Bournemouth University
Gym & Duty Manager
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About The Role
Bournemouth University is committed to creating an outstanding student and staff experience through sport, physical activity, and wellbeing. SportBU sits at the heart of this ambition, providing high-quality facilities, programmes, and opportunities that help our community thrive.
We are seeking an enthusiastic, customer-focused, and commercially minded Gym & Duty Manager to lead the day-to-day operation of our fitness facilities and support the continued growth of our health and fitness offering.
This is an exciting opportunity for a motivated individual with experience in the leisure, fitness, or sport sector who enjoys leading teams, delivering exceptional customer experiences, and creating safe, welcoming, and engaging environments.
As Gym & Duty Manager, you will be responsible for the operational delivery of SportBU's gym, studios, and wider fitness provision. Working on a shift rota that includes early mornings, evenings, and weekends, you will play a key role in ensuring our facilities are safe, compliant, customer-focused, and commercially successful.
You will act as Duty Manager during designated shifts, taking responsibility for the smooth running of facilities, staff supervision, and service delivery while supporting the implementation of SportBU's strategic objectives.
The role offers a varied and rewarding mix of operational management, team leadership, customer engagement, fitness programming, and commercial development.
This position does not meet the eligibility requirements for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker Route within the UK Visa and Immigration service’s Points Based System. Therefore, BU will not be able to sponsor individuals who require permission to work to carry out this position. For more information, please visit https://www.gov.uk/skilled-worker-visa/your-job
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About The Department
SportBU is the professional service that delivers sport and physical activity opportunities to students, university staff, and the wider community. Whether you want to compete in the Olympics, get fitter, play with friends, or take up a new sport, SportBU is the place for you. Our fantastic facilities, activities, and sports are available to everyone and are there to help inspire everyone in their journey.
Chapel Gate forms a part of SportBU's facilities and welcomes over 5,000 people to play sport every week for TeamBU and a range of community sport clubs. We are the proud home of artificial and natural turf pitches for football, rugby, hockey, cricket, American Football, and more.
About Us
Bournemouth University’s vision is worldwide recognition as a leading university for inspiring learning, advancing knowledge, and enriching society through the fusion of education, research, and practice. Our highly skilled and creative workforce is comprised of individuals drawn from a broad cross-section of the globe, who reflect a variety of backgrounds, talents, perspectives, and experiences that help to build our global learning community.
BU values and is committed to an inclusive working environment. We seek a diverse community through attracting, developing, and retaining staff from different backgrounds to contribute to inspirational learning, advancing knowledge, and enriching society. To support and enable our staff to achieve a balance between work and their personal lives, we will also consider proposals for flexible working or job share arrangements.
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Core Package
- PAY– a competitive salary with opportunities for pay progression
- PENSION– a valuable defined benefit pension with generous employer contributions
- HOLIDAY– Annual leave entitlement of 30 days plus bank holidays and winter closure (pro rata if part-time)
- WORK LIFE BALANCE– flexible working arrangements including opportunities for hybrid working and flexitime (role dependant)
You will also have access to a wide range of voluntary benefits:
- Health & Wellbeing: Employee assistance programme, dental care scheme, health cash plan
- Financial & Discounts: Discounts including a reduction of fees for family members who study at BU
- Travel: Cycle to work scheme, secure bike stores, showers and lockers, free bus travel between campuses, discounted bus travel
- Sports & Activities: Sport BU has a wide range of activities which staff can access
- Family: Enhanced maternity, paternity, and adoption leave, on-site nursery with discounts for BU staff
- Modern, vibrant campus locations: Bright and flexible work and meeting spaces, with on-site food outlets and coffee shops
A job description for this position is available at the top of this page. If you require this in a different format, please contact us at hrvacancies@bournemouth.ac.uk.
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