Regional Manager - Newcastle Region

NSW, Aquatic, Fitness & Leisure Facilities - Newcastle Region 2300

• Are you passionate about delivering leisure and well-being to the community? 
• Exciting role, leading the teams, managing seven venues that include, leisure, aquatics and tourism operations
• Grow your career in a progressive Australian leisure organisation 

About Belgravia Health & Leisure Group 

Belgravia Health and Leisure Group proudly manages 7 sites including: Singleton Gym and Swim, Singleton Heights Sports Centre, Lake St Clair Campground, Kurri Kurri Aquatic and Fitness Centre, Lakeside Leisure Centre, Tomaree Aquatic Centre & Tilligerry Aquatic Centre.

Belgravia Health and Leisure Group is the fastest growing leisure organisation in Australia. Our core areas of business and facilities stewardship include health clubs, wellness and spa, golf, aquatic and sporting venues in 250 locations across Australia and New Zealand.  

The Role 

The Regional Manager is responsible for the leadership of these important community facilities. Through the leadership and development of your teams, you are fully accountable for the contract deliverables and operational performance of each facility. You will develop and execute plans through engagement with the leadership team to ensure the provision of consistent quality services and programs to members. 

About You 

You will demonstrate a successful track record in marketing, sales contract compliance and effective management of key stakeholders including the community, Councils and Belgravia to drive the success through the engagement and development of its people.

Inherent in the role is the commitment to ethical practices, to foster strong team motivation and reinforcement of the partnership values. To be considered for this role you will be a seasoned and professional manager, who leads with vision and energy, with extensive experience in commercial/business management, preferably from within the leisure, fitness, aquatic or facility management sector.  

The ideal candidate will be a true people leader, be able to share insights into how you have successfully shaped high performance teams in your career. You can easily articulate the link between employee engagement and exceptional business performance. This is a unique opportunity for an outstanding people leader to coach, inspire and lead the team and the community within our premier leisure facilities! 

Skills and Attributes 

Candidates will require a range of personal and professional skills, including:  

Essential

• Highly developed leadership skills, with experience in building successful teams and developing a high-performance culture.
• Extensive experience in the strategic development and execution of operational, financial and people plans to successful outcomes.
• Demonstrated experience in contract compliance (preferably local government)
• Demonstrative experience leading a dynamic and complex business operation, preferably from within the leisure, fitness, aquatic, retail, hospitality or facility management industries.
• Highly developed verbal and written communication skills with a flair for positive influencing and negotiating win-win outcomes.
• Sound knowledge of health and safety, fitness, and aquatic industry
• Sound computer literacy.
• Current Apply First Aid Certificate (Workplace Level 2).
• Current CPR Certificate.
• Working with Children Check.

Desirable  

• Local Government experience
• Tertiary qualifications in a related field and/or extensive experience in Centre/Facility Management or senior management experience in a related industry.

Simply complete the application process by clicking the Apply Now button and we’ll be in touch.

We are committed to providing a child safe environment. Please refer to our child safety framework. Successful applicants will be required to obtain a national police check and a Working with Children check.  

Belgravia Leisure is a place where we can all be ourselves and succeed on merit.  We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, LGBTQIA+ people, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds and people with a disability. We're happy to adjust our recruitment process to support accessibility needs - reach out to us at *****@belgravialeisure.com.au.