Leisure Programming and Capacity Manager

Contract Type: Permanent

Working Hours: Full Time 37 hours per week

Worker Type: Hybrid Worker

Salary: Starting Salary is 40777 rising to 44075 per annum (pro-rata for part-time)

Location:Loxley House Station Street Nottingham NG2 3NG

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Working for Nottingham City Council has great benefits. As well as competitive pay great leave entitlement and access to a generous pension scheme we strive to create an innovative inclusive and progressive work culture where everyone is supported to do and be their very best.

In return we are looking for people like you - people who are innovative driven and committed to serving and improving Nottingham. So if you are passionate about making a difference to the lives of those who live and work in our city we want to hear from you.

* You can read more about the different benefits offered to colleagues working for Nottingham City Council here.

About the Role

We are looking for a highly motivated enthusiastic experienced individual that canlead manage monitor review and develop programming and capacity management processes for the Sport Community and Leisure Service which delivers the Councils Core Priorities and Strategies.

As part of the Service Delivery Team you will make informed decisions on how to deliver optimal business performance through a commercialised approach by increasing usage attendance sport and physical activity participation and income growth. Whilst contributing to reducing costs and overall service subsidy.

We are looking for someone with extensive experience of collating interpreting and analysing data to forecast future business decisions. The role requires a full understanding of the operation of the leisure management system including troubleshooting and technical expertise with responsibility for data management and compliance.

The position has service wide responsibility for leading work with General Managers (GM) and Assistant Managers (AM) to successfully implement changes to leisure centre programming and producing accurate timely performance management information.

This is a key position and forms part of the wider senior management team.

About You

The ideal candidate will have:

• Higher Education Qualification Industry Specific Qualification Data Qualification Leadership/Management Qualification or equivalent Industry Experience.
• Experience of working with raw data and being able to present reports and interactive dashboards
• Experience and knowledge of the sport and leisure industry and challenges faced.
• Experience in leisure management systems or equivalent.
• Numeracy skills to a level necessary to prepare financial information calculations and present reports
• Willingness to work flexible hours including evenings and weekends and travel within the City Council area or be based at particular locations as required and necessary

You can find the job description for this post here

At Nottingham City Council we believe that work is what you do not where you do it. We offer different working arrangements depending on the role including hybrid working. Further information on Worker Types and what these mean in terms of how and where you work can be found on the additional informationfor applicants page.

For informal enquiriesplease contact Rachel Gomm Service Delivery Manager via email at

Closing Date: 28th September 2025

Please note there may be occasions where we close the advert before the closing date and we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.

Interviews will be held:TBC

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