We are seeking a dynamic individual to take on the role of Sports Centre General Manager at the Westminster School Sports Centre in Lawrence Hall. As Sports Centre General Manager, you will lead and manage a large well-resourced Sports Centre and play a pivotal role across both School’s sports programmes, working with staff to foster in pupils of all ages a love of sport, as well as playing a key role in developing the School’s provision for sport as the charity moves towards becoming fully co-educational by 2030.
The Sports Centre General Manager will also assist and manage when the building is used by the two schools for non-sporting events, such as Entrance Examination testing or various staff events.
Coupled with this, the Sports Centre General Manager will work with the Commercial Director in the development and implementation of a strategy to embed commercial use of the Sports Centre outside of school hours and in the holidays. This will include exhibitions, filming and other commercial related activities.
Lawrence Hall currently provides a spectacular home for our Sports Centre. A five-court sports hall dominates the lower floor and is complimented by a high-spec climbing wall down the full length of one side. Areas for fencing and other activities run down the other side of the sports hall. Across the other floors you will find a brand-new free-weights room, a well-resourced Fitness Suite, excellent land training facilities for rowing, a studio and a dojo. In addition to this are extensive catering facilities and a café area.
The Sports Centre General Manager will report to the Senior School’s Deputy Head (Co-curriculum, Planning and Events) and work closely with the Under School’s Assistant Master Extra Curricular and the School’s Commercial Director.
This role is a full-time, permanent position.
The Sports Centre is open for use from 7.00am until 9pm Monday to Friday, and from 9.00am until 6.00pm on Saturday, unless it is a non-school weekend, and staff operate on a shift pattern, working 40 hours a week.
As there may be evening and weekend use, some flexibility in working hours will be required to support this.