throughout the day.
Ensure the highest standards of accurate and efficient cash handling procedures while monitoring guest flow during transactions.
To follow opening and closing procedures as detailed in the department’s operating plan.
Responsibility to ensure compliance with Health, Safety & Security within the workplace and in line with the Group Policy (HS001).

About You
Experience in a customer service role.
Fun, dynamic, and friendly personality.
Cash handling experience.
Excellent communication, listening, and motivational skills.
Able to work in areas with loud noises and confined spaces.
Proven ability to work on multiple projects simultaneously and multi-task as necessary.
Self-motivated, able to work independently or as part of a team.
Must be flexible and able to work a variety of shifts including days, nights, weekends, holidays and special events.

Preferred Qualifications:
Previous experience in a service industry

About Us
Madame Tussauds is the ultimate celebrity fun day out, where else can you get up close and personal with A-List celebrities, sporting legends, political heavyweights and historical icons and relive the lives, events and moments that made the world talk about them.

The San Francisco Dungeons is an experience that will inform and entertain, is scary but fun, that sees the funny side of horror and is grippingly captivating. Humour sets Dungeons apart with this actor-led live shows as it trawls through history and brings every visitor face-to-face with the chilling truth of our past.

Merlin Entertainments, plc Merlin Entertainments is a business built on fun. We are the world's second-largest visitor attraction operator. We operate over 100 attractions, eight hotels and three-holiday villages in 22 countries across four continents and we run some of the best-known names in global leisure. These include the likes of SEA LIFE, Madame Tussauds, the Dungeons, the Eye brand, and LEGOLAND. Whether you are serving delicious food, working in the office, maintaining the attractions, entertaining guest or operating rides, the objective is to provide a truly memorable experience and a great day out for all members of the family.

We offer flexible opportunities, in a totally unique environment. We know this is a great place to work, but don’t just take our word for it…click on ‘apply now’.

Full time

Everyone Active is currently seeking a high calibre positive, supportive, inclusive and progressive individual. You will also need to embrace our brand mission of 30 minutes of activity 5 times a week.

Working in partnership with Stratford District Council this role will manage and support the General Managers to increase participation and overachieve profit target at Stratford Leisure Centre, and the three established outlying centres; Southam, Shipston and Studley Leisure Centres.

We need a Contract Manager who can…
* Be passionate and determined to drive forward new business, to exceed sales and revenue targets whilst remaining focused on customer service and retention
* Demonstrate exceptional leadership qualities and strong management skills to maximise the overall profitability of the centres
* Manage their time and ensure deadlines are met for reporting and projects
* Manage health and safety standards across the contract
* Create a fun and friendly environment in which you are a role model of professionalism honesty and integrity as you interact with your team and centre members
* Drive community engagement and participation across the facilities to meet the key aims of both Everyone Active and Stratford District Council

Previous experience of 2 years managing a large centre/teams or multiple centres, is essential to your application.

If you have a proven track record in managing leisure facilities and can demonstrate that you have what it takes to be successful in this exciting new position, please email your CV with covering letter outlining your suitability for the position to Toni Gaskins by clicking on ‘apply now’.

Voted No 1 Accreditations & Partners

SWIM ENGLAND FACILITY OPERATOR OF THE YEAR

Everyone Active is an equal opportunities employer and an Investors in People organisation, who are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. All applicants will be required to undertake checks and references prior to appointment.

énergie Fitness is the only operator in the UK to offer personal service linked to guaranteed results. The 30-day results guarantee émpower programme which has been rolled out across all of our énergie Fitness Clubs in 2018 provides personal trainers with the opportunity to build rapport and their client base at the outset of a member’s fitness journey.

If you are a personal trainer who wants to maximise earnings, become part of a larger personal training network and you have a passion for working with clients from all ages and backgrounds, you will find what you are looking for at énergie.

Rent option or club hour options available.

Do you want to be part of a successful gym?

Do you want to keep 100% of the earnings from your PT work?

Would you prefer not to pay any "rent" or for a "licence fee"?

Do you want to work in a brand new state-of-the-art gym that'll have over 1600 members giving you a huge potential client base? Based just 5 minutes from Clapham Junction the club has a great location and a very impressive street frontage you can't miss.

If your answer to all these questions is yes, then we'd like to hear from you. In return, you'll need to give an agreed number of hours a week of your time to contribute to the success of the gym.

This is an opportunity to become part of a larger personal training network. If you have a passion for working with clients from all ages and backgrounds, you will find what you are looking for at énergie Battersea.

Download a full job description here.

The Gym Group is seeking to recruit an exceptional General Manager to lead its revolutionary gym membership concept at the Reading West Gym.

The Gym Group is a leading UK provider of high-quality low-cost gyms. Founded in 2007, and opening its first gym in Hounslow, the business now operates over 130 gyms across the UK, with a pipeline to open between 15 and 20 more this year.

Our vision is to provide affordable access to exercise facilities and expert help to every person who wants to improve their wellbeing, whatever their starting point, whatever their destination.

The Gym’s unique 24/7, no contract, low-price offer is a compelling proposition that is transforming the UK health and fitness sector. Memberships start from just £17.99 a month and provides unlimited access to loads of the most up-to-date resistance and cardiovascular gym equipment, along with some of the most highly trained, qualified and friendly staff in the industry.

The Gym Group plc is the only publically listed UK health and fitness operator, having been admitted to the main market of the London Stock Exchange in November 2015.

The business is the only operator in the fitness sector to gain the gold-standard Investors in People accreditation, has been ranked three years running in the Sunday Times Fast Track 100 and has achieved the Outstanding award from the prestigious The Sunday Times 100 Best Small Companies to Work For list.

General Manager
This role requires an extraordinary manager with proven entrepreneurial flair and commercial ability, as well as the skill, energy and determination to drive and grow the business. We're looking for a manager who enjoys having the freedom to take charge of all aspects of an operation. Instead of having a huge central operation, we prefer to empower our managers to manage the business.

The role
- To drive and deliver the commercial performance of the business.
- To drive and deliver the operational excellence of the gym
- To drive and deliver the marketing activity for the club with a significant annual marketing budget
- To recruit, train and develop their own team and for managing them to success
- Opportunity to Personal Train for up to 10 hours per week

The candidate
- Must have a proven and successful track record of management experience within a leisure related industry, preferably within the health and fitness sector
- Must be passionate about customer service and be entrepreneurial in the way they manage
- Must have a proven track record in driving sales and coordinating local marketing activity as well as of recruiting and managing a successful team
- Ideally will have experience as a General Manager overseeing all business areas within a leisure facility or have substantial experience as a Fitness Manager or other similar operational function
- Ideally will be REPS level 2 or higher qualified or be prepared to qualify

This is an extremely varied role that offers an excellent opportunity to develop with an exciting and growing business. It is a hands on leadership role, so you will need to be outgoing and ready to get involved in every aspect of running the [soon-to-open] {town] gym.

As the fastest growing low-cost gym operator we can offer promotion opportunities as we expand. We'll reward you in line with your performance and also offer a competitive benefits package including 25 days holiday plus bank holidays, pension scheme, cycle-to-work scheme, childcare vouchers, season-tickets loans, free membership for you and a friend or family member, an employee assistance programme and an employee share matching plan.

If you see yourself as an industry-leader of the future, please apply in confidence by submitting your CV below.

The role of General Manager is to manage the day-to-day running and operations of the club. The General Manager will work closely with the Regional Business Manager and Sales Manager to achieve the membership target. The right General Manager is the key to hitting our sales target.

You will be responsible for running of the club including sales, revenue streams, leading various stakeholder groups including self-employed personal trainers and cleaning contractors, recruiting staff with the right strengths and motivations to work in sales and operations, training sales staff, whilst taking accountability for the club achieving its sales and operational targets.

If you want to change people’s lives, then this role maybe for you. We are continuously on the lookout for confident, outgoing, customer focused General Managers to join our team.

It’s not just another General Manager job working for Xercise4less. Can you answer yes to the below?
Do you want to work for a unique brand?
Do you want to be part of Britain’s fastest growing private companies? Xercise4Less is 17 out of 100 [The Sunday Times, December 2015].
Are you motivated?
Are you committed?
Do you want to have fun at work?

Then this role may be for you.

Who we're looking for
You are likely to have worked in a fast paced retail / operational and sales environment, ideally in the leisure sector, where lead generation, referrals and high volume sales are pivotal to hitting sales target. You will also need experience of successfully running a club, recruitment, training sales staff and experience in operations and hitting targets. Either way, you will need to have impeccable leadership skills and be unflappable under pressure, given the fast paced nature of the role.

What's on offer?
Competitive Salary
Voluntary Benefits i.e. free mobile phone insurance and break down cover.
Access to discounts at hundreds of global brands through Perkbox.
Free Gym Membership
Free Car Parking

Locations:

North East
Yorkshire
Scotland
London
South West
Midlands



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