Fitness manager jobs

Type of Job

Working as a fitness manager you will be responsible for the day-to-day running of a gym, health club or fitness centre.

What is the job about?

The duties of a fitness manager will vary from location to location, but will typically include:

• Scheduling activities
• Organising and promoting special events
• Recruiting and managing staff
• Managing budgets
• Full responsibility for health and safety

Key Skills & Knowledge needed

In addition to an interest in physical fitness, fitness managers also need a variety of management skills:

• Good communication skills
• Good customer service skills
• Administrative skills
• The ability to work within budgets
• IT skills
• Team leadership skills
• Marketing and promotion skills

Qualifications and experience needed

There are different routes to becoming a fitness manager. While some people start as an assistant or even an instructor, then work towards professional qualifications, others complete a foundation degree, BTEC HND or degree before applying for management jobs.

Good choices for foundation degrees, BTEC HNDs and degrees include:

• Sports and leisure management
• Leisure studies
• Sports science
• Recreation management.
  
  

What other training and development could I do?

You can develop your career further by completing additional qualifications such as:

• Institute of Sport and Recreation Management (ISRM) qualifications
• NVQ Level 3 in Leisure Management
• NVQ Level 4 in Managing Sport and Active Leisure
• A foundation degree in a subject such as sport and recreation management, sport, health and fitness club management, and fitness and leisure management
• A part-time degree in a subject such as sports and leisure management, leisure studies, sports science and recreation management.

Salary and benefit expectations

Managers typically earn between ?17,000 and around ?25,000 a year, while senior managers can earn over ?35,000.

Where else can I go for more information?

SkillsActive
Castlewood House
77-91 New Oxford Street
London
WC1A 1PX
Advice line: 08000 933300
www.skillsactive.com

Institute of Sport and Recreation Management (ISRM)
SportPark
Loughborough University
3 Oakwood Drive
Loughborough
Leicestershire
LE11 3QF
Tel: 01509 226474
www.isrm.co.uk