Mote Park Manager | Mote Park
Location: Maidstone, Kent
Hours: 40 per week between Monday to Sunday
Contract Type: Permanent
Salary: £25,000 - £27,000 per annum + Fantastic Benefits
Are you someone that enjoys the outdoors and are seeking a job role that blends your passion and work?
If you're looking for an outdoor activity job and want to be a valued leader of an enthusiastic team, we have the position for you!
Here at Maidstone Leisure Trust our goal is to get more people, more active, more often. We provide affordable access to a wide range of sports and leisure facilities to support healthier and happier people across all segments of the local community. To deliver those services takes an enthusiastic and customer focused team - and right now we are looking to recruit for an Outdoor Adventure Manager to join our fun and vibrant team at our Outdoor Adventure zone located in Mote park, which is connected to the fantastic team at the Maidstone Leisure Centre.
In this role you manage all activities on site, ensuring customer safety and high standards of customer care at all times. The role involves supervision of staff, generation of new events business and maintenance of technical equipment. You will be responsible for delivering multi activity sessions at our speciality activity zone which offers high ropes, mini adventure golf, climbing walls as well as Segway safari.
A Hands-on approach is essential, but you will have a blend of frontline responsibilities (est. 70%) and back of house (est. 30%) and be responsible for running an important business, working within the Kent Serco cluster.
About You
As the successful candidate you will have proven management experience gained within a Leisure environment. As well as the ability to engage, lead and motivate your team. You will promote an environment that provides safe Leisure activities to everyone throughout the Mote Park Outdoor Adventure. Ability to work additional hours during the peak season is essential, but we pride ourselves on having a flexible approach that works for both the business and our employees.
No qualifications required - we will give you these! We are looking for someone with character, ownership, plenty of enthusiasm, and enjoys working with customers and leading people, as well as strong communication skills towards customers and staff alike, with the ability to inject fun into proceedings.
If you feel you meet the criteria, fancy an adventure, or like the thought of working in the outdoors, then the Mote Park Outdoor Adventure is the place to be, so please apply today!
Why Serco
Meaningful and vital work: Working within Leisure means that you'll play a critical role in ensuring that the communities we serve receive exceptional service and you'll help to provide our local communities with a safe and fun environment to stay healthy and connected to others.
A world of opportunity: It takes a diverse team to support our Leisure business and we're big on internal progression. So, whether you specialise your skills, undertake additional training or progress into senior management you'll find all the opportunity you need to evolve your career.
Great people: Our staff are dedicated to providing the best possible service for our customers and we welcome those who take similar pride in their work.
What we offer
Serco/Serco Leisure Operating Limited are appointed as the Trust's Managing Agents. We manage the recruitment process and the Trust's employees in the delivery of the service on their behalf. The Trust is committed to equal opportunities and requests any potential applicant to contact the Recruitment Team on 0345 010 4000 as soon as possible if an applicant has any additional queries, requirements or will need additional time in submitting an application. Applicants should be aware that in line with the company's policy, employees will have a DBS check where appropriate.
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