Sports and Community Lettings Assistant Manager

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Job overview

Sports & community lettings assistant manager

Salary: £28,598 to £31,022
Grade: Grade 6; Point 12 - 17 Cheshire East Council NJC Pay Structure
Start date: ASAP
Contract type: 37 hours per week (full time), 52.134 weeks per year (rota system, including evenings and weekends)
Contract term: Permanent
Closing date: Monday 13th October 2025, midday
Interview date: TBC – Friday 17th October or week commencing Monday 20th October 2025

Wilmslow High School
School age range: 11-18
Number on roll: approx. 2,000 (including 500 sixth form)

We are seeking a proactive Sports & Community Lettings Assistant Manager to provide efficient and effective support to the Physical Education and Sport Curriculum Team and the Community Lettings Manager. The post holder will, in particular, deputise for the Community Lettings Manager when required, ensure the effective supervision of High Leisure support staff, undertake key administrative functions, use and care of equipment, and the general preparation of sports areas.

Sports Support Department team members will be required to work on a shift basis in order to cover both curriculum and community facility use seven days per week. In the absence of the Community Lettings Manager, the post holder will oversee the daily operation of ‘High Leisure’ as directed.

Key responsibilities include:

• To support the Community Lettings Manager in the daily management of Sport & High Leisure
• To provide leadership example to and supervision of members of the Sport & High Leisure Support Team
• To administer and promote the lettings management software (Vivify)
• To support the grounds and estate management team
• To ensure appropriate health and safety procedures and protocols are in place
• To establish and monitor staff rotas in line with the needs of the High Leisure operations

We offer a happy and caring environment rooted in our core values, in which staff and students can flourish, whilst challenging ourselves to pursue excellence for all our students. The school is set in extensive grounds, ideally positioned between the thriving city of Manchester and the open countryside of the Peak District.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff to respect this commitment. A consideration of the person’s suitability to work alongside children is part of the selection process.

If invited for interview, you will be:

• Asked to complete a self-declaration form answering questions in relation to any criminal record or other information that would make you unsuitable to work with children
• Subject to an online search. This is to help identify any incidents or issues that have happened, and are publicly available online, which we may wish to explore at interview

If successful, you will be subject to:

• An enhanced disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service
• Pre-employment checks which will include references, health, and right to work in the UK

Current or previous employers will be contacted and information requested will include:

• Disciplinary offences relating to children, including any for which the penalty is ‘time expired’
• Whether the applicant has been the subject of any child protection concerns