About this Opportunity

We’re looking for an Aquatic Centre Assistant Manager to provide hands-on operational leadership at UQ Sports Aquatic Centre in St Lucia. Working closely with the Senior Manager, Indoor Venues, you’ll help lead the day-to-day operation of the venue, support and develop staff, and maintain high standards across aquatic safety, compliance and customer service.

This is a newly created, full-time permanent position, offering the prospect to make your mark within the Aquatic Centre and provide strong leadership to the venue and its team.

Key responsibilities will include:

- Lead and support Aquatic Centre staff, building a positive, accountable and high-performing team culture.
- Oversee day-to-day venue operations, including rostering, shift approvals, Front of House operations and customer service.
- Maintain high standards of aquatic safety, compliance and emergency preparedness.
- Oversee pool plant operations, water treatment and testing, working with contractors and the Facilities team to maintain water quality requirements.
- Develop and maintain operational procedures, ensuring staff are appropriately trained and operational standards are consistently followed.
- Monitor incidents, implement corrective actions and support ongoing improvements across the venue.
- Work with internal teams to support memberships, Food & Beverage and retail revenue streams.

About You You’ll bring practical aquatic industry experience together with confident, people-focused leadership. You’ll be comfortable balancing safety, service and operational priorities in a busy aquatic environment and able to lead effectively when day-to-day challenges arise.

To succeed in this role, you will have:





- A minimum of two years’ venue management experience within the aquatic industry.
- Demonstrated leadership capability and the ability to inspire, develop and manage teams.
- A strong track record of delivering high-quality customer service and increasing program participation.
- Strong communication, interpersonal and stakeholder engagement skills.
- Excellent organisational and problem-solving skills, with the ability to adapt in a dynamic environment.
- An improvement-focused mindset with the ability to identify and implement better ways of working.
- Current First Aid and CPR certificates.
- RLSS Pool Lifeguard qualification.
- Plant Operators Certificate.
- Blue Card

About UQ Sport At UQ Sport, our vision is to be Australia’s number one sporting university, and our mission is to deliver exceptional sporting opportunities for The University of Queensland (UQ) community.

We are Queensland’s largest multi-sport facility, offering Athletics, Aquatic, Tennis and Fitness Centres, along with playing fields, multi-sport courts, function spaces and retail outlets. Our membership base exceeds 4,000, with more than 7,000 participants engaged across 35+ sporting clubs.

We believe work should be engaging and rewarding. Our team is passionate about fostering a positive culture that supports work-life balance, health and wellbeing,



and personal and professional growth.

As a not-for-profit organisation, we deliver almost 400 diverse programs to students, staff, alumni and the wider community across UQ’s St Lucia and Gatton campuses.

Work Perks

- Team Culture: A vibrant, collaborative workplace where teamwork thrives
- Work-Life Balance: 35-hour work week to support wellbeing
- Access All Areas: Complimentary access to UQ Sport venues and equipment hire
- Fit for Free: Enjoy complimentary Group Fitness classes
- Food & Coffee Perks: $2 coffees and excellent discounts across outlets
- Time to Recharge: Birthday leave and additional festive season leave
- Leave Loading: 17.5% leave loading with flexible options

Interested?

Come and join the UQ Sport team today! Apply with your CV and a one-page cover letter today addressing the ‘About You’ criteria.

Other Information

UQ Sport is an equal employment opportunity provider. We pride ourselves on our inclusive and diverse workforce. We believe that embracing the differences and expertise in our employees makes us a stronger organisation.

We are committed to providing a fun, safe and supportive service environment for all our customers and clients, including children and young people. For this reason, please be advised that as part of our recruitment process you may be subject to criminal background checks, blue card screening, reference checks, and identification/qualification verification. We may request that you disclose any information relevant to your eligibility to engage in our programs involving children and young people.

Applications close Thursday 5 October

📌 Assistant Manager, Aquatic Centre (Saint Lucia)
🏢 Uq Sport
📍 Saint Lucia