Children'S Activities Assistant - Casual - Littlehampton Wave

Freedom Leisure; Arundel; On-site; GBP 14,000 - 21,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discounted Staff Membership (including

Job summary

Freedom Leisure is seeking a Children’s Activities Assistant to support and oversee bookings for children’s activities. You’ll help run party bookings and holiday camps while participating in a full training programme to grow within the organisation.

The role includes leading activities, coordinating schedules, and ensuring a welcoming, inclusive environment for participants. DBS checks will be completed, and flexible casual hours are available.

Qualifications

• Experience coordinating children's activities is beneficial.
• DBS check will be required before start.
• Ability to develop activities based on community demand.

Responsibilities

• Co-ordinate and oversee the children’s bookings.
• Ensure smooth administrative running of the children’s activity bookings; develop activities based on demand.
• Lead the activities for parties and holiday camps.
• Enhanced DBS check to be carried out.

Skills

Coordinate bookings

Party & holiday camp activities

Customer service

DBS readiness

Job description

Join the Energy at Freedom Leisure – Do Good Feel Good!

At Freedom Leisure, we’re all about positive vibes, great people, and making a real impact. Yes, we run leisure and cultural facilities, gyms, and swimming pools—but at the heart of it all, it’s our people who make the difference.

As one of the UK’s leading charitable leisure trusts, we’re proud of our mission of Improving Lives Through Leisure. We’re here to help communities live healthier, happier lives by making our centres welcoming, inclusive, and accessible to everyone - because everyone deserves to feel good. We’re all about delivering amazing customer service with a smile—every single day. We create spaces where people feel at home, supported, and inspired.

If you’re passionate about helping others and love creating great experiences, you’ll feel right at home with us. You don’t need to be an expert to get started - we’ll give you all the training and support you need. With over 130 centres across England and Wales, there’s loads of room to grow. Many of our team have built amazing careers doing what they love, helping customers day-to-day and making people feel good.

We’re proud to be a workplace where everyone is welcome, valued, and supported to thrive—because when our team reflects the communities we serve, we all grow stronger together.

In the role of Children’s Activities Assistant, you will be key to supporting all of our objectives. This will start with actively leading our Party and Holiday Camp activities, organising the activities and ensuring the bookings are running smoothly.

A full training programme will be provided and for those that want to go further, we will work with you to develop a career path with us.

In the event that a high volume of suitable applications are received, the post may close prior to the specified closing date.

Hours

Casual hours, as and when required.

Requirements

• To co-ordinate and oversee the children’s bookings
• To ensure the smooth administrative running of the children’s activity bookingsDevelop activities according to the community demand
• Lead the activities for parties and holiday camp
• Enhanced DBS check to be carried out

Benefits

We want you to love coming to work, feeling healthy, happy and valued. That's why we've developed a benefits package with you in mind, so what can we offer you?

• Discounted Staff Membership (including family members)
• Employee Assistance Programme: 24/7 confidential, independent and professional counselling
• Financial advice
• Flexible working hours
• My Staff Shop employee benefits scheme, offering discounts on cinema tickets, travel, high street e-vouchers, gift cards, days out, leisure activities and everyday spending
• Paid annual leave
• Potential permanent work opportunities
• Various insurance and savings schemes

Closing date

30th October 2026

Salary

up to £12.71 per hour

At Freedom Leisure, we believe a diverse workforce strengthens our organisation and enhances the services we provide. We welcome applications from suitably qualified candidates regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, or sexual orientation.