Duty Manager - Abingdon Sports and Leisure (£27,772 to £29,660 from September)
Abingdon School
Abingdon, Oxfordshire
- Expired
- Salary:
- £27,772 to £29,660 from September2025
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- Immediate
- Apply by:
- 29 August 2025
Job overview
Abingdon Sports and Leisure is seeking to appoint enthusiastic, motivated and flexible candidates to join our friendly team managing the operations of the Abingdon School Sports Centre on either a full-time or part-time basis. There may also be opportunities for candidates to work in Abingdon’s facilities at Tilsley Park.
The Duty Manager role is very varied and offers a wide range of experience, with responsibilities including customer liaison, lifeguarding, handling both School use and external bookings as well as general administration. The successful candidates will be friendly and approachable team members, combining customer service with administrative skills and a good level of IT competency.
We offer an extensive range of training and development opportunities including free access to a wide range of on-line courses, bespoke in-house training, access to career coaching and the opportunity to receive funding to gain additional relevant qualifications.
As well as a competitive salary, we also offer a range of generous benefits for Duty Managers including a new retention bonus scheme, contributory pension scheme, private healthcare insurance, paid Christmas closure days, free lunch during term time, free uniform, free use of leisure facilities with discounted exercise classes and discounted school fees.
Previous experience and professional qualifications in the sports/leisure industry are preferred but are not essential for candidates who have the right qualities and aptitude. Applications are encouraged from candidates who already hold a valid National Pool Lifeguard Qualification (NPLQ). Successful candidates who are not qualified lifeguards will need to have the ability to qualify within two months of commencing employment so ability to meet the lifeguard swimming competency requirements is essential.
Duty Managers work as part of a team on a variable shift pattern and therefore some early morning, evening and weekend work will be necessary.
Early applications are encouraged and will be reviewed on receipt.
For further details and to apply please visit our recruitment portal:
https://vacanciesatabingdonschool.ciphr-irecruit.com/Applicants/
Abingdon is committed to safeguarding the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. All appointments are subject to a satisfactory enhanced DBS check.
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About Abingdon School
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A level 2023 - 90% grade A* to B
GCSE 2023 - 81% grade 9 to 7
Abingdon combines over 750 years of history and tradition with a modern outlook. It offers day and boarding with the senior school housing around 1070 students aged 11 to 18, of whom 360 are in the sixth form, and approximately 130 are boarders. There is also a preparatory school at Frilford, near Abingdon, for 215 students aged 4 - 13. The two establishments together form the Abingdon Foundation, an independent charity, governed according to a scheme approved by the Charity Commissioners. Full particulars can be found in the Independent Schools Year Book.
The School stands in beautiful grounds close to the centre of Abingdon, six miles south of Oxford. Day students are drawn from a region that includes the University and City of Oxford, a number of large scientific establishments such as those at Harwell and Culham, and a wide area of the Upper Thames Valley and the Berkshire Downs. A wider region supplies weekly boarders, and there is a thriving international community of full boarders.
Students are selected for entry by examination, and the curriculum is geared towards the academic pupil. The expectation is that the vast majority of students who enter the school proceed to university, with a significant number winning places at Oxford and Cambridge every year.
The School has developed considerably over the last half-century, and has benefitted from a major building programme, including a new arts centre and a multi-million pound sports centre. Recent additions include a superb science centre housing 21 teaching labs and a new sixth form centre, a library and art facilities which opened in 2018. Autumn 2020 saw the Computer Science and Business & Economics departments move into a purpose built new three-story building. New and refurbished boarding facilities as well as a flexible new dining pavilion were completed in Autumn 2023.
The strength of the teaching staff is seen as the key to Abingdon’s continuing success. The Head seeks recruits of the highest possible standard, with a powerful professional vision and who are prepared to exert themselves wholeheartedly for the benefit of their pupils and the School.
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