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As a leisure or sports manager, you’ll combine your business management skills and passion for sporting activity to manage and deliver quality leisure services to customers. Learn more about a career in leisure or sports management, find out what it involves and what you’ll need to study and do to get a role.
Working in this role will usually involve overseeing the staffing and operation of a range of fitness, leisure or sports facilities. You could be the general manager of a centre and be responsible for its overall direction and function, or you might be one of several managers with a focus on a certain area of its operations. You could end up working for national or international sporting and leisure companies.
Your responsibilities will vary according to the type of place you work in, but you might be responsible for hiring and training staff, organising work rotas, monitoring service levels, managing finances and stock, reporting on revenue or addressing any issues that might come up. You’ll enjoy managing a team and enabling excellent service for customers.
Your daily tasks might involve:
The average salary for a leisure or sports manager in the UK is £46,280. Graduates start at around £29,500.
You might have the opportunity to travel overseas or within the UK if you’re an experienced manager working for a franchise or company with multiple sites.
You might be able to handle some of your responsibilities remotely but you’ll typically be expected to be present at the facility to manage it most of the time.
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