Holiday Activity Instructor

Places for People; East Grinstead; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 21,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

2% bonus

Health & Fitness membership

Flexible working

Additional annual leave

Personal learning & development

Company pension

Healthcare cashback

Centre discounts

Staff perks

Job summary

Places for People Group is seeking a dynamic individual to run holiday activities for children aged 5–13 at our leisure centres. You will lead arts, crafts, sports and swimming classes, creating a fun and safe atmosphere in a collaborative team setting.

Experience with children and a customer-service mindset are beneficial as you engage with families and support enjoyable, structured activities across varying durations.

Qualifications

• Experience working with children is preferred.
• Ability to plan and run arts & crafts, sports, swimming classes and other activities.
• Strong teamwork and energy to engage children aged 5–13.

Responsibilities

• Run holiday activities from arts and crafts, sports, swimming and more to create a fun, safe atmosphere for children.
• Follow activity plans while remaining flexible to adapt to needs.
• Contribute to a positive, collaborative team environment at our centres.

Skills

Energetic entertainer

Team player

Adaptability

Customer service

Job description

We are Places for People Group, we're a social enterprise that believes it's people that make a community. That's why we build homes and deliver services for everyone in the community to thrive. At Places Leisure we are changing lives by creating active places and healthy people for communities to thrive, and we want to be the UK's leading health and wellbeing enabler.

We aren't your typical company. We apply the same philosophy to our People as we do to our communities, ensuring our team is appreciated and supported. At Places for People, you're more than just a number - you're part of our cause.

More About Your Role

Working alongside our team in running holiday activities from camps to drop in sessions.

It will be your responsibility to help run fun, interactive and active holiday activities for children at our centres. Running activities from arts and crafts, sports, swimming classes and more - your job is to create that fun and safe atmosphere.

For more information please download our job profile available on our website

More About You

Working with children aged between five and thirteen years is a job for someone with extraordinary skills.

You'll follow some set plans, but this structured approach needs to produce a happy environment - after all, children could be in your care for anything between a day and several weeks.

So, you'll need to be an energetic entertainer and an enthusiastic performer, who works brilliantly in a team and can adapt whenever necessary.

It would be preferable to have experience of working with children however, experience in a previous role where customer service was your main focus would be extremely beneficial for this role.

Benefits

We are a large, diverse and ambitious business, which will give you all the challenge you could wish for.

We know that there's always more we can do to make you smile, that's why we offer a comprehensive benefits package with each role, yours will include:

• A bonus scheme for all colleagues at 2%
• Full Health & Fitness membership for you, a nominated adult and up to 4 juniors
• Flexible working (including part time working, shift work and more)
• An opportunity to purchase additional annual leave
• Lots of opportunity to access ongoing personal learning and development
• Access to our Company Pension scheme
• Cashback plan for healthcare costs – up to £500 saving per year
• Discounts of up to 50% on activities, centre shop and cafes
• Extra perks including huge discounts and offers from shops, cinemas and much more.

At Places for People, safeguarding is everyone's responsibility. We are committed to creating safe communities for our customers and colleagues by protecting children, young people, and adults at risk from harm, abuse, and neglect.

We follow robust safeguarding policies and procedures, ensuring all employees, volunteers, and contractors uphold the highest standards of safeguarding and accountability. Our recruitment process includes pre-employment checks, including Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks where applicable, to promote a safe and secure working environment.

By joining Places for People, you are expected to contribute to our safeguarding culture, following our policies and reporting concerns to protect those in our communities.

Armed Forces - We are proud to support the Armed Forces Covenant. Places for People will guarantee an interview for any candidate who is serving or has formerly served in the Armed Forces, as a reservist, armed forces veteran (including the wounded, injured and sick), cadet instructor and military spouse/partner and who meets the essential criteria for the vacancy. Disability Confident - We are proud to be a member of the Disability Confident scheme certified as Level 2 Disability Confident Employer. This helps us to successfully employ and retain people with disabilities and health conditions. Disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for a vacancy will be guaranteed an interview. The Equality Act 2010 (Disability Discrimination Act 1995 for NI) defines a disabled person as someone who has a physical or mental impairment that has sa substantial and long-term negative effect on their ability to do daily activities. Neurodivergent - Neurodiverse individuals have highly valuable skills, and we recognise that a traditional interview process sometimes works against them and doesn’t allow them to self-advocate. Neurodiverse applicants who meet the criteria for a vacancy will be guaranteed an interview.