General Assistant

Why Lancaster?

We’re an award-winning, kind and responsible council, and we’re incredibly proud of our district and communities that reach from the coast to the mountains, including the historic City of Lancaster, Morecambe, Carnforth and many other beautiful places.

The Role 

Lancaster City Council is recruiting a General Assistant to work at the award-winning Salt Ayre Leisure Centre.

This is a fantastic opportunity for the right person to join an enthusiastic and passionate Leisure Team, providing outstanding customer service and ensuring that the facilities are cleaned and maintained to a high standard.

We are looking for a focused and enthusiastic individual with a desire to contribute to the continuing success of Salt Ayre Leisure Centre.

The successful candidate will be responsible for cleaning and ensuring the relevant cleaning schedules are followed alongside some general maintenance duties.  As such maintaining standards and will be key in ensuring we continue to provide an outstanding experience for our customers. You must be able to work as part of a team, but also able to work alone and use initiative.

This role is permanent.

This role is based at Salt Ayre Leisure Centre and the hours of work are 30 per week, on a fixed rota basis to include early mornings, evenings and weekends.

Proposed rota would be - Monday 16.30 to 22.30 (6 hours), Tuesday Day Off, Wednesday 16.30 to 22.30 (6 Hours), Thursday 16.30 to 22.30 (6 Hours), Friday Day Off, Saturday 13.30 to 19.30 (6 hours) and Sunday 13.30 to 19.30 (6 Hours)

About You

You will identify with our organisational values of Pride, Ownership, Working Together and Ambition.

Our Benefits

Lancaster is a great place to work, as well as being part of something special you will also benefit from:

• Generous annual leave allowance
• Local Government Pension Scheme
• A range of employee benefits including discounted gym membership, cycle to work scheme, the opportunity to purchase extra time off, as well as discounts on days out, activities and retail.

Lancaster City Council has unanimously declared a climate emergency and will therefore work towards reducing carbon emissions to net-zero by 2030. As part of this role, you will be expected to participate and work towards reducing both carbon emissions and the impacts of climate change.

We are an Investor in People, Forces Friendly employer, and an Armed Forces Covenant committed organisation. We welcome applications from defence reserves and other members of our armed forces community. We are an inclusive employer and welcome applications from all parts of our community.

At Lancaster City Council we aim to have a diverse workforce that is representative of the district that we serve, and provide a working environment where each employee feels able to bring their whole self to work. We welcome applications from all sections of our community and provide several supportive and inclusive workplace networks and safe spaces for employees to feel connected. Our workplace wellbeing strategy drives our commitment to staff wellbeing initiatives and ensuring that our organisation is a great place to work for all.

We are a disability confident committed employer.

Please note that due to the volume of applications we receive we are unable to update all applicants individually. If you do not receive a response from us within 2 weeks of the closing date then your application will have unfortunately been unsuccessful in progressing to interview.