Junior Activities Instructor

Places for People; Greater London; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 24,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus scheme 2%

Health & Fitness membership for you, a

a nominated adult and up to 4 juniors

Flexible working (including part time)

Annual leave enhancement

Learning and development

Company Pension scheme

Cashback for healthcare costs

Discounts on activities and shops

Other employee perks

Job summary

Places for People is seeking a Junior Activity Instructor to help run fun, interactive activities for children at our centres. You will lead dryside courses, parties, and holiday activities, and brainstorm ideas to maximise centre use and fun for customers.

You should be outgoing; experience with children is preferable, and a can-do customer-service mindset helps. A flexible attitude is essential to cover parties at short notice.

Qualifications

• Outgoing manner.
• Experience with children preferable.
• Customer service experience beneficial for this role.

Responsibilities

• Help run fun, interactive activities for children at centres.
• Lead dryside courses, parties, holiday activities and sessions.
• Develop ideas to maximise centre use and fun for customers.

Skills

Customer service

Energy & enthusiasm

People skills

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

It will be your responsibility to help run fun, interactive and memorable activities for children at our centres. Junior Activity Instructors lead dryside courses, parties, holiday activities and sessions and come up with innovative ideas to both maximise use of the centre, and maximise the fun had by our customers.

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

More about you

You will have an outgoing manner and 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. Party Hosts will need to have buckets of energy and enthusiasm but most importantly you will have need a flexible attitude to work due to the need to cover parties sometimes at short notice.

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.