Leisure Activities Assistant / Lead Brandon, East of England, England
Job description
With up to 200 indoor and outdoor activities available, Center Parcs is the perfect place for families to try something new together. The Leisure team plays a key role in ensuring families feel confident, safe and happy during their activity, whatever their age or ability.
There are many opportunities in the Leisure team, and our offering of activities continues to grow. From donning an eye patch in Pirate and Princess Adventure, to whizzing around a track in Quad Bike Safari or scaling the forest canopy in Aerial Adventure, our focus is on delivering a quality experience that guests will remember, whether it’s their first or fiftieth time.
LEISURE ACTIVITIES ASSISTANT | £10.00 per hour
We are looking to recruit an outgoing and enthusiastic Leisure Activities Assistant to run a range of Center Parcs family activities.
In this role, you will be responsible for setting up, ensuring the smooth running and delivery of the activities, creating memories for our guests that will last a lifetime. The successful candidate will have a naturally outgoing personality and enjoy working as part of a team to deliver interesting, entertaining and challenging activities whilst providing a high standard of guest and child care within a safe environment.
Other responsibilities will be to ensure that our activities are as immersive as possible - certain sessions will involve you wearing a costume! The age ranges of the guests you will be delivering our activities to range from 12 months old to adults.
Due to the sensitive nature of this role the successful applicant will be required to undergo an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly CRB) with Child List Barring Check. This disclosure, together with other selection information, will need to be satisfactory to the Company for employment to commence.
HOURS OF WORK
You will be contracted to work 135 hours per 4-week period on a flexible basis. This means that your days and hours of work could vary each week, but you will always receive at least your contracted hours each period. Shifts will fall between 7:30am and 7:30pm with the requirement to work 2 out of 4 weekends.
As our village is open 365 days of the year, your working hours will include weekends, public / bank holidays and during Christmas and / or New Year on a rota basis.
ABOUT YOU
Essential requirements:
- Naturally outgoing and enthusiastic personality
- Ability to communicate effectively and build rapport with both adults and children
- Excellent customer care skills
Desirable requirements:
- Previous experience of working within the customer care industry
- Previous activity leadership experience
- Confidence to demonstrate new skills to a group of participants (children / adults)
ABOUT THE BENEFITS
Center Parcs is a fantastic place to work and the benefits are as impressive as they are unique. Here are just a few:
- Management/Colleague Bonus Scheme
- Pension Scheme with Life Assurance
- Colleague Recognition and Reward Scheme – offering a choice of Center Parcs and High Street vouchers
- Free use of our leisure facilities
- Discounted Center Parcs breaks
- 20% discount in our restaurant and retail outlets
- Access to Perks at Work Portal - offering a wide range of retail and leisure discounts
- An Employee Assistance Program - providing support on financial, health and legal matters
- Excellent opportunities for career development and progression with the opportunity to gain externally recognised qualifications
If this sounds like your ideal job, then we’d love to see your application.
Closing date: 21 February 2023 at 12 Noon
Interviews to be held: 27 February 2023
Please note this vacancy may close at any time once sufficient applications have been received. Early submission of your application is therefore encouraged.
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