**Employer**: Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council
- **Salary**: £26,421 - £28,770 pro rata plus benefits.
- **Location**: Wirral
- **Contract**: Permanent
- **Working Pattern**: Evenings/Part Time/Weekends
- **Hours**: 32.17 hours per week.
- **DBS Check**: Enhanced
- **Closing Date**: 21/04/2024 at 23:59
- **Reference**: NS/24/276559

There has never been a more exciting time to join Wirral Council. We’ve got ambitious targets to meet and to achieve everything we have promised to our residents, we need people who are ready to deliver the very best for our communities and show how they can #BeTheDifference. Our vision is to secure the best possible future for our residents, defined by the community prosperity we create and supported by our excellent people and services. If you strive to #BeTheDifference and want to be at the heart of our change and improvement journey, then this could be the perfect job for you.

**Watersports Supervisor**

**About the Role**:
Leisure Services is looking to recruit a new Watersports Supervisor to contribute to the overall smooth and efficient running of the Wirral Watersports centre, by providing operational and administrative support to the Watersports Team Leader.

You will act as the senior supervisor within the Watersports advisor staff and, deputise in the absence of the Watersports Team Leader, to ensure the effective day-to-day running of the centre.

You will be responsible to lead a team of Watersport Advisors to control access to the marine lake and administer bookings related to watersports activities, along with inputting sessions/activities with individuals, user’s groups, and business partners, in addition to processing customer enquiries/transactions across the centre.

We are looking for someone who can work well within a team environment and provide strong leadership, strengthening engagement, growth, culture, innovation, collaboration, and performance.

Your experience should include knowledge and use of Microsoft and data collection packages. You will be required to have gained experience in working within a watersports environment and hold a minimum of a Powerboat Level 2 qualification in addition to a full Driving licence for a motor car.

If you enjoy watersports and being part of a dynamic team environment and think you have what it takes to be the difference for our staff and residents, then this could be the perfect job for you

**Interviews to be held on 24**th** or 25**th** April 2024.**

**Working at Wirral**

You’ll also want to know what it’s like to work here so, as a start:
Our values are more than just pieces of paper on our walls We’ve all played a role in developing these, so they reflect the immense pride we have in what we do, what matters to us, what inspires us and inform how we think, approach things, and behave.

We believe in ensuring staff are well looked after, staff wellbeing is a priority for us. We’re serious about recognising and rewarding people for the great things they do. You’ll benefit from our track record of developing, growing, and investing in our people.

We have a range of staff benefits including staff discounts, an excellent pension scheme which includes a generous employer contribution rate, immediate life cover and ill-health protection. We have a strong flexible working approach, hybrid working, family-friendly employment initiatives and an annual leave package starting with 28 days leave plus public holidays.

We have an inclusive, engaged culture, everyone has a voice, everyone is valued for their contribution and understands the role they play in delivering our strategic priorities.
- Please note that in accordance with the Council’s policy, employees who are in a formal redeployment situation will be considered in the first instance for all vacancies._
- It is Council policy not to re-appoint any employee who has left under the terms of the Council's Early Voluntary Retirement (EVR) scheme or who have left with a voluntary severance (VS) package, unless in exceptional circumstances._
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