How to hire a health club manager

How to hire a health club manager, step by step

Here's a step-by-step health club manager hiring guide:

• Step 1: Identify your hiring needs
• Step 2: Create an ideal candidate profile
• Step 3: Make a budget
• Step 4: Write a health club manager job description
• Step 5: Post your job
• Step 6: Interview candidates
• Step 7: Send a job offer and onboard your new health club manager
• Step 8: Go through the hiring process checklist

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1. Identify your hiring needs

   Before you post your health club manager job, you should take the time to determine what type of worker your business needs. While certain jobs definitely require a full-time employee, it's sometimes better to find a health club manager for hire on a part-time basis or as a contractor.

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   Hiring the perfect health club manager also involves considering the ideal background you'd like them to have. Depending on what industry or field they have experience in, they'll bring different skills to the job. It's also important to consider what levels of seniority and education the job requires and what kind of salary such a candidate would likely demand.

   This list presents health club manager salaries for various positions.

   Type of Health Club Manager	Description	Hourly rate
   Health Club Manager		$22-68
   Internship Director	An internship director is responsible for supporting the organization's director by observing and monitoring business operations, reviewing the project management of every department to meet the successful project deliverables. Internship directors shadow each department's head, and even employees, to understand complex processes and recommend strategic solutions to maximize productivity and deliver high-quality services to the clients... Show more	$19-46
   Project Administrator	A project administrator is a professional who assists the project manager in the preparation, reporting, and analysis of projects. Project administrators are given tasks with administrative responsibilities such as managing the budget for supply orders, coordinating meetings with contractors, and doing site visits... Show more	$15-39

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2. Create an ideal candidate profile

   Common skills:

   • Payroll
   • Membership Sales
   • Fitness Equipment
   • Customer Service
   • Front Desk
   • Fitness Club
   • Customer Care
   • Staff Training
   • Fitness Programs
   • Equipment Maintenance
   • Customer Demand

   Responsibilities:

   • Manage 5 staff member and 9 sub-contractors, responsibilities include hiring, training, scheduling, payroll and escalation support.
   • Manage multiple patients, assessing ability to continue living independently or moving to higher acuity care.
   • Stock control, purchasing, computerize administration, payroll, reports, documentation, advertising and accounting.
   • Provide clinical exercise physiology services and health/wellness counseling for family practice/sports medicine/orthopedics medical group effecting positive lifestyle changes in patients serve.
   • Programme a more aesthetic and efficient JONAS point of sale interface.

3. Make a budget

   Including a salary range in your health club manager job description is one of the best ways to attract top talent. A health club manager can vary based on:

   • Location. For example, health club managers' average salary in arkansas is 44% less than in alaska.
   • Seniority. Entry-level health club managers 68% less than senior-level health club managers.
   • Certifications. A health club manager with certifications usually earns a higher salary.
   • Company. Working for an established firm or a new start-up company can make a big difference in a health club manager's salary.

   Average health club manager salary

   $81,283yearly

   $39.08 hourly rate

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   Entry-level health club manager salary

   $46,000 yearly salary

   Updated December 19, 2025

4. Writing a health club manager job description

   A good health club manager job description should include a few things:

   • Summary of the role
   • List of responsibilities
   • Required skills and experience

   Including a salary range and the first name of the hiring manager is also appreciated by candidates. Here's an example of a health club manager job description:

   Health club manager job description example

   The Fish Health Manager lead';s a team of 5-8 associates responsible for receiving animals and ensuring the overall health and husbandry of all animals in the building. The Fish Health Manager is knowledgeable on common fish diseases, water quality, and life support operations. As a valuable member of the Distribution Center Leadership team, the position is accountable to maintain a safe and clean work environment and to ensure consistent application of organization policies and procedures.
   
   While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, walk, sit, and talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee is occasionally required to climb or balance. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 100 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.
   
   A Bachelor's Degree in Biological Sciences and/or extended experience working with freshwater aquarium fishes (e.g. fish store, public aquarium, or personal aquarium keeping).
   
   PetSmart is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, genetics, and protected veteran status, as well as any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law.
   
   Applicants must be the age of 18 or over, unless located in Montana or where otherwise required by local or state law.
   
   This job summary is intended to describe the general nature and level of work associates/leaders assigned to this job perform. It is not intended to include all duties and responsibilities. You will be provided a copy of a job description for the actual position you are hired in to.
   
   PetSmart is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national or ethnic origin, disabilty, as well as any other characteristic protected by federal, provincal or local law.
   Applicants must be over the age of 18.
   
   The employer will consider for employment qualified Applicants with Criminal Histories in a manner consistent with the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring.

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5. Post your job

   To find health club managers for your business, try out a few different recruiting strategies:

   • Consider internal talent. One of the most important talent pools for any company is its current employees.
   • Ask for referrals. Reach out to friends, family members, and your current work to ask if they know any health club managers they would recommend.
   • Recruit at local colleges. Attend job fairs at local colleges to recruit entry-level health club managers with the right educational background.
   • Social media platforms. LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter have more than 3.5 billion users, and they're a great place for company branding and reaching potential job candidates.

   Post your job online:

   • Post your health club manager job on Zippia to find and recruit health club manager candidates who meet your exact specifications.
   • Use field-specific websites.
   • Post a job on free websites.

6. Interview candidates

   Recruiting health club managers requires you to bring your A-game to the interview process. The first interview should introduce the company and the role to the candidate as much as they present their background experience and reasons for applying for the job. During later interviews, you can go into more detail about the technical details of the job and ask behavioral questions to gauge how they'd fit into your current company culture.

   It's also good to ask about candidates' unique skills and talents. You can move on to the technical interview if a candidate is good enough for the next step.

   The right interview questions can help you assess a candidate's hard skills, behavioral intelligence, and soft skills.

7. Send a job offer and onboard your new health club manager

   Once you have selected a candidate for the health club manager position, it is time to create an offer letter. In addition to salary, the offer letter should include details about benefits and perks that are available to the employee. Ensuring your offer is competitive is vital, as qualified candidates may be considering other job opportunities. The candidate may wish to negotiate the terms of the offer, and it is important to be open to discussion and reach a mutually beneficial agreement. After the offer has been accepted, it is a good idea to formalize the agreement with a contract.

   It's also good etiquette to follow up with applicants who don't get the job by sending them an email letting them know that the position has been filled.

   To prepare for the new health club manager first day, you should share an onboarding schedule with them that covers their first period on the job. You should also quickly complete any necessary paperwork, such as employee action forms and onboarding documents like I-9, benefits enrollment, and federal and state tax forms. Finally, Human Resources must ensure a new employee file is created for internal record keeping.

8. Go through the hiring process checklist

   • Determine employee type (full-time, part-time, contractor, etc.)
   • Submit a job requisition form to the HR department
   • Define job responsibilities and requirements
   • Establish budget and timeline
   • Determine hiring decision makers for the role
   • Write job description
   • Post job on job boards, company website, etc.
   • Promote the job internally
   • Process applications through applicant tracking system
   • Review resumes and cover letters
   • Shortlist candidates for screening
   • Hold phone/virtual interview screening with first round of candidates
   • Conduct in-person interviews with top candidates from first round
   • Score candidates based on weighted criteria (e.g., experience, education, background, cultural fit, skill set, etc.)
   • Conduct background checks on top candidates
   • Check references of top candidates
   • Consult with HR and hiring decision makers on job offer specifics
   • Extend offer to top candidate(s)
   • Receive formal job offer acceptance and signed employment contract
   • Inform other candidates that the position has been filled
   • Set and communicate onboarding schedule to new hire(s)
   • Complete new hire paperwork (i9, benefits enrollment, tax forms, etc.)

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