Leisure Assistant
- 0 FTE / 35 hours per week
Grade 2, £20,880.00
The role is a full-time, contracted position with regular weekly shifts. We would welcome applications for part-time contracted hours of a minimum of 17.5 hours per week (0.5 FTE). Due to business need, we are not able to offer hourly paid casual contracts at this time.Please indicate in your application the total number of hours per week you would be able to work.
Applications are invited for the post of Leisure Assistant to work as part of a team to assist, monitor and supervise customers in the Marjon Sports Centre, with specific responsibilities in lifeguarding, setting up sporting activities and ensuring customer satisfaction.
The Leisure Assistant applicant is required to work a shift pattern that covers the hours the sport centre is open. An early shift being from 6am-2pm and a late shift being between 2pm-10.15pm Monday to Friday. Weekend hours will be between 7.30am-5.30pm. Hours will be allocated on a rota basis.
The Role:
- To promote sport, health and wellbeing and to lifeguard and prepare facilities within the Sport Centre.
- To ensure the health and safety of swimmers through vigilant supervision of the swimming pool in line with the Normal Operating Plan and Emergency Action Plan.
- To supervise the gym to ensure members are following the gym code of conduct.
- To ensure that all facilities are operational and maintained in accordance with all current legislation and statutory requirements, this may include some heavy lifting.
- To set up and dismantle equipment as required. Ensuring that facilities are prepared and ready for bookings to run during allocated time slots.
- To occupy the help desk and deliver excellent customer service.
The Applicant:
- You will require a National Pool Lifeguard Qualification.
- Level 2 fitness instructor and experience of working in a sports centre/health club.
- Enthusiastic and passionate about higher education in general and Marjon specifically.
- Calm, and able to use your own initiative.
- Good at communicating with others and comfortable working as part of a team.
- Willing to be flexible around working hours, involving evening and/or weekend working.
For an informal discussion about the role or to discuss working hours or availability, please contact Matt Cory, Duty Manager on mcory@marjon.ac.uk.
Supporting our people:
At Marjon, we are firmly committed to supporting every member of staff who works for us. Our Balance programme of health and wellbeing activities aims to help you to look after your physical health, nutritional health, mental health and social health.
We’re big believers in the importance of work/life balance. Many of our employees work flexibly and they are able to apply for parental leave and time off for dependants.
We are keen to hear from a diverse range of applicants to support our goal to realise every individual’s potential. We are a ‘Disability Confident Employer’: candidates who declare a disability and who demonstrate on their application that they meet the essential criteria will be included on the shortlist.
Closing date: Monday 17 February 2025 (at 11:59pm)
Interview date: Thursday 27 February 2025
Apply online: https://jobs.marjon.ac.uk/
PLEASE NOTE THAT ALL COMMUNICATION WILL BE ELECTRONIC, PLEASE CHECK YOUR EMAIL ACCOUNT REGULARLY.
If you have any issues with applying online and need additional support including reasonable adjustments with the application process, please contact the People Team on peopleteam@marjon.ac.uk.
It is sometimes necessary to close vacancies before the closing date. If you have not heard from us within 4 weeks of the closing date, please assume that you have not been shortlisted.