SPORTS CLUB GENERAL MANAGER

ESMS: Erskine Stewart's Melville Schools; City of Edinburgh; On-site; GBP 41,000 - 44,000

Job description

Sports Club General Manager

Job Reference: schooltalent/TP/17689/1747

Number Of Positions: 1

Contract Type: Full Time Permanent

Salary: Remuneration will be dependant on qualifications and experience.

Working Hours: 40

Location: Edinburgh

Closing Date: 18/04/2025

Department: Physical Education/Sports

Region / Division: ESMS

Job Role: Operational/Professional Services

The Role

Erskine Stewart’s Melville Schools are currently recruiting for a Sports Club General Manager to join the Sports Club on a permanent basis. The position is available immediately (subject to satisfactory pre-employment checks). The role is full time working 40 hours per week with a salary of £41,496 to £43,950 (Points 31-33 on the ESMS Sports Club Scale). The role is based across both the Ravelston and Queensferry Road sites.

This role involves overseeing the operational management of the Sports Club, ensuring efficient scheduling, membership coordination, and health & safety compliance. It includes driving business growth through strategic revenue generation, marketing, and client engagement, while maintaining financial performance and KPIs. Additionally, the role involves team management, staff development, and the implementation of digital solutions to enhance operations and customer experience.

The successful candidate will have extensive experience in sports club management, with a proven ability to lead teams, manage finances, and deliver exceptional customer service. They will possess strong interpersonal and communication skills, the ability to manage multiple priorities effectively, and experience in marketing and financial planning. Additionally, they will hold relevant qualifications such as a National Pool Lifeguard Qualification and have a flexible, adaptable approach to work, with the ability to build strong relationships with stakeholders.

Eligibility: ESMS is unable to sponsor the employment of international workers in this role. International applicants will therefore be unable to apply for and secure a Skilled Worker visa. The successful candidate will only be able to take up this role if they can demonstrate an alternative right work in the UK.

Benefits: Staff are offered a range of benefits including: a generous holiday allowance, enhanced sick pay, family friendly policies, use of the Schools’ swimming pool and fitness room outside school hours, membership of the ESMS Discount and Benefits Scheme, including a range of discounts at 130,000 retail and entertainment locations.

Values: We are looking for individuals who can embody and promote ESMS values of Kindness, Confidence, Resilience, Integrity, and Curiosity while role modelling behaviours in line with our school pillars of Ambition, Innovation, and Community.

ESMS is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. Applicants must undergo child protection screening, including checks with past employers and Disclosure Scotland.

APPLICATION PROCEDURE: In order to apply for the position, applicants must visit https://jobsearch.esms.org.uk/ to submit their application form.

Any enquiries about this position should be directed to the ESMS Recruitment Team at [e-mail]

The closing date for applications is Friday, 18 April 2025. We anticipate interviews will be held week commencing 28th April 2025.

About ESMS: Welcome to the ESMS, a vibrant, family of independent schools, for 3-18 year olds, in the heart of Edinburgh. We offer a co-educational nursery and junior school, single-sex but closely twinned secondary education and a co-educational sixth form. At the ESMS family of schools we pride ourselves on our holistic approach to education which means that we place as much emphasis on opportunities and activities outside of the classroom as we do on what happens in class. We offer over 300 clubs and societies as well as wide-ranging opportunities in sport, music and drama, outdoor education, trips and community involvement, all with the intention of helping your child discover their talents, learn or explore something new, have fun and make new friends.

Our Vision: is to empower learners within our community through innovative approaches and transformative experiences, cultivating creativity, critical thinking, and collaboration. Through a dynamic education and a culture of determination, we inspire students to dream big, set ambitious goals, and surpass their own expectations, ensuring every child has the opportunity to excel and achieve a fulfilling, successful life, whatever path they choose.

Our Mission: is to develop resilient, accomplished, and values-driven students equipped with the knowledge, skills, and mindset to lead full, happy lives and shape a better world.

Aims:

1. We offer an outstanding, well-rounded education, to a diverse group of children.
2. We take time to build strong relationships and to help our children feel happy, safe and secure so that they thrive emotionally and socially and academically.
3. We provide an unrivalled range of activities outside the classroom, enabling our children to discover and develop their natural talents.
4. We inspire children to aim high and achieve strong academic results.
5. We give children every opportunity to seize and embrace every challenge that life throws at them.
6. Our teachers inspire innovative thinkers with a love of learning that will last a lifetime.
7. Our children develop the confidence to use their voices.
8. Our five values embed character, inspiring children to develop good hearts, make good decisions and improve the world around them.

Attached Documents:

• Sports Centre General Manager - Job Description.pdf