Duty manager - Rec Club gym and leisure centre

Closing date: This is an open, rolling campaign. Applications will be assessed in order of receipt and interviews may occur at any stage after applications are received.

Posted: 3 February 2026

We are seeking an ambitious and talented duty manager to join our Rec Club gym and leisure centre team.

Salary: £28,172.56 per annum (£21,129.42 pro rata for part-time) – subject to skills and experience
Hours of work: 30 hours a week over four days, including early shifts (6.30am), late shifts (10.30pm) and Saturdays or Sundays
Contract: Part-time
Location: Rec Club gym and leisure centre, London NW3

The role

Reporting to the club manager, as well as being able to spend your time personal training on shift, you’ll have the ability to do a multitude of roles, so no 2 days are ever the same.

You’ll gain valuable management skills, looking after the entire building, including the gym, which will provide you with the skills to launch a long-term career in management should you choose to progress. In addition to this, you’ll deal with potential new members as well, creating a real sense of community with the existing ones, dealing with front-of-house administration, health and safety, and most importantly, giving back to the local community.

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The team

The Rec Club was established over 40 years ago and provides a fitness and leisure centre to the public, local community and hospital staff. The club plays host to state of the art gym, 2 top of the range studios, a swimming pool and sports hall.

Find out more about the Rec Club.

Organisation

The Royal Free Charity stands at the threshold of its most important period of development.

Our vision is for everyone served by the Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust (RFL) to have access to world-leading healthcare, delivered by a thriving workforce and driven by medical research that has a global impact. We support the 17,000 staff of the RFL and their two million patients across Barnet, Chase Farm, North Mid and Royal Free hospitals and more than 30 NHS services.

Through the services we provide, and the programmes and equipment we fund, we make a profound and immediate difference to patients’ experiences of care.

Apply for this role

To apply for this post, you will need:

your CV (please include an up-to-date CV outlining your last employer, dates of employment, your academic and any professional qualifications, and contact details).
a cover letter addressing how you meet the criteria set out in the job description and person specification

Please note, that applications submitted without a cover letter may not be considered for this role.

You must be eligible to work in the UK.

Apply now

If you require more information regarding this vacancy, please contact our HR Team on 020 7472 6677 or email [email protected].

As an equal opportunities’ employer, the Royal Free Charity is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective employees and does not condone discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender identity, or marriage and civil partnership.

We aspire to have a diverse and inclusive workplace and strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply and join the Royal Free Charity.