Assistant Manager

Application closing date

23/11/2025

Working Pattern

As specified

Salary

Grade: G £33, ,363 a year

Contractual hours

37

Basis

Full time

Job category/type

Sport & Leisure

Attachments

Blank

Job description

Directorate: Place

Salary: £33, ,363 a year

Hours: 37 hours a week on a shift rota basis, including evenings, weekends & Bank holidays

Contract Type: Permanent

Location: Springwood Leisure Centre

Closing Date: 23 October 2025

Are you passionate about health, fitness, and helping others achieve their goals? Springwood Leisure Centre is looking for an enthusiastic and motivated Assistant Manager to join our friendly team and help us make a real difference in our community.

About the Role

As Assistant Manager, you'll support the day-to-day running of the centre with a focus on our health, fitness, and sales operations. You'll help lead our fitness team, ensure our members receive excellent customer service, and play a key role in driving membership growth and community engagement.

What You'll Be Doing

• Supporting the management team in daily operations across the leisure centre
• Overseeing fitness programmes and group exercise activities
• Promoting memberships and developing sales initiatives
• Delivering excellent customer care and supporting community wellbeing initiatives
• Supervising and motivating staff to achieve personal and team goals
• Ensuring health & safety standards are always maintained

This post may be required to lead the Derby Active brand across both Springwood Leisure Centre and Derby Arena, maximising sales and retention across both sites

About You

We're looking for someone who:

• Has experience in fitness management, sales, or customer service
• Is passionate about promoting active, healthy lifestyles
• Enjoys working with people and being part of a community-focused team
• Has strong communication and leadership skills
• Holds a recognised fitness qualification (Level 2 or above preferred)

Why Join Us?

At Springwood Leisure Centre, we pride ourselves on being at the heart of the community — a place where everyone is welcome. You'll be part of a supportive, friendly team with opportunities to grow and make a real impact every day.

Who We Are

Here at Derby City Council, we're dedicated to delivering nearly 250 first-class services to citizens and businesses in the heart of the Midlands. People are at the centre of all that we do, and we have an outstanding track record of recruiting and developing talented individuals by providing them with varied and fulfilling career opportunities. Find out more about what it's like to work for us.

What We Offer

You too could be part of something brilliant by becoming a colleague at Derby City Council; in addition to making a difference to the lives of people across the city, you'll also receive:

• Flexible work/life balance scheme (depending on your role)
• Modern office environment (depending on your job location)
• Continued professional development opportunities & career conversations
• 27 days annual leave (rising to 32 days after 5 years' service), plus bank holidays (depending on contract)
• Local Government Pension Scheme (depending on contract)
• Team Derby Rewards – retail and leisure discounts
• Tusker Car Benefit Scheme
• Cycle2Work Scheme & free cycle training
• Employee Assistance Programmes & Support
• Access to our Equality Employee Networks – LGBTQ+, Disabled Employee Network & Carers and our Black, Asian & Minority Ethnic Employee Support Network
• Support for colleagues who are carers

Next Steps

If you would like to apply for this vacancy, please submit an application via the Derby City Council website .

The closing date for this vacancy is at midnight on Sunday 23rd November 2025. Any applications received after the closing date will not be accepted.

Important Information

Links to the full Job Description and Person Specification are below.

All employees will normally be appointed to the minimum of the grade for the job.

Before you complete your application form please read our guidance on filling in your application form.

Remember to align your personal statement to the essential criteria in the Person Specification.

Please be aware that where there are colleagues within the organisation who are 'at risk' of redundancy, requirements to redeploy to another suitable role will apply and take priority.

Equality, Diversity & Inclusion

We are a fair and inclusive employer and welcome applications from people from all backgrounds. We recruit for diversity and value difference. As many of our roles can now be home-based, we are able to offer more opportunities for people who need this facility.

We are proud to be a Disability Confident Leader. If you are a disabled person, you have the choice to apply under our Guaranteed Interview Scheme so long as you demonstrate that you meet the essential requirements for the job.

We feel it is essential that we recruit a talented workforce that is as diverse as the community we work for.

Please let us know of any individual requirements or reasonable adjustments you may have during the application, interview, or onboarding process and we'll do all we can to help. We strongly believe in social understanding of disability and for us it's all about removing barriers to equality.

If you have any questions regarding this vacancy or are having difficulty applying, please contact our Recruitment Team on Relay UK or