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Aura Manager
Role summary
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The Aura Manager is responsible for overseeing the Aura wellness or spa operation at a Meliá hotel in London. Typical responsibilities include managing daily services, coordinating the team, maintaining high standards of cleanliness and guest care, supporting sales and financial performance, and ensuring compliance with health and safety procedures. Candidates are expected to have experience in spa, wellness, beauty, leisure, or hotel operations, together with strong leadership, communication, organisation, and customer-service skills. A professional, welcoming manner and the ability to motivate colleagues are essential. Relevant wellness qualifications, commercial awareness, and flexibility to work evenings, weekends, and public holidays would be advantageous.
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How it works
How it works: Hotel jobs cannot be sponsored since July 2025; only youth schemes remain.
Official source: GOV.UK: Skilled Worker visa. Checked November 2026.
What the job usually comes with in the UK
Usual for the UK, varies by employer. Checked November 2026.
| Housing | Live-in common in rural hotels |
|---|---|
| Meals | Staff meals common |
| Flights | No |
| Service charge | 100% of tips and service charges to staff (by law) |
| Contract | Permanent or seasonal |
| Leave | 28 days |
| Income tax | About 14% in all at GBP 25,000 |
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About Melia Hotels International
Meliá Hotels International is one of Spain’s leading hospitality groups and a major international hotel company. Founded in Mallorca in 1956, it operates hotels and resorts across Europe, the Americas, Africa, Asia, and the Middle East through brands including Meliá, ME by Meliá, INNSiDE, Paradisus, Sol, and Gran Meliá. The company is known for combining destination-led hospitality with business, lifestyle, wellness, and luxury accommodation. Its London properties serve both leisure and corporate travellers and typically place strong emphasis on guest experience, service quality, sustainability, and team development. Employees may benefit from working within a global organisation, hotel-industry training, international career opportunities, and staff travel or accommodation-related benefits, although specific terms vary by property and contract.