Community Host / Leisure Assistant - Derby Area

Vivify Venues; Burton upon Trent; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 24,000; Full time

Job summary

A community service organization in Burton upon Trent is seeking a Community Host to facilitate the use of school sports and leisure facilities. The role involves welcoming hirers, ensuring facilities are ready, maintaining safety, and providing excellent customer service. Ideal candidates are organized, flexible, and passionate about making a difference in the community. Training will be provided, and opportunities for career development and bonuses are available.

Benefits

Staff uniform

Employee of the month award

Corporate wellbeing programme

Free staff parking

Referral bonuses

Career development opportunities

Company events

Company pension

Qualifications

• Proud and passionate about the service provided.
• Able to communicate professionally with schools and hirers.
• Quick to act and organized.

Responsibilities

• Welcome hirers and ensure facilities are properly set up.
• Undertake light cleaning duties after events.
• Ensure security and safety of the school premises.

Skills

Customer service

Communication

Organization

Flexibility

Job description

Overview

We believe nothing is more important than people's health and happiness. What we do makes a difference. We want to inspire people everywhere to get the most out of life, bring communities together and to help schools generate much needed revenue. We PRIDE ourselves on minimising the hassle for schools to let out their sports and leisure facilities and our Community Hosts are PASSIONATE about providing an excellent service to groups who hire those facilities. Job Purpose: To welcome our Hirers and their groups into the schools' facilities ensuring all facilities are opened and set up on time for each group to be able to enjoy their visits.

Responsibilities

• To deliver a world class experience for our hirers, ensuring all customers receive a positive and memorable experience. Assisting hirers with the setting up of facilities for lettings & other school related events, from setting up a badminton net to switching on the floodlights.
• Undertake light cleaning duties to ensure that the school's premises are always left as found - from as simple as a quick sweep around and tucking chairs back under the desks or storing away equipment in the gym. We don't want to add any extra work for the schools and teachers the next morning.
• The security and safety of our school is greatly important to Vivify. The Community Host unlocks the gates and doors, making sure they're locked up securely again at the end of the shift.
• Throughout the shift, completing all health and safety checks and reporting any hazards or faulty equipment via our company platform ensures the high standards of the school, it's grounds and environment are maintained and that everyone on site is kept safe and healthy.
• Full training is provided, in person and via our online training system to equip the Community Host with full understanding and knowledge of how to carry out the role including an introduction to their school site and facilities, safeguarding responsibilities, manual handling, fire safety and customer service
• We pride ourselves on the quality of our work and the service we provide. We always find a way to make it happen if it improves either of these things and so the Community Host may be involved in other activities not listed in the responsibilities above to support the school, hirers and the Vivify team.

What we are looking for

• Vivify are proud of the work we do and the difference we make to our communities. We are passionate about the service we provide. As the person closest to our schools and hirers on a day to day basis, you will operate with pride and passion too
• No problem is too tough for us. We find a way
• We make everything as simple as possible, so our administration processes and the systems we use are too
• Organised, quick to act and flexible to be able to provide the best customer experience to our hirers
• Interested in growing with Vivify, always looking to make things better and able to get involved in learning and development opportunities.
• A great communicator, able to represent Vivify with the school and our hirers in a professional way

What we offer our employees

• Staff uniform
• Employee of the month (voucher award!)
• Full 24hr access to our confidential corporate wellbeing programme which includes free counselling sessions.
• Free staff parking
• Staff referral bonus and voucher scheme.
• School referral bonus.
• Career development and training opportunities.
• Company events
• Company pension
• Referral programme