Operations Manager - Brentwood School Enterprises

The Leisure Media Co; Brentwood; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading sports facility provider seeks an Operations Manager for their Brentwood location. The successful candidate will oversee operations ensuring safety standards, cleanliness, and effective maintenance. Candidates should have three years of industry experience and strong leadership skills, with budgeting and financial management experience. Proficiency in Microsoft Office is essential. This role requires a commitment to safeguarding and offers a salary between £32,000 - £34,000pa depending on experience.

Qualifications

• Minimum three years' industry experience, with two in a supervisory role.
• Strong knowledge of Health and Safety and experience in risk assessments.
• Experience in staff training, budgeting, and financial management required.

Responsibilities

• Ensure the Sports Centre operates to statutory safety standards.
• Lead, motivate, and develop staff.
• Manage cleanliness and effective maintenance of facilities.

Skills

Leadership

Organizational skills

Communication skills

Customer-focused approach

Flexibility to work unsociable hours

Tools

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Gladstone MRM2

Google Workspace

Job description

Careers with Brentwood School Sports Centre

Operations Manager - Brentwood School Enterprises

Brentwood, Essex, United Kingdom

Operations Manager

Location: Brentwood, Essex

Salary: £32,000 - £34,000pa, subject to experience

Brentwood School is one of the UK’s leading independent co‑educational day and boarding schools for boys and girls. Its extensive sports facilities include a 25m swimming pool with separate learner pool, 2 fitness suites, 2 aerobics studios, a 7 badminton court sports hall, 4 squash courts, a functional training gym, 2 AstroTurf pitches and a 6 lane athletics track.

Brentwood School Sports Centre is seeking an Operations Manager to ensure that the Sports Centre and associated areas operate to the statutory standards of operational safety, staffing, cleanliness and effective maintenance.

The working hours for this post are 40 hours per week (to include a daily 1/2 hour lunch break). The work will take place within a rotating pattern of shifts that shall routinely fall within the following hours:

• 5.30 am to 10.30 pm Monday – Friday
• 9.30 am to 8.30 pm on Saturdays
• 8.30 am to 6.30 pm on Sundays

(These shifts, and the scheduling of the lunch breaks, are subject to change according to the needs of the business.)

The successful candidate will have at least three years’ industry experience, including two in a supervisory role, with a proven ability to lead, motivate and develop staff.

They will demonstrate strong leadership, organisational and communication skills, alongside sound knowledge of Health and Safety and experience producing risk assessments and safe working practices.

Experience in staff training, budgeting and financial management is required, with an NPLQ Trainer Assessor qualification desirable.

The role also demands proficiency in Microsoft Word and Excel, with knowledge of Gladstone MRM2 and Google Workspace an advantage. A customer‑focused approach, flexibility to work unsociable hours, willingness to wear a uniform, and commitment to integrity and confidentiality are essential.

How to apply

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Brentwood School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, and applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and the disclosure and barring service.