Leisure Assistant

North Northamptonshire Council; Corby; On-site; GBP 14,000 - 18,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension scheme with life cover

Flexible working arrangements

Generous leave entitlement (28-33 days

Employee Assistance Programme

Job summary

North Northamptonshire Council is seeking two part-time leisure assistants (lifeguards) for Corby East pool. Flexible rotas are listed with 18-hour and 22-hour contracts, including evenings and weekends.

The role emphasizes lifeguarding duties, first aid, and delivering excellent customer service. You will work with a team, maintain safety standards, attend monthly training, and support various activities and sessions.

Qualifications

• Lifeguarding duties per operating procedures and emergency action plans.
• Administer first aid and complete incident forms.
• Maintain NPLQ qualification with monthly training.
• Ensure public safety and proper use of facilities.
• Deliver excellent customer care and communicate effectively.

Responsibilities

• Undertake lifeguarding and associated duties as specified.
• Administer first aid and complete accident/incident forms.
• Maintain NPLQ qualification through monthly training.
• Ensure safety and proper behaviour of the public to prevent injuries.
• Conduct routine checks of facilities and report any damage.

Skills

Lifeguarding

First aid

Customer care

Health & safety

Teamwork

Job description

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Here at North Northamptonshire Council, we're transforming for the better, using all our creativity and imagination to create the best life for our local people.

You'll find that we have a wide range of careers that may be more surprising than you think!

Why choose us?

We offer a vibrant working environment with:

• a pension scheme, where we pay a significant contribution on top of your contribution. It provides life cover and ill-health protection.
• lots of opportunities to develop your skills, knowledge and potential in a large unitary council
• generous leave entitlement (28days, rising to 33days) and bank holidays, plus the option to buy up to an extra 10 days
• hybrid and flexible working arrangements, where practicable for service needs to help you with a healthy work-life balance.

We provide a range of great benefits such as an Employee Assistance Programme, an Employee Benefits Scheme, wellbeing support, travel rates at HMRC rates, as well as supporting a range of active Employee Network Groups.

About the role

North Northamptonshire Council are currently seeking applications from ambitious and motivated individuals to work at Corby East Midlands international pool

We have opportunities for two part time leisure assistant contracts (lifeguarding roles), rotas are shown below

18 hour contract -

Mondays 16.00pm-22.00pm

Saturdays 12.00pm-17.00pm

Sundays 10.00am-17.00pm

22 hour contract -

Mondays 16.30pm-19.30pm

Tuesdays 16.30pm-19.30pm

Saturdays 10.00am-17.00pm

(Would change to 9.00am-16.00pm for an event)

Sundays 13.00pm-17.00pm

What will you be doing?

Main Duties and Responsibilities :

(This list contains the main duties and responsibilities of the post holder but it is not an exhaustive list)

• Undertake lifeguarding and associated duties as specified in the normal operating procedures and emergency action plans.

2. Administer the appropriate first aid where needed and to complete accident / incident forms.

3. To maintain NPLQ qualification, all leisure assistants are required to attend monthly training.

4. Ensure the general safety and behaviour of the public to prevent injury, misuse and damage to equipment.

5. Conduct routine checks of all areas and report any damage as per the operating procedures, areas include changing rooms, toilet areas, health suite etc.

About you

We need you to -

• Deliver excellent customer care
• Undertake lifeguarding duties
• Ensure high levels of cleanliness and excellent health and safety standards
• Be a team player and effective communicator
• Support our varied program of activities and sessions

About us

Our Values and Behaviours

Our values define who we are and how we operate, by forming the foundation for how we interact with our customers, colleagues and provide our services. They are also at the forefront of our decision making and delivery and are:

Customer-focused
Respectful
Efficient
Supportive
Trustworthy

Our key commitments help ensure that the priorities we make, now and in the future, maintain the necessary breadth of focus in those areas that we believe matter most.

Disability Confident Employer

We are proud to be a recognised Disability Confident Employer and is committed to providing an inclusive recruitment process and will offer an interview to disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the role.

The council obtained the Gold status award for the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS).

Further information can be found at Jobs and careers | North Northamptonshire Council (northnorthants.gov.uk)