Leisure Assistant/ Lifeguard

5 days ago


Colchester, United Kingdom Colchester City Council Full time

Leisure Assistant/ Lifeguard - Colchester, Essex

Contract type: Permanent 

Working hours: Full-time (37 hours per week) and part-time hours available

An excellent career opportunity has arisen within our team at Leisure World Colchester for an enthusiastic, conscientious, and reliable individual who is able to use their initiative and work as part of a team.

Based at Colchester Leisure World, Cowdray Avenue, you will have the opportunity to work in an exciting and fast-paced facility - giving you exposure to the iconic Leisure Pool (including flumes and rapid rides), a 25 metre Fitness Pool, with a Dive Pit and 1 metre Dive board, a teaching pool for our Learn to Swim programme and our luxury wellness Aqua Springs spa facility.

You will be expected to maintain standards of building hygiene, appearance and lifeguarding the pools, to carry out various equipment changeovers and to liaise with Duty Officers as to other daily requirements. Work closely as part of a team ensuring the smooth and safe running of Leisure World Colchester and its sporting activities.

Our full-time position will work 37 hours per week (on average). Early morning, evening and weekend working will be required.

We pride ourselves in developing teams to grow within Sport and Leisure and are passionate about talking to our future leaders about their career aspirations to develop an individualised career track. Our team will be given the opportunity for training, growth, development, and promotion.

Working for Sport and Leisure at Colchester City Council benefits include:

  • Free Gym membership
  • Various Staff discounts at Leisure World
  • Pension with immediate life cover
  • Generous Annual Leave
  • Travel Discounts
  • Online Discounts
  • Healthcare Discounts
  • Learning and development

If you have a passion for sport and leisure, we want to hear from you. Join us in providing a safe, clean, and enjoyable experience for our customers.

An enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) with a Children's Barred List check is required for this post.

A current National Pool Lifeguard Qualification (NPLQ) is essential.

This vacancy has no closing date, we reserve the right to close the vacancy at any time; therefore early submission of your application is encouraged. Interviews will be held as and when candidates are successfully shortlisted.

Colchester City Council has a wide range of services and facilities that can involve dealing with children or vulnerable adults. We treat our obligations for the safety of children and vulnerable adults seriously and expect our staff to be committed to the principles of our published policies and to adhere to the procedures contained within them.

 


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