Lifeguard Mildenhall, South West England
Job description
Avaliable Job Today Leisure Assistant/Lifeguard – Mildenhall Hub Leisure Centre
About the role
A leisure assistant is responsible for lifeguarding our pools, the safety of anyone in the water, maintaining excellent cleanliness standards as well as helping with equipment set-ups and set downs. All aspects of the role require great customer service interactions.
18.5 hours per week
Monday 16:00-18:00 Tuesday 16:30-21:30 Wednesday18:00-21:00 Thursday 17:00-22:30 Saturday 09:00-12:00
Salary
Your hourly rate is dependent on your age and is between £8.21 and £10.42(Following national living wage changes in April 2023)
An Enhanced DBS check with Barred List will be required for this post.
About the person
You will be a responsible person, frequently looking after the safety and wellbeing of our customers and of other staff. You will need to be a team player but equally comfortable working on your own initiative. You will be able to deliver maintenance tasks and maintain cleanliness onsite and always enjoy delivering exceptional customer experience.
Experience & Qualifications required/preferred
The role will require a National Pool Lifeguard Qualification (NPLQ). Those applying without this qualification will have the opportunity to undertake full training. The qualification requires you to be able to jump/dive into deep water, tread water for 30 seconds, surface dive to the deepest part of the pool (1.8m), Swim 100m continuously on front and back, Swim 50m in less than 60 seconds as well as climb out of the pool unaided.
Staff benefits
All contracted staff gain free use of Abbeycroft Leisure’s health, swim, and fitness facilities, as well as Westfield Health benefits, to help support your mental and physical health. Generous annual leave, training opportunities, and on-going personal development.
Closing date
The closing date is 30th March 2023 but we will close this early if an appropriate applicant applies
Interview date
Interviews to take place on or before 31st March 2023 by Microsoft Teams
As a Disability Confident Employer we encourage you to let us know If you require reasonable adjustments to any part of the recruitment/selection process. We will guarantee an interview to a candidate with a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010, if they otherwise meet the minimum selection requirements.
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About Mildenhall Hub Leisure Centre
Our leisure centre at The Mildenhall Hub is a nationally recognised ground-breaking initiative to bring public services together to improve the health, well-being, and education for the community in a collaborative way. The ambitious new building features a new school, new gym, fitness studios and 3G pitch, swimming pools and sports hall, a new town library, health centre, children’s centre, Citizens Advice West Suffolk, and job centre. The centre offers swimming, gym, fitness classes, swimming lessons, health, and wellbeing classes plus a range of community programmes.
Abbeycroft Leisure is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people, and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
Focused on Equal Opportunities, we value diversity and inclusion in our workforce and positively encourage applications from all sections of the community. We are proud to now be registered as a Disability Confident Employer.
Please note that we are only able to reply to those who have been shortlisted. If you do not hear from us within four weeks of the closing date then regrettably your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion.
Our full privacy policy can be viewed at acleisure.com/privacy-policy
Job Types: Part-time, Permanent
Part-time hours: 18.5 per week
Salary: £8.21-£10.42 per hour
Benefits:
- Canteen
- Company events
- Company pension
- Discounted or free food
- Employee discount
- Free fitness classes
- Free parking
- Gym membership
- On-site gym
- On-site parking
- Sick pay
- Store discount
- Wellness programme
Schedule:
- Monday to Friday
- Weekend availability
Licence/Certification:
- NPLQ (preferred)
Work Location: In person
Application deadline: 31/03/2023
Reference ID: ACL64
Expected start date: 03/04/2023
