Job title: General Manager
Hours: 37.5
Location: Guildford
Salary: £43,192.40 OTE
Looking for a workplace that ignites your passion, values respect, encourages innovation, and embraces being dynamic? Look no further! This role offers you the opportunity to join a team that believes in empowering its colleagues to unlock their full potential with Horizon.
The Trust
Horizon Leisure Centres is a leisure trust operating since 1997, with centres in Waterlooville, Havant and Guildford. We are passionate about health and wellbeing and are committed to making an outstanding positive impact on our customers and within our local community. Our mission is to support and inspire our local communities to live healthier and happier lives by providing affordable access to sport and leisure facilities to all.
Who We Are
At Horizon Leisure Centres, we are passionate about health and wellbeing and are committed to making an outstanding positive impact on our customers and within our local community. Wherever you work in our business, you will have the opportunity to bring new ideas to continuously improve our service and deliver an exceptional experience to our customers.
In this role you will be responsible for maintaining robust and effective performance management analysis to enable strategic decision making for the performance of the Trust. Ensuring all income accounting activities are fulfilled and comply with statutory regulations and governance for both entities. You will ensure strong operational and commercial performance of the centre, delivering quality health & wellbeing services to customers. Continuously deliver strong leadership across the team improving service and brand standards across all areas within the centre. There will also be a requirement to meet and exceed commercial targets, manage budgetary performance and deliver exemplary customer service at all times. In this role you will also be required to undertake Duty Manager shifts and responsibilities.
You’ll be working as part of the Operations team responsible for delivering a first-class leisure experience for our customers.
Effectively lead Centre teams in each operational area to drive continuous improvement, in line with Horizon’s vision, mission, values and strategy.
People Management & Development:
Be responsible for the Centre operational teams, including, but not exclusively; recruitment and onboarding, coaching and support, reward and recognition, training and development, and performance management.
Sales, Service & Marketing:
In accordance with the Health & Safety at Work Act to take necessary action in any situation likely to cause accident / injury or likely to render the buildings, structures, plant, and equipment unsafe.
Your Competencies & Skills
What you can expect from us:
A comprehensive induction and training programme; you don’t need to have worked in the leisure industry before. We will teach you all you need to know!
Support from the wider team who have a great deal of combined knowledge and experience and who are eager to help you succeed!
Variety; no two days is the same!
An environment that encourages innovation and free thinking, surrounded by really dynamic, empowered individuals.
Benefits:
Free access to our award-winning gym’s and exercise classes for you and a +1
Employee discounts and wellbeing platform
Healthcare Cash plan
Free 24/7 access to GPs using our SmartHealth plan
Employee Assistance Programme - support for when you need it most
23 days annual leave + 8 days bank holiday
Internal recognition schemes
Opportunities for training, development and progression
Free onsite parking - subject to availability
Hybrid and family friendly policies
Generous company sick pay scheme
Employee referral scheme
Company pension scheme
Death in service benefit
And much more....
This role will be based at Guildford but will be expected to travel to other company site as the need requires.
Interview Process:
The recruiting manager will review your CV and if shortlisted, you will be invited to a formal interview/assessment process where we will evaluate your suitability for the role.
The successful candidate will be subject to an Enhanced DBS check.
There may be times when due to the volume of applicants to need to close a vacancy early to avoid disappointment, be sure to get your application in as soon as possible!
If you are a recruitment agency, please note we operate a PSL and do not take cold calls.
