Join one of the UK’s leading health and fitness clubs and help inspire our members to live healthier, happier lives. At Total Fitness, we’re on a mission to get everyone fitter and feeling better, whatever that means to them - and we’d love your help to make that happen.
As a bold, brave business, we encourage people to find their own way, in fitness and beyond and every single role we have contributes. We’re a place with contagious courage that makes people believe they can do more and be better.
We’re really proud of our culture, we put our people first, always. Our promise to our team is that “more is possible”. Whether that is moving up the career ladder, delivering your first spin class, or making incredible friendships.
Total Fitness is a space to be you. Your character, what makes you an individual, that’s what we want you to bring to work with you every day.
We’re looking for someone to lead a team of Swimming Teachers to deliver swimming lessons that will maximise member experience, encourage repeat usage and subsequent, customer lifetime value.
We’re open 7 days a week and you’ll be required to work shifts that include both early and late working patterns and these shifts will be on weekdays and some weekends throughout the course of the month.
The Swim Programme Manager role is a 24 hour position (Salary: £16,000) with the option to make up 16 hours additionally by Lifeguarding (£10.59-£12.21 per hour) or Swimming Teaching (£15 per hour).
What does the role involve?
- A visible leader that consistently demonstrates our values through their behaviours
- Develop a culture of high engagement, performance and growth by applying the principles of our leadership and coaching philosophy
- Effective recruitment by selecting the right members for the pool team using a combination of competency and values-based criteria
- Support and enable our teams throughout their career journey so they can be the best version of themselves
- Take ownership for the entire pool environment, providing a team and member experience that is fun, engaging and compliant
- Be the principal member of the Leadership team on days when required to perform Senior Manager On Duty Shifts
- Ensure that you have a large enough, consistent and varied pool lesson program (child/adult) with enough participants to achieve pool revenue targets
- Provide a consistent and varied pool programme that match the needs of our members and encourages repeat usage and high levels of member recommendations
What you bring
- Level 2 Pool Teacher (essential- or equivalent experience) with extensive experience of delivering 1:1 and group pool lessons (child/adult) and Level 3 Swim Co-ordinator (desirable)
- A role model who lives and breathes our Total Fitness Values on a daily basis
- A successful track record of leading and managing a diverse group of swimming professionals
- A natural coach who takes pride in developing their team
- Excellent communication skills and ability to communicate at all levels throughout the company
- A genuine passion and active involvement in fitness and swimming
- A talent for change management through successful implementation and sustainability
- Strong commercial awareness and business acumen
- Target and results driven
- This role is subject to a DBS check
- Be yourself. Bring your true self to work each day and add your personality into everything you do
- Do the best you can to create exceptional experiences for our members
- Bring your experience and drive to work each day
- Use your initiative and make things happen - whether you want to be with us for the short or long-term
What You’ll Get
- Free membership for you and a loved one plus 2 discounted memberships for family members or friends after passing probation.
- 28 days holiday including public/bank holidays (pro-rata for part-time employees). Annual leave increasing with length of service up to 5 additional days (pro-rata for part-time employees).
- Workplace Pension Scheme.
- Death in Service benefit.
- Discount on retail and cafe products.
- Access to an Employee Assistance Programme
We’re always on the lookout for great people! Hit “apply” to drop us your CV and get ready to join one of our upcoming group recruitment sessions.
Job Types: Full-time, Part-time, Permanent
Pay: From £16,000.00 per year
Benefits:
Ability to commute/relocate:
- Bolton BL1 8TT: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)
Experience:
- People Management: 1 year (preferred)
Licence/Certification:
- Level 2 Swimming Teaching or equivalent (required)
Work Location: In person
