Casual Lifeguard

Serco; Oswestry; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a dynamic team at a local leisure centre as a Lifeguard, where you'll play a crucial role in ensuring the safety of pool activities. This position offers fantastic training opportunities and the chance to make a positive impact on the community. You'll work in a supportive environment, interacting with diverse individuals while developing your skills in a vital role. With competitive pay and excellent benefits, this is a perfect opportunity for those passionate about swimming and customer service. If you’re eager to contribute to a healthier community, this role is for you!

Benefits

Free membership at the Centre

Discounted use of classes and facilities

Free safeguarding training and DBS check

Excellent Development and Training Opportunities

6% employer matched pension contribution

25 days annual leave

Life assurance up to 2x base salary

Simply health cash plan

Anytime health line

Employee assistance programme

Qualifications

• Excellent customer service skills and experience in a customer-facing role.
• Strong swimming skills and ability to handle pressurized situations.

Responsibilities

• Ensure safety of all pool users and provide assistance as needed.
• Interact with customers to enhance their experience at the leisure centre.

Skills

Customer Service Skills

Swimming Skills

Safety Awareness

Vigilance

Education

National Pool Lifeguard Qualification

Job description

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Location: Oswestry Leisure Centre SY11 4QB

Full Time: 37 hours per week (there are a range of hours available)

Working hours: Casual shifts to cover a mixture of early, late, and weekend work

Salary: £7.45 to £11.44 per hour + excellent benefits

Here at Shropshire Community Leisure Trust, our goal is to get more people, more active, more often. We provide affordable access to a wide range of sports and leisure facilities to support healthier and happier people across all segments of the local community. To deliver those services takes an enthusiastic and customer-focused team - and right now we are looking to recruit for Casual Lifeguards.

As a Lifeguard, you’ll be an important part of life here at the centre as you ensure that everyone can use the pool safely and that they have access to everything they need to enjoy their visit.

Without you, there can’t be any pool activity. But you won’t be working alone; our leisure centre has a close-knit and supportive team, all working towards providing an inclusive leisure hub for the entire community. You will also receive fantastic training and development opportunities and benefits including free leisure access and various discounts.

Serco manages these facilities on a day-to-day basis on behalf of the Trust.

What you'll need to do the role

You’ll need to have excellent customer service skills as you’ll be interacting heavily with our customers. So, whether you’ve earned that experience in a leisure or another customer-facing environment, you’ll be a people person who is happy dealing with people of all ages and backgrounds.

As a lifeguard, you’ll naturally need to be safety-conscious, vigilant, and able to deal with pressurized situations. Lastly, you’ll need to have strong swimming skills and it’s desirable that you hold a National Pool Lifeguard Qualification (Royal Life Saving Society) or equivalent; however, full training will be provided.

What we offer

• Free membership at the Centre plus heavily discounted use of classes and facilities
• Free safeguarding training and DBS check
• Excellent Development and Training Opportunities
• 6% employer matched pension contribution
• 25 days annual leave
• Life assurance up to 2x base salary
• Simply health cash plan
• Anytime health line
• Employee assistance programme
• Benefits portal offering discounts on eating out, travel, shopping and entertainment
• A safe and supportive culture
• A chance to make a positive difference to the community

Why Serco

Meaningful and vital work: Swimming pools are the beating hearts of our leisure centres and without lifeguards, we can’t operate. You ensure that our customers can enjoy their activity in safety and when needed, you save lives.

A world of opportunity: Our lifeguards are integral to the running of our centres, so as well progressing into senior lifeguard positions, you can move into other centre management roles in one of our 55 facilities.

Great people: Our centres are close-knit and friendly, and we rely on each other for support. As well as the backing of the team, you’ll also find all the resources you need for career progression through Serco Learning.

Serco/Serco Leisure Operating Limited are appointed as the Trust’s Managing Agents. We manage the recruitment process and the Trust’s employees in the delivery of the service on their behalf. The Trust is committed to equal opportunities and requests any potential applicant to contact the Recruitment Team on 0345 010 4000 as soon as possible if an applicant has any additional queries, requirements, or will need additional time in submitting an application. Applicants should be aware that in line with the company’s policy, employees will have a DBS check where appropriate.