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Duty Manager
Location: The Leys Leisure Centre, Oxford, OX4 6JL
Salary: £15.06 per hour plus excellent benefits
Schedule: Part time, 20 hours per week
Make a Positive Difference Every Day
At Serco, we're pleased to be recruiting on behalf of Leisure Solutions Community Trust.
Leisure Solutions Community Trust encourages active, healthy lifestyles across the local community. Providing affordable access to a wide range of sports and leisure facilities in a safe, clean, friendly, and welcoming space, their goal is to support healthier and happier lives for everyone. Delivering these services relies on an enthusiastic, customer-focused team, and they're now looking for a Duty Manager to join their team and help make a positive difference every day.
As a Duty Manager, you'll play an important role in ensuring the leisure centre operates safely, efficiently, and to a high standard every day. Supporting colleagues, customers, and operational performance, you'll help create positive experiences that encourage people to stay active, healthy, and connected. Your work has purpose, delivering a positive impact on communities while creating opportunities for growth and helping to impact a better future.
What You’ll Do as a Duty Manager
- Manage the day-to-day operation of the leisure centre, ensuring safe opening and closing procedures are followed at all times
- Lead, deploy, and support operational teams to deliver high-quality services across the facility
- Maintain a visible presence on site, responding professionally to customer feedback, enquiries, and incidents
- Take control during emergencies, accidents, or operational issues, acting calmly and decisively
- Ensure compliance with health and safety legislation, site operating plans, and Serco Management System procedures
- Support colleague development, engagement, and performance, including training and operational guidance
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Does This Sound Like You?
- Knowledge of, or an interest in, the leisure industry or a related operational environment
- Experience in a leisure, fitness, or customer-facing setting would be advantageous
- Strong awareness of health and safety and the ability to apply procedures effectively
- Excellent communication and customer care skills, with the ability to remain calm under pressure
- Good organizational skills and the confidence to prioritize tasks and make decisions
- A positive approach to leadership, with pride in delivering excellent service and creating impactful solutions
What We Offer
- Free gym membership for you and your immediate family
- Free safeguarding training and DBS checks
- Free swimming lessons and holiday clubs for one child (50% off for additional children)
- 21 days’ holiday plus bank holidays
- 6% employer matched pension contribution
- Training and development opportunities
- Employee Assistance Programme, Wisdom wellbeing app, Personal Trainer discounts
- Discounts across around 1,000 retailers, from food and clothing to days out, entertainment, travel, and gym equipment
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Serco Leisure is one of the UK's leading national operators of leisure centres, destination venues, and elite sporting facilities, managing sites, services, and recruitment on behalf of the Leisure Trust.
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We prioritize your skills and potential, and champion equal opportunities for all. We offer flexible and hybrid working where possible and make reasonable adjustments throughout recruitment and employment.
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Applicants with disabilities, veterans, and people with convictions, who meet the minimum job criteria, are guaranteed an interview. Simply opt into the relevant scheme on the application form.
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For support with your application, please contact recruitmentuk@serco.com.
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