Recreation Manager

About the role

SLS The Red Sea, a luxury lifestyle resort on the Red Sea coast of Saudi Arabia, is looking for a Recreation Manager. You will lead the resort's recreation experience across the Kids & Teens Club, pool and beach, fitness and gym facilities, sports courts and resort-wide activities, developing engaging programmes for children, teens, adults and families while keeping every facility safe and running to SLS standards.

Key responsibilities

• Lead the overall recreation operation, including the Kids & Teens Club, pool and beach, fitness and gym areas, sports courts and resort activities.
• Develop and deliver a daily, weekly and seasonal recreation calendar covering sports, fitness, leisure, cultural, family and lifestyle experiences.
• Oversee Kids & Teens Club programming, ensuring it is age-appropriate, engaging and meets safeguarding and safety standards.
• Create pool, beach, fitness and sports programming with fresh concepts that reflect the destination.
• Lead, schedule, train and develop the Recreation team, ensuring good coverage and high service standards.
• Maintain a strong presence in recreation areas, engaging guests and using their feedback to improve the experience.
• Keep facilities, activity spaces and equipment safe, clean and well maintained.
• Set up health, safety, child safeguarding, emergency and risk-management procedures.
• Plan special events, tournaments, themed activities, holiday programmes and family experiences with other hotel departments.
• Work with Marketing and operations to integrate recreation into the wider guest experience.
• Manage staffing, expenses, equipment, inventory and purchasing within budget, and coordinate external instructors, suppliers and third-party providers.
• Keep accurate schedules, participation records, inspections, incident reports and training records, and comply with SLS standards, hotel policies and local regulations.

Required profile

• Diploma or degree in Hospitality, Recreation Management, Sports Management, Physical Education or a related field preferred.
• Minimum 4-5 years of recreation experience, including at least 2 years in a managerial or senior supervisory role, ideally in a luxury hotel or resort.
• Strong experience managing resort recreation programming, including Kids Club, sports, fitness, pool and beach activities.
• Knowledge of child safeguarding, activity safety, risk management and age-appropriate programming.
• Leadership experience training, coaching and motivating a multicultural team.
• Experience managing budgets, purchasing, inventory, suppliers and third-party providers.
• Excellent English; Arabic and additional languages are an advantage.
• Willingness to work shifts, weekends and public holidays.

Required skills

• Proficiency in Microsoft Office and relevant hotel or recreation operating systems.
• Organizational skills to oversee multiple facilities and priorities at once.