Description
Job Summary:
This role will be responsible for the day-to-day operational management of LSESU Sport, Fitness and Performance facilities in the Marshall Building, including service standards, health and safety, and business development.
Who we are:
Part business, part charity, part membership body – students’ unions are all seriously fun places to work. They are organisations in their own right. Professionally run, but different. Professional teams support elected student leaders to make change, improve lives and fulfil potential; we help make it happen.
Founded in 1897, LSE Students' Union is one of the oldest students' unions in the UK and is the representative and campaigning body for students at The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). Like other students' unions, it also funds and facilitates student activities of campus, including societies, sports clubs through the Athletics Union (AU), the Media Group and Raising and Giving (RAG) charitable fundraising initiatives.
About the job
This role will be responsible for the operational management of all LSESU facilities in the Marshall Building, administering all facility bookings and scheduling, including evening and weekend work. They will ensure student community focused results are delivered through exceptional customer service to LSE’s diverse membership and other users.
This role will deliver income from external hire of fitness facilities, to drive surplus, develop offers, improve quality, customer service and inclusivity, seeking diversification of activity and income opportunities. And they will manage a team consisting of permanent and student staff, external contractors, and volunteers.
Who are we looking for?
We are looking for an applicant with experience of the operational management of facilities with an understanding of health and safety and generating income, managing a budget, and working within specified financial procedures. An applicant who can show resilience and determination to sustain performance when under pressure from a high volume of work and conflicting priorities.
An applicant who can deliver exceptional customer service and is committed, positive, outgoing and approachable with a ‘can do’ attitude and has a desire to work within an organisation servicing a culturally diverse membership, including understanding and commitment to equal opportunities.
For further details on the person specification and job description required for this role, please follow this link: https://hr.breathehr.com/v/sport-and-recreation-centre-manager-28238
Why apply?
Because you’re excited by the challenge! The exact opposite of corporate, we’re progressive, daring, and creative individuals working to make a difference in unconventional workplaces.
Benefits and Perks
In return for your passion and experience we offer:
● 25 days holidays per year
● Additional closure periods at Christmas and Easter
● Free LSE Students’ Union gym membership, advice from dedicated professionals, with a wide range of activities including yoga classes, dance classes, Pilates classes
● Cycle to Work scheme enabling significant savings on bicycle purchase
● Access to LSE staff training courses
● Ability to purchase TOTUM (NUS) card giving wide range of discounts
● Flexibility for work-life balance
● Interest free travel loan
How to apply?
We ask you to prepare and upload three documents:
- Covering Letter - this is all about you telling us about your suitability for the role and will be used to determine if you are shortlisted for interview. Please refer to the attached job description and person specification to help write this.
- CV
- Equal Opportunities Form
We want to ensure all systems, policies and processes are free from bias or discrimination and are fair and accessible, therefore we will only share your covering letter with the shortlisting committee. Please do not include any personal information, such as your name or contact details in your personal statement. If you are selected for an interview, we will then share your CV with the interview panel.
Interviews will be held for shortlisted candidates on Thursday 16th March. If you are unable to make these dates, please let us know in the ‘notes’ section of the application portal.
If you would like to have an informal chat about this role please contact:
Grace Clarke, [email protected]
Compulsory Requirement -
The UK Government sets the legal regulations that we are required to follow. As an employer we have to ensure that everyone is eligible to work in the UK and this is done by us checking and making a copy of the correct original identification/documentation before your first day of work. Currently we require you to have the right to work in the UK, as we are not a Home Office approved sponsor
