Regional Manager - Full Time - East/North

As one of the UK’s leading charitable leisure trusts, we’re proud of our mission of Improving Lives Through Leisure.

We’re here to help communities live healthier, happier lives by making our centres welcoming, inclusive, and accessible to everyone - because everyone deserves to feel good. We’re all about delivering amazing customer service and creating spaces where people feel at home, supported, and inspired.

We’re looking for a Regional Manager to join our Leadership Team covering either the East/North or South Region. Working closely with the Operations Director, you will lead a team of motivated Area Managers and regional support colleagues to achieve service, operational and commercial goals.

Key responsibilities include:

• To drive the commercial revenue generating output of the Region to ensure bottom line budgets are achieved or exceeded.
• To be accountable for the business, budgetary and cost centre performance across the range of partnerships and services in the Region.
• To lead, manage, develop and motivate a team of partnership leads (Area Manager or Contract Managers).
• To lead the development, delivery and evaluation of the Leisure Partnerships and associated contractual outcomes within the Region.
• To deliver on all corporate objectives including those related to Sustainability, Environment, Healthy Communities and Improving Lives Through Leisure.

If you’re driven and strive for excellence then we’d love to hear from you.

In the event that a high volume of suitable applications are received, the post may close prior to the specified closing date. Please apply as soon as possible if interested.

Hours: 37 hours per week

The Regional Manager will be an experienced leader typically from either the leisure, retail or hospitality sectors.

Candidates will be practiced at supporting and driving teams to achieve goals and have a strong commercial background (experience of managing and driving contract and cost adherence through a team is essential).

You will also have the ability to communicate effectively at all levels, especially with our clients.

If you have experience working closely with local authorities, it’s an advantage but not essential.

We want you to love coming to work, feeling healthy, happy and valued. That's why we've developed a benefits package with you in mind, so what can we offer you?

• Basic annual salary of up to £75k
• Company Electric Car
• Up to 10% of annual salary Discretionary Performance Bonus Scheme
• Company pension
• Medical insurance
• My Staff Shop; our very own staff benefit scheme, gives employees access to a great range of benefits.
• Discounted Staff membership (including family members)
• Incremental holidays

Please note that we are recruiting for one Regional Manager vacancy but can be flexible on the region they cover. Candidates for the ‘South’ role may be located south of the M25 (e.g. Sevenoaks, Maidstone, Oxted or Guildford). Candidates for East / North role may be located on the M1 corridor (e.g Northampton, Peterborough, Bedford or Luton).

Closing Date: 15th August 2025

Salary: up to £75,000 per annum

Freedom Leisure’s commitment is that every qualified person will be evaluated according to skills regardless of age, gender identity, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disability status, or religion.