Leisure Assistant (Lifeguard)

The Role

This post offers an exciting opportunity to enter the leisure industry. In your role you will be responsible, as part of a team, for maintaining the smooth running of the modern Salt Ayre Leisure Centre.

Supervising the swimming pool and flume, ensuring a high standard of building cleanliness by undertaking regular cleaning duties and setting up equipment for a wide range of sporting activities in a range of different rooms will be some of your day-to-day duties.

You will be the face of the Leisure Centre and it is a great opportunity to be part of an enthusiastic, passionate and vibrant team.

You will be confident and outgoing as your duties will include organising school holiday events and children’s birthday parties.

This post is permanent. The hours for this position are 37 hours per week, working 5 out of 7 days on a shift rota basis. Your shifts will be based around the centre opening times; 6:00am to 11:00pm Mon to Fri and 8.00am-8.00pm at weekends. This post is based at Salt Ayre Leisure Centre.

Candidates must have the ability to pass enhanced clearance with the Disclosure and Barring Service.

A swimming ability test will be included as part of the interview process, and more information about what is expected in the Swimming Ability test can be found on the Job Description.

Please note that applicants under 18 should also be in part-time education.

About You

You enjoy communicating, interacting with and assisting customers. 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.

Interview date: TBC