Virgin Active was born in 1999. With 45 health clubs in the UK (8,500 employees!) and almost 250 globally, were one of the fastest-growing businesses within the Virgin Group. Were renowned for our outstanding customer service and helping our member be their personal best. Everyones welcome at Virgin Active. Young or old. Fit or unfit. Its all good. We set...
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Job Description
- We are seeking dynamic, registered Dietitians to offer personalized nutrition services from our in-club wellness suites. This is an independent practice opportunity to consult with members and support their goals through science-based dietary interventions.
Key Responsibilities:
- Deliver one-on-one nutrition consultations, assessments, and coaching.
- Manage your schedule, client communications, and billing independently.
- Work collaboratively with PTs, Bios, and Chiropractors for integrated wellness solutions.
- Host in-club talks, events, or group sessions on wellness nutrition.
- Maintain detailed records in line with privacy and ethical standards.
Minimum Requirements:
- BSc Dietetics or equivalent and registration with the Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA).
- Valid Professional Indemnity and Public Liability Insurance.
- Compliance with HPCSA ethical guidelines and nutrition-related legislation.
Bonus if you have:
- Specialization in sports nutrition, weight management, or chronic conditions.
- Experience with digital nutrition platforms or meal tracking software.
Opportunity Includes:
- Dedicated space within Virgin Active wellness suites.
- Soft-landing rental offer (Month 1 and 2).
- Internal marketing and collaboration opportunities with other wellness tenants.
- National club access and inclusion in Virgin Active’s nutrition promotions.
Closing Date 30 June 2026
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Job Description
- We are seeking registered and qualified Chiropractors to operate independently from our wellness suites. You’ll build your own client base while benefiting from Virgin Active’s high foot traffic, trusted brand, and collaborative environment with PTs and Biokineticists.
Key Responsibilities:
- Deliver chiropractic assessments, treatments, and performance improvement sessions.
- Maintain your own bookings, billing, and client communications.
- Operate from an in-club consulting room under tenant rental agreement.
- Comply with club operating policies, regulations, and safety procedures.
- Collaborate with club staff and wellness professionals to support member outcomes.
- Provide a professional, respectful, and ethical member-facing service at all times.
- Contribute to quarterly health education seminars and maintain visibility in the club.
Minimum Requirements:
- Registered Chiropractor with the Allied Health Professions Council of SA (AHPCSA).
- Valid First Aid Level 1 with CPR and AED training.
- Professional Indemnity, Income Protection, and Personal Accident Insurance.
- Minimum 3 days/week presence at the club, including peak hours.
- Clear communication skills and ability to maintain clinical records.
- Willingness to comply with Virgin Active’s contractor platform (Flexer) and club protocols.
Bonus if you have:
- Experience with sports teams or special populations.
- Ability to offer screening tools or deliver educational sessions.
Opportunity Includes:
- Dedicated consulting room with shared access to club amenities.
- Discounted “soft landing” rental rate in first 2 months.
- Public liability cover (in-club services only).
- Access to internal meetings, professional development, and a national club network.
- Potential referral flow from in-club PTs, Bios, and member services.
Closing Date 30 June 2026
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Your Purpose...
- Managing the preventative maintenance and state of repair to equipment and facilities
- Managing action plans/projects to the required standard.
- Managing maintenance plans & suppliers to within budget.
- Managing the maintenance team to achieve desired results
Your Duties and Responsibilities...
MANAGING THE PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE AND STATE OF REPAIR TO EQUIPMENT AND FACILITIES
Maintain and repair plant
- Follow preventative schedule for HVAC
- Communicate faults and action plans to CGM/Ops and Regional MM
- Use maintenance log in system on intranet for faults
- Adhere to downtime as stipulated on intranet
- Be hands on and repair faults where possible
Maintain and repair premises
- Liaise with landlord/contractors on issues/repairs
- Be hands on and repair and maintain where possible according to brand standards.
Maintain and repair gym equipment
- Complete and fax/email downtime reports to relevant contractors.
- Ensure completion of preventative maintenance as per contractor stipulations
- Maintain a history of equipment maintenance and preventative schedules
- Be hands on, repair and maintain equipment according to brand standards
Inspect club to establish daily maintenance tasks
- Do visual inspection via walkabout.
- Check job book, MOD checklists and fitness checklists.
- Check pool and enter results on pool log.
- Action tasks as per brand standards RAP sheet.
- Follow up all maintenance related issues on the Hey Manager cards.
- Schedule tasks from preventative maintenance schedule.
- Liaise with CGM/Ops Manager on affects to operations in club.
Ensure pool maintenance completed.
- Ensure pool checked and pool key readings recorded according to operating standards.
- Ensure inspection of weirs conducted.
- Ensure pool dosed according to readings.
- Ensure backwashing falls within pressure parameters.
- Ensure pool internal and external maintained and repaired to brand standards.
- Ensure temperatures displayed.
- Liaise with Ops/CGM and RMM as required.
- Ensure dosing systems do not run dry
Manage health & safety requirements in the club
- Manage your department to work within the health & safety requirements.
- Familiarise yourself with the OSH Act.
MANAGING ACTION PLANS/PROJECTS TO THE REQUIRED STANDARD
Assist in ensuring that brand standards are maintained
- Conduct regular brand standard checks.
- Assist in developing RAP.
- Assist GM/Ops to manage the RAP to conclusion.
Manage projects to conclusion
- Ensure compliance to job specs.
- Ensure work areas left in condition found.
- Manage contractor to adhere to health and safety standards.
- Liaise with relevant parties.
- Sign off contractors job card on completion if satisfactory and quality checked.
- Follow up on snag lists.
- Refer snags/issues to Regional Maintenance Manager.
MANAGING MAINTENANCE PLANS & SUPPLIERS TO WITHIN BUDGET
Ensure maintenance of Club is within budget.
- Liaise with CGM on budget constraints/availability.
- Ensure all repairs/costs/quotes to within budget.
Control and maintain stock levels
- Ensure there is sufficient stock available at all times.
- Follow e-procurement system with the assistance from CGM/Ops using preferred suppliers and authorisation systems.
- Check quality and delivery of orders.
- Ensure stock control systems in place.
MANAGING THE MAINTENANCE TEAM TO ACHIEVE DESIRED RESULTS
Manage team to achieve scheduled tasks
- Priorities and set timelines for team with tasks.
- Adhere to quality control standards.
- Follow up and check completed tasks.
- Establish understanding of task and correct tool application.
- Distribute tasks equitably in team including tasks to yourself.
Manage staffing compliment
- Ensure staff adequately trained to deliver on functional/operational needs.
- Ensure communication on all company initiatives/launches.
- Manage shift rosters/leave cycles.
- Induct staff on operational needs
- Have a succession plan.
MISCELLANEOUS
- Be available for call outs/ telephonic assistance.
- Assist and comply with any lawful and reasonable requests from manager.
Closing Date 03 June 2026
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THE PURPOSE OF THE ROLE
- The purpose of this role is to execute the national sales strategy in club, ensuring strong leadership, planning, and support to achieve club sales unit and revenue targets.
- The role drives performance through strong leadership, structured activity, people and performance plan.
A DAY IN THE LIFE OF… (YOUR DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES…)
Sales Performance & Delivery
- Drive achievement of club sales budgets (net member movement & revenue) across the respective club.
- Translate national strategy into clear, actionable plans Specific to the club need.
- Monitor daily, weekly, and monthly performance and intervene quickly to close gaps.
- Report on key sales performance metrics with plans for intervention to maximise or improve.
Activity & Performance Management
- Ensure consistent activity management within the club (leads, calls, appointments, conversions).
- Hold Sales Consultants accountable to clear KPIs, standards, and routines.
- Implement structured performance coaching plans (targets, reviews, corrective action where required).
- Support clubs through opening lucrative business building opportunities within the relative catchment area of the club.
Coaching, Training & Capability Building
- Coach Sales Consultants to improve sales performance and, executional excellence, through unreasonable hospitality principles
- Drive in-club staff coaching, ensuring training is applied and embedded to the required delivery standard.
- Standardise and scale best-practice sales behaviours in the club.
- Deliver and facilitate structured training programmes in line with sales team need or as directed regionally or nationally.
Recruitment, Talent Retention & HR Practice
- Accountable for recruitment, selection, and onboarding of Sales Consultants who thrive within our performance culture and purpose.
- Build a strong talent pipeline and succession plan for the club
- Drive a sustainable sales team ensuring the retention of successful sales consultants
- Ensure HR practices and processes are consistently applied within the club.
Culture & Leadership
- Build a high-performance, accountable, and disciplined sales culture.
- Reinforce expectations around urgency, professionalism, and execution excellence.
- Align all teams to the Social Wellness / 2nd Space value proposition.
- Ensure the team are fully engaged in our wellness proposition by encouraging product usage.
Member-Centric Growth
- Ensure the sales team drive quality onboarding and early member engagement.
- Monitor and improve retention drivers through better sales behaviours.
- Use member insights to influence long-term value, not just acquisition.
Reporting & Insights
- Provide clear, data-driven reporting on performance, risks, and opportunities.
- Use insights to guide decision-making and prioritise actions.
- Ensure accuracy and discipline in all sales systems and reporting tools.
WE CAN’T LIVE WITHOUT… (MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS)
- Formal Matric qualification
- 3-4 years’ experience in sales or similar role
- 1–2 years sales management experience proven experience developing and retention of successful sales teams
- Strong understanding of the consumer sales process, including pipeline management, lead conversion, performance tracking, and optimization of key conversion metrics.
- Strong training and coaching ability
- Excellent communication, interpersonal, and presentation skills
- Proven leadership capability with the cability to inspire, coach, and develop high-performing Sales Consultants
- Data-driven and analytical, with the ability to translate insights into actionable sales actions
WE’D LIKE YOU TO HAVE… (ATTRIBUTES)
- Commercially astute with a strong focus on achieving targets and driving club growth
- Customer-centric mindset with a passion for delivering exceptional, service-led experiences following the principles of unreasonable hospitality
- Ability to drive consistency and execution across teams
- High level of accountability, ownership, Adaptable and resilient, with the ability to perform in a fast-paced, target-driven environment
- Strategic thinker with the ability to identify opportunities and implement improvement actions
- Effective communicator with strong interpersonal and stakeholder management skills
WE’D LOVE YOU TO HAVE… (ADDITIONAL SKILLS)
- I am fully immersed in wellness and have a passion for health and wellbeing
- Wellness knowledge, to engage and inspire others to take a holistic approach to wellness
- The ability to be agile
- The ability to be collaborative
Closing Date 05 June 2026
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Your Purpose...
- The Service Ambassador is responsible for providing exceptional in-club member experiences using the available tools and platforms across areas such as our service/reception area, exercise floor, studios, swimming facilities and extended lounge areas.
- This role is key in engaging our members across all offerings in club as well as online. This role supports the retention of our members through daily interaction and engagement.
Your Duties and Responsibilities...
Conducting Front of House Duties
- Control access into the facility
- Communicate and provide information to staff, members and prospective members
- Deliver on member needs and experiences from entry to exit
- Adhere to operational standards, and administration policies and procedures
Engaging with Members
- Deliver excellent customer service (experiences) throughout the club to achieve NPS and member sentiment score targets
- Drive digital engagement with members on our various platforms as our digital offering evolves
- Expose members to online or digital exercise offerings that are personalised / tailored to meet individual member needs
- Retain members
- Build member relations
- Resolve complaints for each member or incident
- Engage members to our fitness initiatives (events) to increase member retention
Delivering the Member Floor Experience
- Promote safe exercise
- Manage member adherence to club rules and standards
- Manage member adherence to safety protocol
- Maintain the cleanliness of the floor
Participating in Ongoing Training & Self-Development
Our Minimum Requirements...
We cannot live without...
- Grade 12 Senior Certificate or NQF Level 4 equivalent
- Successful completion of Reception Academy
- Good understanding and knowledge of digital platforms
- Sound knowledge of Virgin Active exercise experiences
- Comprehensive understanding of the customer journey and the desired customer experience
- Sound knowledge of club rules, operating standards and safety protocol
- Minimum of 12 months experience within a face to face customer facing role
- Proven ability to resolve member questions and queries
- Embody the business values
- People centric
- Passionate about exercise
We’d like you to have…
- Adaptability (must be able to adapt to a fast paced, changing environment)
- Be curious (must be willing to succeed, seek opportunities to learn and grow)
- Have a winning mentality (must be willing to go over and above to achieve success)
- Must be motivated to achieve success.
- A commitment to making a difference in people’s lives.
- A Growth mindset
- The ability to work independently.
- Trustworthiness (must always act in doing the right thing)
- A drive to create moments of magic for our members.
- The ability to make decisions and take ownership and responsibility for the decision.
- Action orientation
- Administer First Aid (valid First Aid Level 1 certificate)
- Excellent relationship-building skills
- Problem-solving skills
- Good communication skills
- Ability to resolve conflict
We'd love you to have...
- Wellness knowledge, beyond the health club
- The ability to make quick and bold decisions.
- The ability to be agile.
- The ability to be collaborative.
- High Interpersonal skills (EQ)
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Your Purpose....
- The purpose of this role is to sell to prospects in line with the sales strategy and to support the business goals
- Do the best work of your life by enabling experiences that help people live an active life
- To make exercise irresistible
- To focus on giving members an irresistible experience
Your Duties & Responsibilities…
- To always do your bit towards achieving our strategic business vision and do it in a way that aligns to our business values of learning, improving and inspiring while having fun and always doing the right thing.
- Be self-disciplined and plan and work independently
- Work flexibly e.g. weekends, early or late hours, as well as Public holidays
- Computer literate – proficient and agile when using Word, Excel, Outlook
- Write emails freely with excellent knowledge of grammar and spelling.
- Understand the market and demographics of a variety of clubs to effectively communicate the key message and campaign to the market
- Develop and build great networks and relationships with potential members & colleagues
- Follow a manual process of tracking potential members.
- Do thorough needs analysis of potential members’ requirements to be able to advise on what the club can offer to meet these needs.
- Perform administrative functions as required for this role.
- Perform additional functions as required from time to time by your line managers such as mystery calls, confirmation calls, and others.
- Responsible for generating leads for future sales.
- Ensure our prospective and existing members receive heartfelt service through every interaction within the sales process.
- Due to the nature of the role, you will be required to work over certain weekends and public holidays to achieve the agreed KPIs and targets set.
- Keep yourself updated on all club-related events, activities, and priorities or programs, this includes member suggestions to provide exceptional service.
- Ensure you are aware of all current and upcoming Sales & Marketing campaigns/strategies
- Attend relevant training courses and meetings which will enable you to carry out your role successfully as well as those which are discussed within Performance Promise conversations.
- Complete monthly sales product training as required
- Maintain a positive, productive working relationship with all Support Office and Club staff.
- Aim always to give the best possible service to members and prospective members. Deal with prospect inquiries, ensuring efficiency and accuracy when handling queries.
- Ensure that you effectively and efficiently resolve prospect inquiries.
- Be accountable for achieving your KPIs monthly.
- Collaborate with your team to achieve the minimum requirement of budget performance
- Set appointments from contacts made using centrally generated leads
- To maximise opportunity and influence all components in booking appointments, managing show ratio, gaining referrals, and converting the inquiries into sales.
- Complete sales over the phone from the contacts made using centrally generated leads as well as leads self-generated.
- Responsible for meeting KPIs monthly which has been predetermined by your line manager.
- You’ll also be responsible for achieving any other targets relating to other areas such as data collection, call quality, Dynamics compliance, and accurate tracking.
- When required you’ll also perform additional tasks including, but not limited to:
- Live chat, Twitter and Facebook, Google Reviews, multi-Channel member administrative requests
We can’t live without…
- Matric or equivalent qualification
- Up to 3 years’ experience as sales or retentions representative or similar sales role
- Proven track record of successfully meeting sales budgets preferably over the phone
- Outstanding negotiation and persuasion skills with the ability to resolve issues and address complaints
- Must be able to converse, read and understand English
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Must be resilient to handle customer rejection
- The ability to multitask is essential, as the role requires seamlessly switching between multiple systems while assisting customers, as well as frequently transitioning between communication channels, from voice calls to written interactions.
We’d like you to have…
- Adaptability (must be able to adapt to a faced paced, challenging environment)
- Be curious
- Have a winning mentality (must be willing to go over and above to achieve success)
- Must be motivated to achieve success.
- A commitment to making a difference in people’s lives.
- A Growth mindset
- The ability to work independently.
- Trustworthiness (must always act in doing the right thing)
- A drive to create moments of magic for our members.
- The ability to make decisions and take ownership and responsibility for the decision.
- Action orientation
We’d love you to have…
- Good knowledge of relevant computer programs (e.g. CRM software) and telephone systems
- Wellness knowledge, beyond the health club
- The ability to make quick and bold decisions.
- The ability to be agile.
- The ability to be collaborative.
- High Interpersonal skills (EQ)
Closing Date 30 June 2026
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Your Purpose...
- The Service Ambassador is responsible for providing exceptional in-club member experiences using the available tools and platforms across areas such as our service/reception area, exercise floor, studios, swimming facilities and extended lounge areas.
- This role is key in engaging our members across all offerings in club as well as online.
- This role supports the retention of our members through daily interaction and engagement.
Your Duties and Responsibilities...
Conducting Front of House Duties
- Control access into the facility
- Communicate and provide information to staff, members and prospective members
- Deliver on member needs and experiences from entry to exit
- Adhere to operational standards, and administration policies and procedures
Engaging with Members
- Deliver excellent customer service (experiences) throughout the club to achieve NPS and member sentiment score targets
- Drive digital engagement with members on our various platforms as our digital offering evolves
- Expose members to online or digital exercise offerings that are personalised / tailored to meet individual member needs
- Retain members
- Build member relations
- Resolve complaints for each member or incident
- Engage members to our fitness initiatives (events) to increase member retention
Delivering the Member Floor Experience
- Promote safe exercise
- Manage member adherence to club rules and standards
- Manage member adherence to safety protocol
- Maintain the cleanliness of the floor
Participating in Ongoing Training & Self-Development
Our Minimum Requirements...
We cannot live without...
- Grade 12 Senior Certificate or NQF Level 4 equivalent
- Successful completion of Reception Academy
- Good understanding and knowledge of digital platforms
- Sound knowledge of Virgin Active exercise experiences
- Comprehensive understanding of the customer journey and the desired customer experience
- Sound knowledge of club rules, operating standards and safety protocol
- Minimum of 12 months experience within a face to face customer facing role
- Proven ability to resolve member questions and queries
- Embody the business values
- People centric
- Passionate about exercise
We’d like you to have…
- Adaptability (must be able to adapt to a fast paced, changing environment)
- Be curious (must be willing to succeed, seek opportunities to learn and grow)
- Have a winning mentality (must be willing to go over and above to achieve success)
- Must be motivated to achieve success.
- A commitment to making a difference in people’s lives.
- A Growth mindset
- The ability to work independently.
- Trustworthiness (must always act in doing the right thing)
- A drive to create moments of magic for our members.
- The ability to make decisions and take ownership and responsibility for the decision.
- Action orientation
- Administer First Aid (valid First Aid Level 1 certificate)
- Excellent relationship-building skills
- Problem-solving skills
- Good communication skills
- Ability to resolve conflict
We'd love you to have...
- Wellness knowledge, beyond the health club
- The ability to make quick and bold decisions.
- The ability to be agile.
- The ability to be collaborative.
- High Interpersonal skills (EQ)
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Your Purpose...
- The Service Ambassador is responsible for providing exceptional in-club member experiences using the available tools and platforms across areas such as our service/reception area, exercise floor, studios, swimming facilities and extended lounge areas.
- This role is key in engaging our members across all offerings in club as well as online.
- This role supports the retention of our members through daily interaction and engagement.
Your Duties and Responsibilities...
Conducting Front of House Duties
- Control access into the facility
- Communicate and provide information to staff, members and prospective members
- Deliver on member needs and experiences from entry to exit
- Adhere to operational standards, and administration policies and procedures
Engaging with Members
- Deliver excellent customer service (experiences) throughout the club to achieve NPS and member sentiment score targets
- Drive digital engagement with members on our various platforms as our digital offering evolves
- Expose members to online or digital exercise offerings that are personalised / tailored to meet individual member needs
- Retain members
- Build member relations
- Resolve complaints for each member or incident
- Engage members to our fitness initiatives (events) to increase member retention
Delivering the Member Floor Experience
- Promote safe exercise
- Manage member adherence to club rules and standards
- Manage member adherence to safety protocol
- Maintain the cleanliness of the floor
Participating in Ongoing Training & Self-Development
Our Minimum Requirements...
We cannot live without...
- Grade 12 Senior Certificate or NQF Level 4 equivalent
- Successful completion of Reception Academy
- Good understanding and knowledge of digital platforms
- Sound knowledge of Virgin Active exercise experiences
- Comprehensive understanding of the customer journey and the desired customer experience
- Sound knowledge of club rules, operating standards and safety protocol
- Minimum of 12 months experience within a face to face customer facing role
- Proven ability to resolve member questions and queries
- Embody the business values
- People centric
- Passionate about exercise
We’d like you to have…
- Adaptability (must be able to adapt to a fast paced, changing environment)
- Be curious (must be willing to succeed, seek opportunities to learn and grow)
- Have a winning mentality (must be willing to go over and above to achieve success)
- Must be motivated to achieve success.
- A commitment to making a difference in people’s lives.
- A Growth mindset
- The ability to work independently.
- Trustworthiness (must always act in doing the right thing)
- A drive to create moments of magic for our members.
- The ability to make decisions and take ownership and responsibility for the decision.
- Action orientation
- Administer First Aid (valid First Aid Level 1 certificate)
- Excellent relationship-building skills
- Problem-solving skills
- Good communication skills
- Ability to resolve conflict
We'd love you to have...
- Wellness knowledge, beyond the health club
- The ability to make quick and bold decisions.
- The ability to be agile.
- The ability to be collaborative.
- High Interpersonal skills (EQ)
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Your Purpose...
- To make exercise irresistible to your Club-V members
- To interact, entertain education and stimulate your Club-V members
- To maintain a safe, hygienic and clean environment
- To provide a happy and welcoming environment
- To create a nurturing environment for small toddlers and babies
Your Duties and Responsibilities...
- To correctly control and manage electronic access and exit of all Club-V members to the Club-V facility.
- To manage all access cards ensuring that they are valid and contain all relevant information.
- To effectively manage the 2 consecutive hour rule.
- To follow the monthly activity roster and theme correctly.
- To ensure that you plan your activities and execute these on an ongoing basis.
- To ensure that you are informed and that you adhere to all emergency procedures in a competent fashion.
- To ensure that you correctly meet all operational standards and requirements and that you understand all of these.
- To maintain control of the Club-V environment.
- To report any incidents immediately to your MOD and/or Club-V Co-ordinator.
- To correctly control stock within the Club-V facility including toys, arts & crafts, disposables/consumables, cleaning aids, movement equipment, games, puzzles, books etc. using the relevant checklists in the Mntwana Box.
Our Minimum Requirements...
We can’t live without…
- A Clear Criminal Check
- Up to date First Aid Training
- Up to date in-house Club-V Training
- Up to date Active Play Training
- Affinity for children
- Ability to entertain children
- Able to conduct physical games and activities with confidence
- Able to learn and implement new juniors programmes
We’d like you to have…
- Adaptability (must be able to adapt to a fast paced, changing environment)
- Be curious (must be willing to succeed, seek opportunities to learn and grow)
- Have a winning mentality (must be willing to go over and above to achieve success)
- Must be motivated to achieve success.
- A commitment to making a difference in people’s lives.
- A Growth mindset
- The ability to work independently.
- Trustworthiness (must always act in doing the right thing)
- A drive to create moments of magic for our members.
- The ability to make decisions and take ownership and responsibility for the decision.
- Action orientation
- Good listening skills
- Good communication skills
- Diplomacy
- Good time management skills
We’d love you to be…
- Wellness knowledge, beyond the health club
- The ability to make quick and bold decisions.
- The ability to be agile.
- The ability to be collaborative.
- Outgoing and confident
- Able to work under pressure
- Friendly
- Patient
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Your Purpose...
- To inspire people to live active lives
- The role of the Fitness Instructor is to promote our world-class fitness products and to increase member retention through effective new member induction. This role will also be responsible to promote existing and new fitness initiatives as well as products and services to members.
Your Duties and Responsibilities...
- To at all times do your bit towards achieving our purpose to Inspire people to live an active life, this is achieved by believing and living our values through all we do, always innovating, inspiring people, have fun and do the right thing.
- Building relationships with members to achieve member retention
- Conducting fitness initiatives to increase member retention
- Adhering to operational & administrative requirements
- Ensure the health and safety of members at all times
- Actively managing ongoing training and self-development to keep abreast of industry changes
- Actively assist and promote the ancillary products and services available to members
Our Minimum Requirements...
We can't live without...
- Matric qualification
- Industry recognized fitness qualification essential
- A minimum of 6 months experience within fitness
- First Aid qualification with AED certification
- Ability to work shifts which includes weekends and public holidays
- Experience in member service (customer service)
- Must be a people’s person and be able to assist and guide our members
We’d like you to have…
- Adaptability (must be able to adapt to a fast paced, changing environment)
- Be curious (must be willing to succeed, seek opportunities to learn and grow)
- Have a winning mentality (must be willing to go over and above to achieve success)
- Must be motivated to achieve success.
- A commitment to making a difference in people’s lives.
- A Growth mindset
- The ability to work independently.
- Trustworthiness (must always act in doing the right thing)
- A drive to create moments of magic for our members.
- The ability to make decisions and take ownership and responsibility for the decision.
- Action orientation
We'd love you to have...
- Wellness knowledge, beyond the health club
- The ability to make quick and bold decisions.
- The ability to be agile.
- The ability to be collaborative.
- High Interpersonal skills (EQ)
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Your Purpose...
- To make exercise irresistible to your Club-V members
- To interact, entertain education and stimulate your Club-V members
- To maintain a safe, hygienic and clean environment
- To provide a happy and welcoming environment
- To create a nurturing environment for small toddlers and babies
Your Duties and Responsibilities...
- To correctly control and manage electronic access and exit of all Club-V members to the Club-V facility.
- To manage all access cards ensuring that they are valid and contain all relevant information.
- To effectively manage the 2 consecutive hour rule.
- To follow the monthly activity roster and theme correctly.
- To ensure that you plan your activities and execute these on an ongoing basis.
- To ensure that you are informed and that you adhere to all emergency procedures in a competent fashion.
- To ensure that you correctly meet all operational standards and requirements and that you understand all of these.
- To maintain control of the Club-V environment.
- To report any incidents immediately to your MOD and/or Club-V Co-ordinator.
- To correctly control stock within the Club-V facility including toys, arts & crafts, disposables/consumables, cleaning aids, movement equipment, games, puzzles, books etc. using the relevant checklists in the Mntwana Box.
Our Minimum Requirements...
We can’t live without…
- A Clear Criminal Check
- Up to date First Aid Training
- Up to date in-house Club-V Training
- Up to date Active Play Training
- Affinity for children
- Ability to entertain children
- Able to conduct physical games and activities with confidence
- Able to learn and implement new juniors programmes
We’d like you to have…
- Adaptability (must be able to adapt to a fast paced, changing environment)
- Be curious (must be willing to succeed, seek opportunities to learn and grow)
- Have a winning mentality (must be willing to go over and above to achieve success)
- Must be motivated to achieve success.
- A commitment to making a difference in people’s lives.
- A Growth mindset
- The ability to work independently.
- Trustworthiness (must always act in doing the right thing)
- A drive to create moments of magic for our members.
- The ability to make decisions and take ownership and responsibility for the decision.
- Action orientation
- Good listening skills
- Good communication skills
- Diplomacy
- Good time management skills
We’d love you to be…
- Wellness knowledge, beyond the health club
- The ability to make quick and bold decisions.
- The ability to be agile.
- The ability to be collaborative.
- Outgoing and confident
- Able to work under pressure
- Friendly
- Patient
Closing Date 04 June 2026
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Your Purpose...
- To make exercise irresistible
- To be recognized as the premier brand for extraordinary swim experiences for all ages, driven by an exceptional value for money learn to swim program.
Your Duties and Responsibilities...
- Daily management of a comprehensive swim programme which includes group and individual swim lesson outlines for both adults and children.
- Continual development of the Swim programme, additional programming requirements (including holiday activities).
- Conduct regular marketing and promotion activities of the swim offering to members.
- Management of the administrative duties such as revenue and budget management including regular reporting as and when required
- Direct people management responsibilities for the swim instructors.
People Management
- Responsible for all recruitment processes for your team, and ensure they are recruited against the VASA values and requirements
- Ensure staff comply with the legislated training requirements and remain up to date with the compulsory training requirements and take advantage of the other training if they wish to.
- Ensure all Swim employees adhere to emergency procedures and are fully aware of health and safety responsibilities.
- Provide day to day management and leadership to the team, encouraging the highest standards of member service, safety and brand standards.
- Carry out regular 1:1 meetings and fully documented bi-annual Performance Promise conversations with each team member.
- Contribute to weekly Head of Department meetings and ensure that the swim team receive the appropriate communication to perform their job to the best of their ability.
- Ensure that all Swim employees comply with the Virgin Active brand standards, and that employees are well presented in accordance with the uniform policy at all times.
- Make sure all current staff are water-safe and provide swim lessons to staff members in need.
Members
- Develop and implement a monthly programme timetable of creative and innovative lessons that support the Virgin Active brand and ensure sign off from National Swim Manager before publishing the timetable.
- Ensure that all scheduled lessons take place. Scheduled lessons at Virgin Active are never cancelled.
- Ensure that all lessons meet Virgin Active standards. Ensure that all lessons on the timetable are taught at the advertised level and format by regularly observing instructors and lessons delivered.
- Proactively monitor attendance to ensure lessons are well attended and use that information to adjust programmes to suit member needs for each lesson type and timeslot.
- Take responsibility for soliciting, listening to and responding to member and instructor concerns and feedback in relation to the scheduling of lessons, the instruction given, and the environment provided.
- Ensure all complaints are followed up within 24 hours and that the Club General Manager and National Swim Manager are kept fully up to date via a weekly report and more frequent updates if needed on serious issues.
- Be fully involved in the creation of a fun, lively and creative atmosphere for all members. Take part in activities, programs and events in the Club which are engaging, generate revenue and promote retention.
- Keep abreast of information on all club facilities, programmes, social events, member suggestions in order to ensure you are fully aware of what is going on across the club and can be an important link between members and all other departments.
- Be actively involved in NPS and proactively seek to drive the club’s score wherever possible.
- Ensure the Swim team are aware of the importance of member retention and understand their role in influencing members who are considering leaving the club, to stay.
- Ensure that pool areas are always safe (for example considering temperature, equipment, obstacles, number of participants etc) and if necessary, reinforce pool regulations with members in order to further maintain their own and others’ safety.
- Ensure that all equipment and supplies are always in safe working order and that an adequate quantity is available.
Swim Department
- Manage and develop the department to ensure it achieves its maximum potential and that all targets are achieved and where possible exceeded.
- Manage the Swim budget, ensuring all financial targets are achieved, as agreed with the National Swim Manager and Club General Manager.
- Manage departmental FTE and costs in line with budget and produce effective rotas to optimise the resource available.
- Ensure the correct salaries and wages are paid to product department employees, ensuring that the correct in-house rates are used for payment of all lessons taught.
- Ensure all the Swim team are aware of the importance of membership sales and continually aim to maximise all sales opportunities within the club.
Ongoing Training and Job Requirements
- Must complete compulsory annual training as is required by Virgin Active
- Must complete the annual refresher in First Aid / AED.
- Must always have a clear criminal record (annual police clearance checks will be conducted)
Our Minimum Requirements...
We can't live without...
- Matric Qualification
- A Recognised Swim Qualification. (Swim SA or equivalent)
- First aid level 1 and AED Qualification
- Police Clearance Certificate
- Must have completed a Pro-active HOD training programme.
- Must have 1-2 years’ experience within a similar HOD (managing a swim programme of a similar nature)/ management role.
- Must have around 2-3 years’ experience as a swim instructor or coach
- Must have worked in an environment which provides exceptional customer experiences.
- Must have previous administration experience and be comfortable with Microsoft office.
- Must be highly numerate with sound financial acumen.
We’d like you to have…
- Adaptability (must be able to adapt to a fast paced, changing environment)
- Be curious (must be willing to succeed, seek opportunities to learn and grow)
- Have a winning mentality (must be willing to go over and above to achieve success)
- Must be motivated to achieve success.
- A commitment to making a difference in people’s lives.
- A Growth mindset
- The ability to work independently.
- Trustworthiness (must always act in doing the right thing)
- A drive to create moments of magic for our members.
- The ability to make decisions and take ownership and responsibility for the decision.
- Action orientation
- Analytical skills, the ability to pick up trends or concerns when reviewing data and or reports.
- Must be comfortable to manage complex customer concerns
- Problem solving skills are essential
- Previous experience as a Duty or Service Manager.
- Knowledge of new developments in learn to swim teaching and safety.
- Ability to work within the prescribed KPI’s and achieve and exceed sales targets.
- Ability to manage budgets and achieve associated performance targets.
- Customer Relationship Management experience
We'd love you to have...
- Wellness knowledge, beyond the health club
- The ability to make quick and bold decisions.
- The ability to be agile.
- The ability to be collaborative.
- High Interpersonal skills (EQ)
- Exceptional people management skills with the ability to motivate and ensure high levels of staff engagement
- Basic knowledge of childcare
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Your Duties and Responsibilities...
- Plan each day and month to generate new leads, book new appointments, and present to customers to make sales to successfully reach and exceed a pre-defined sales target.
- Record activity inputs using the tools and systems provided by Virgin Active, in line with timelines and procedures set.
- Abide by the Virgin Active sales processes and systems provided by Virgin Active.
- To maintain up-to-date, comprehensive knowledge and understanding of VASA products, as well as in comparison to competitors.
- To expand the customer base and strengthen the loyalty of existing customers through service calls to increase sales referrals, and ongoing development of networks and relationships.
- To understand prospective members’ individual interests and requirements, build rapport, and match their interests and needs with our product.
- Close sales by overcoming objections with the support of the Sales Manager and/or Regional Sales Coach.
- Report to the Sales Manager regarding reviews and analyse objectives and planned activities.
- To review and analyse sales data and statistics, to plan effectively for the future, to increase sales and enhance our brand image.
- Participate in sales meetings by sharing best practices, ideas, and making recommendations to generate new leads, increase sales, etc.
- Inform the local consumer of Virgin Active through activating unique marketing opportunities local to your club E.g. Attend, arrange, prepare, promotions, health days, and corporate / community events, as well as in-club events as a Virgin Active brand ambassador.
Our Minimum Requirements...
We can't live without...
- A matric qualification is essential
- A minimum of one year of experience working with people (sales, retail, hospitality, etc.)
- Flexibility (Must be available to work weekends and shifts)
- Good written and verbal communication skills
- Must be computer literate
We'd like you to have...
- Adaptability (must be able to adapt to a fast-paced, changing environment)
- Be curious (must be willing to succeed, seek opportunities to learn and grow)
- Energetic and confident
- Well-presented and well-groomed
- Self-motivated (you don't wait to be told what to do)
- Resilient (you don't give up after rejection)
- Driven by earning commission
- Agile, adaptable, and bold
- Intensely focused on having a high impact
- Team player
We’d love you to have…
- Wellness knowledge, beyond the health club
- The ability to make quick and bold decisions
- The ability to be collaborative.
- High Interpersonal skills (EQ)
Closing Date 07 June 2026
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Your Purpose...
- To make exercise irresistible to your Club-V members
- To interact, entertain education and stimulate your Club-V members
- To maintain a safe, hygienic and clean environment
- To provide a happy and welcoming environment
- To create a nurturing environment for small toddlers and babies
Your Duties and Responsibilities...
- To correctly control and manage electronic access and exit of all Club-V members to the Club-V facility.
- To manage all access cards ensuring that they are valid and contain all relevant information.
- To effectively manage the 2 consecutive hour rule.
- To follow the monthly activity roster and theme correctly.
- To ensure that you plan your activities and execute these on an ongoing basis.
- To ensure that you are informed and that you adhere to all emergency procedures in a competent fashion.
- To ensure that you correctly meet all operational standards and requirements and that you understand all of these.
- To maintain control of the Club-V environment.
- To report any incidents immediately to your MOD and/or Club-V Co-ordinator.
- To correctly control stock within the Club-V facility including toys, arts & crafts, disposables/consumables, cleaning aids, movement equipment, games, puzzles, books etc. using the relevant checklists in the Mntwana Box.
Our Minimum Requirements...
We can’t live without…
- A Clear Criminal Check
- Up to date First Aid Training
- Up to date in-house Club-V Training
- Up to date Active Play Training
- Affinity for children
- Ability to entertain children
- Able to conduct physical games and activities with confidence
- Able to learn and implement new juniors programmes
We’d like you to have…
- Adaptability (must be able to adapt to a fast paced, changing environment)
- Be curious (must be willing to succeed, seek opportunities to learn and grow)
- Have a winning mentality (must be willing to go over and above to achieve success)
- Must be motivated to achieve success.
- A commitment to making a difference in people’s lives.
- A Growth mindset
- The ability to work independently.
- Trustworthiness (must always act in doing the right thing)
- A drive to create moments of magic for our members.
- The ability to make decisions and take ownership and responsibility for the decision.
- Action orientation
- Good listening skills
- Good communication skills
- Diplomacy
- Good time management skills
We’d love you to be…
- Wellness knowledge, beyond the health club
- The ability to make quick and bold decisions.
- The ability to be agile.
- The ability to be collaborative.
- Outgoing and confident
- Able to work under pressure
- Friendly
- Patient
Closing Date 08 June 2026
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- The purpose of this role is to drive strong regional commercial performance by effectively translating national sales strategy into consistent, disciplined execution. This includes delivering on key metrics such as unit growth, revenue, conversion, yield, and net membership, while ensuring sales operations are well-managed through structured planning, coaching, and consistent people management practices.
- A key priority is to build a sustainable high-performing sales team through strong leadership of Area Sales Managers and Sales Managers. This involves improving retention, productivity, onboarding, and leadership capability, while fostering a culture of accountability, continuous improvement, and adaptability to strategic change, ensuring new initiatives and ways of working are successfully embedded.
A day in the life of… (Your Duties & Responsibilities…)
Commercial Delivery and Execution
- Own the delivery of regional sales targets across units, revenue, conversion, yield and net membership growth.
- Translate the national sales strategy into clear regional plans with measurable actions, owners and deadlines.
- Monitor regional performance daily, weekly and monthly, identifying risks early and driving corrective action quickly.
- Ensure Area Sales Managers and Sales Managers are focused on the right controllables to improve run-rate, conversion and output.
- Drive regional forecast accuracy and maintain a clear view of delivery confidence, risks and mitigation actions at all times.
- Lead execution of product, campaign and commercial initiatives within the region, ensuring alignment between sales, marketing, operations and product teams.
People Leadership
- Lead, coach and develop Area Sales Managers capability to drive consistent performance.
- Lead, coach and develop people leadership capability where ASM’s can comfortably diagnose problems, drive actions and hold teams accountable.
- Build Sales Manager capability indirectly through the Area Sales Manager layer.
- Ensure regional review disciplines are concise, factual, visual and decision oriented.
- Create strong management discipline that drive clarity, confidence, urgency and ownership at all levels.
- Have an active and updated talent succession plan across ASM’s and SM’s within the region
- Model the leadership behaviours expected in Virgin Active: Direction, Effective Communication, Integrity and accountability, Empathy and EQ, Motivation and Inspiration and decision making.
Productivity, Workforce Stability and Effectiveness
- Drive sales workforce retention within the region and actively manage attrition risk.
- Improve tenure mix and reduce over-reliance on low-tenure sales employees.
- Ensure new joiners are supported through strong onboarding, effective training and manager-led integration into the team.
- Ensure the sales management team adhere to defined Virgin Active people practices.
- Partner with trainers, recruitment and the People team to improve ramp-up time, coaching quality and quality of hire.
- Review and recommend recruitment exceptions in line with the approved recruitment control process, ensuring every request is supported by performance, churn, vacancy and mitigation data.
- Drive a productivity-led sales model by improving output per consultant and ensuring resources are optimised before headcount is requested.
Regional Insight, Problem Solving and Opportunity Creation
- Use market and club insight to identify opportunities and risks within the region.
- Monitor competitor activity and recommend tactical changes where required.
- Identify new and creative ways to improve commercial performance, member acquisition and local market relevance.
- Ensure all marketing and trade activity requests are supported by cost, expected output and previous results where applicable.
- Encourage sharing of successful regional practices so that high-value ideas can be replicated quickly across the broader sales structure.
Governance, Systems and Operating Discipline
- Ensure all systems, tools, scorecards and reporting mechanisms required to drive the sales strategy are operational and used consistently.
- Maintain a strong cadence of club visits, Area Sales Manager reviews, performance follow-ups and intervention tracking.
- Ensure performance management, misconduct management and behavioural issues are addressed quickly and appropriately.
- Ensure operational discipline in lead management, pipeline visibility, conversion focus and customer experience at point of sale.
- Maintain strong financial discipline in regional budgeting, planning and cost awareness.
Travel
- A fair amount of travel is required to be successful in the role.
We can’t live without… (Minimum Requirements)
- Formal Matric qualification.
- Relevant tertiary qualification.
- Minimum of 4-5 years’ proven multi-site leadership experience in a regional or area management role
- 5+ years’ sales management experience (cluster or single site)
- 7+ years’ technical sales experience within a similar environment.
- Proven ability to lead remotely and drive execution through multiple management layers.
- Proven commercial and analytical capability, including understanding of cost, margin, profit and business performance drivers.
- Strong understanding of Virgin Active (or similar) sales processes, methodologies, systems and performance tracking.
- Proven track record of leading, developing and improving sales teams and sales performance.
- Proven coaching ability, including use of structured coaching models such as GROW.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to travel is required for the role.
- Demonstrated ability to improve retention, onboarding effectiveness and team productivity.
- Demonstrated ability to use data and performance trends to make decisions and drive action.
- Demonstrated ability to lead change and embed new ways of working in a region.
We’d like you to have… (Attributes)
- Strong communication, interpersonal and senior leadership skills across all levels.
- Excellent presentation skills and the ability to influence credibly at senior stakeholder level.
- Strong relationship-building capability with the ability to create alignment across functions.
- Experience working with marketing, operations and product teams to unlock commercial opportunities.
- Strong strategic thinking combined with hands-on operational execution.
We’d love you to have… (additional skills)
- The ability to build a high-performance regional culture through coaching, systems and accountability.
- The ability to improve sales productivity across multiple sites and lead through others.
- The ability to identify patterns in performance and translate those into practical action plans.
- Experience leading transformation, stabilising underperforming teams and embedding new ways of working.
- The ability to balance commercial delivery with people development and long-term capability building.
Closing Date 30 June 2026
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Your Purpose...
- To change peoples, lives for the better through wellness, through delivering on OUR PROMISE, which is to welcome and know our members. Be the host whilst owning every interaction and make the member experience memorable
- To drive a social wellness club by having a natural service orientation with a deep passion for wellness and desire to make a positive difference every day
- The Club Experience Manager is a dynamic and customer experienced focused person who will be responsible for ensuring an exceptional experience at Virgin Active.
- The role involves leading customer experiences, executing strategies that will enhance members satisfaction, and leading a team dedicated to providing outstanding service.
Your Duties and Responsibilities...
Member Experience Management:
- Monitor and enhance all aspects of the member experience, ensuring they meet established business standards.
- Analysing member feedback and ensuring corrective action plans are put in place to enhance member experience
- Address member feedback proactively to continuously improve service delivery, actively managing complaints and resolutions times in club.
- Manage access and usage of the facilities in all areas
Support and Interaction with Members:
- Be the custodian of escalated member queries and complaints, and ensure that queries and complaints are dealt with effectively and timeously, keeping in mind Our Promise pillar of "own every interaction"
- Facilitate effective communication channels for member inquiries and concerns.
- Ensure collaboration across all functions within the club and regional support teams to ensure effective resolution of delivery of club experience expectations.
Execution of Wellness Vision:
- Implement the established wellness philosophy and ensure all member experiences reflect this vision.
- Communicate the importance of wellness to both staff and members, promoting a culture of health and vitality.
Enhancement of Physical Spaces:
- Oversee the maintenance and presentation of physical spaces and facilities, ensuring they are welcoming and conducive to wellness activities.
- Collaborate with facilities management to address any issues affecting member experience.
Social Wellness Program Implementation:
- Execute wellness programs, events, and initiatives that engage members and promote healthy lifestyles whilst ensuring this drives member retention.
- Collaborate with facilities management to address any issues affecting member experience.
Community Engagement:
- Encourage social interaction among members to build a strong community within the club.
- Identify opportunities for partnerships with local wellness organizations to enhance member offerings.
Performance Monitoring:
- Monitor Service delivery through setting performance standards.
- Track member satisfaction and engagement metrics, using data to inform continuous improvement efforts.
- Report regularly on the success of implemented initiatives to leadership.
People Management:
- Recruit, develop and foster a culture of community and service by ensuring everyone has exceptional service and hosting skills.
- Onboarding and retention of people.
- Create an engaging and inspiring environment by living our People Promise (Be Yourself, Go Together, Work Hard, & Dream Big) as a leader.
Our Minimum Requirements...
We can't live without...
- Matric\grade 12 qualification
- Qualification in sports management, health and wellness, business administration or related field advantageous
- Minimum of 2-4 years in a management role with the health and fitness industry or customer focused environment
- Proven experience in digital engagement platforms
- Proven experience in managing member experiences, activations and events
- Background in wellness programs, community engagement or similar initiatives
- VASA Product Academy or Product Qualification
- Proactive Solution orientation
- Train the Trainer VASA
We’d like you to have...
- Adaptability (must be able to adapt to a fast paced, changing environment)
- Be curious (must be willing to succeed, seek opportunities to learn and grow)
- Have a winning mentality (must be willing to go over and above to achieve success)
- Must be motivated to achieve success.
- A commitment to making a difference in people’s lives.
- A Growth mindset
- The ability to work independently.
- Trustworthiness (must always act in doing the right thing)
- A drive to create moments of magic for our members.
- The ability to make decisions and take ownership and responsibility for the decision.
- Action orientation
We'd love you to have...
- Wellness knowledge, beyond the health club
- The ability to make quick and bold decisions.
- The ability to be agile.
- The ability to be collaborative.
- High Interpersonal skills (EQ)
Closing Date 15 June 2026
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Your Purpose...
- The Service Ambassador is responsible for providing exceptional in-club member experiences using the available tools and platforms across areas such as our service/reception area, exercise floor, studios, swimming facilities and extended lounge areas.
- This role is key in engaging our members across all offerings in club as well as online. This role supports the retention of our members through daily interaction and engagement.
Your Duties and Responsibilities...
Conducting Front of House Duties
- Control access into the facility
- Communicate and provide information to staff, members and prospective members
- Deliver on member needs and experiences from entry to exit
- Adhere to operational standards, and administration policies and procedures
Engaging with Members
- Deliver excellent customer service (experiences) throughout the club to achieve NPS and member sentiment score targets
- Drive digital engagement with members on our various platforms as our digital offering evolves
- Expose members to online or digital exercise offerings that are personalised / tailored to meet individual member needs
- Retain members
- Build member relations
- Resolve complaints for each member or incident
- Engage members to our fitness initiatives (events) to increase member retention
Delivering the Member Floor Experience
- Promote safe exercise
- Manage member adherence to club rules and standards
- Manage member adherence to safety protocol
- Maintain the cleanliness of the floor
Participating in Ongoing Training & Self-Development
Our Minimum Requirements...
We cannot live without...
- Grade 12 Senior Certificate or NQF Level 4 equivalent
- Successful completion of Reception Academy
- Good understanding and knowledge of digital platforms
- Sound knowledge of Virgin Active exercise experiences
- Comprehensive understanding of the customer journey and the desired customer experience
- Sound knowledge of club rules, operating standards and safety protocol
- Minimum of 12 months experience within a face to face customer facing role
- Proven ability to resolve member questions and queries
- Embody the business values
- People centric
- Passionate about exercise
We’d like you to have…
- Adaptability (must be able to adapt to a fast paced, changing environment)
- Be curious (must be willing to succeed, seek opportunities to learn and grow)
- Have a winning mentality (must be willing to go over and above to achieve success)
- Must be motivated to achieve success.
- A commitment to making a difference in people’s lives.
- A Growth mindset
- The ability to work independently.
- Trustworthiness (must always act in doing the right thing)
- A drive to create moments of magic for our members.
- The ability to make decisions and take ownership and responsibility for the decision.
- Action orientation
- Administer First Aid (valid First Aid Level 1 certificate)
- Excellent relationship-building skills
- Problem-solving skills
- Good communication skills
- Ability to resolve conflict
We'd love you to have...
- Wellness knowledge, beyond the health club
- The ability to make quick and bold decisions.
- The ability to be agile.
- The ability to be collaborative.
- High Interpersonal skills (EQ)
Closing Date 10 June 2026
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Your Purpose...
- To change peoples, lives for the better through wellness, through delivering on OUR PROMISE, which is to welcome and know our members. Be the host whilst owning every interaction and make the member experience memorable
- To drive a social wellness club by having a natural service orientation with a deep passion for wellness and desire to make a positive difference every day
- The Club Experience Manager is a dynamic and customer experienced focused person who will be responsible for ensuring an exceptional experience at Virgin Active. The role involves leading customer experiences, executing strategies that will enhance members satisfaction, and leading a team dedicated to providing outstanding service.
Your Duties and Responsibilities...
Member Experience Management:
- Monitor and enhance all aspects of the member experience, ensuring they meet established business standards.
- Analysing member feedback and ensuring corrective action plans are put in place to enhance member experience
- Address member feedback proactively to continuously improve service delivery, actively managing complaints and resolutions times in club.
- Manage access and usage of the facilities in all areas
Support and Interaction with Members:
- Be the custodian of escalated member queries and complaints, and ensure that queries and complaints are dealt with effectively and timeously, keeping in mind Our Promise pillar of "own every interaction"
- Facilitate effective communication channels for member inquiries and concerns.
- Ensure collaboration across all functions within the club and regional support teams to ensure effective resolution of delivery of club experience expectations.
Execution of Wellness Vision:
- Implement the established wellness philosophy and ensure all member experiences reflect this vision.
- Communicate the importance of wellness to both staff and members, promoting a culture of health and vitality.
Enhancement of Physical Spaces:
- Oversee the maintenance and presentation of physical spaces and facilities, ensuring they are welcoming and conducive to wellness activities.
- Collaborate with facilities management to address any issues affecting member experience.
Social Wellness Program Implementation:
- Execute wellness programs, events, and initiatives that engage members and promote healthy lifestyles whilst ensuring this drives member retention.
- Collaborate with facilities management to address any issues affecting member experience.
Community Engagement:
- Encourage social interaction among members to build a strong community within the club.
- Identify opportunities for partnerships with local wellness organizations to enhance member offerings.
Performance Monitoring:
- Monitor Service delivery through setting performance standards.
- Track member satisfaction and engagement metrics, using data to inform continuous improvement efforts.
- Report regularly on the success of implemented initiatives to leadership.
People Management:
- Recruit, develop and foster a culture of community and service by ensuring everyone has exceptional service and hosting skills.
- Onboarding and retention of people.
- Create an engaging and inspiring environment by living our People Promise (Be Yourself, Go Together, Work Hard, & Dream Big) as a leader.
Our Minimum Requirements...
We can't live without...
- Matric\grade 12 qualification
- Qualification in sports management, health and wellness, business administration or related field advantageous
- Minimum of 2-4 years in a management role with the health and fitness industry or customer focused environment
- Proven experience in digital engagement platforms
- Proven experience in managing member experiences, activations and events
- Background in wellness programs, community engagement or similar initiatives
- VASA Product Academy or Product Qualification
- Proactive Solution orientation
- Train the Trainer VASA
We’d like you to have...
- Adaptability (must be able to adapt to a fast paced, changing environment)
- Be curious (must be willing to succeed, seek opportunities to learn and grow)
- Have a winning mentality (must be willing to go over and above to achieve success)
- Must be motivated to achieve success.
- A commitment to making a difference in people’s lives.
- A Growth mindset
- The ability to work independently.
- Trustworthiness (must always act in doing the right thing)
- A drive to create moments of magic for our members.
- The ability to make decisions and take ownership and responsibility for the decision.
- Action orientation
We'd love you to have...
- Wellness knowledge, beyond the health club
- The ability to make quick and bold decisions.
- The ability to be agile.
- The ability to be collaborative.
- High Interpersonal skills (EQ)
Closing Date 09 June 2026
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