HIRING: GENERAL MANAGER
Ilkley Lawn Tennis and Squash Club is already one of Yorkshire’s leading sports clubs providing fantastic tennis, squash and fitness facilities in an outstanding location. The club plays a vital role in developing its sports in the region as well as providing a superb range of activities to its members.
The club annually hosts an ATP Challenger 150 Men’s and ITF 100 Women’s tournament with combined price money in excess of $250k. These events attract players in the top 50 of the world rankings and wild cards into Wimbledon
The club is seeking an effective General Manager who will maintain and accelerate this rate of improvement and lead the team to a different level.
This is a key role, where you will need to inspire and motivate a team to deliver exceptional service whilst maintaining rigorous standards in all we do.
The ideal candidate will have proven general management skills ideally in the hospitality sector – experience of a tennis, squash and fitness organisation may be an advantage but is not essential, however a passion and ability to build an outstanding operation is.
As the job holder the General Manager will need to possess strong interpersonal and organisational skills, with strong commercial and financial awareness and the mind-set and skills to influence change. It is important that whilst driving this Club forward, you will be able to deliver meticulous standards when managing member needs.
For further details of this position, please see below for a job description.