Leisure Assistant

King Edward VII School; Sheffield; On-site; GBP 10,000 - 14,000; Part time

Job summary

King Edward VII School in Sheffield is seeking an Evening and Weekend Leisure Assistant to support community use of the school site. The role involves reception duties, assisting visitors, setting up and clearing away equipment, and maintaining cleanliness and security across the site.

Shifts primarily cover weekday evenings 6.30pm–10.00pm and weekends 8.30am–3.30pm. The position is part-time, with DBS checks required and training provided to ensure safe, secure operations.

Qualifications

• Must be trustworthy, reliable and able to work independently.
• Welcoming, customer-focused and professional.
• Physically capable of active tasks including equipment setup and cleaning.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• Strong commitment to safety, security and safeguarding.

Responsibilities

• Assist with day-to-day operations and smooth running of facility during community use hours.
• Welcome community users at reception and provide helpful assistance.
• Set up or clear down equipment (goals, nets, mats) and maintain cleanliness.
• Lock up, secure windows and set alarms at end of shift.
• Ensure areas are clean and ready for the next school day.

Skills

Trustworthy

Welcoming

Physically capable

Interpersonal skills

Safety and safeguarding

Job description

Leisure Assistant

Up to 22.5 hours per week, 39 weeksper year

Grade 3 Point 5

£13.45 per hour, includingFoundation Living Wage

Permanent contract

Start date – 1 October 2026

We have a vacancy for a trustworthy, reliable Evening and Weekend LeisureAssistant to provide high-qualitysupport and outstanding service to our community users at our school site.

The post holder will be required to assistwith the day-to-day operations and smooth running of the facility duringcommunity use hours. This will involve welcoming community users at reception,providing helpful assistance during their visit, and setting up or clearingdown equipment such as goals, nets, and mats. The role will also require thepost holder to maintain high standards of cleanliness across the site—includingsweeping, mopping, and litter picking—and to take full responsibility forbuilding security by locking up, securing windows, and setting alarms at theend of each shift.

The successful candidate will:

• betrustworthy, reliable, and highly confident working independently


• havea welcoming, customer-focused, and professional manner


• bephysically capable of carrying out active tasks, including equipment setupand cleaning


• havevery good interpersonal and communication skills


• behighly responsible with a strong commitment to safety, security, andsafeguarding

This is a part-time position,primarily covering weekday evenings – 6.30pm to 10.00pm and weekend shifts – 8.30amto 3.30pm. We are happy for this role to be a job share or for one person.

Applicants should ideally have experienceworking in an operational keyholder or leisure environment, with 5+ years ofexperience preferred. Because our facility is situated on a school site, it isessential that the successful candidate ensures all areas are left clean,secure, and ready for the next school day. Full training will be provided;however, the successful applicant must complete and pass an enhanced DBS checkbefore working unsupervised.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare and safety ofchildren and young people and expect all staff to show this commitment. Thesuccessful candidate will be required to complete Disclosure and BarringService declarations in line with Section 115 of the Police Act 1997. Allapplicants are required to read the Safeguarding and Child Protection Policyincorporating Self-Harm and Online Safety, this can be found here.

This post is exempt from theRehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the successful applicant will berequired to apply for an enhanced DBS certificate. As the post will involveregulated activity with children, it is a criminal offence to apply for thispost if you are included on the children’s barred list held by the DBS.

Amendments to the Exceptions Order1975 (2013 & 2020) provide that certain spent convictions and cautions are“protected”. These are not subject to the disclosure to employers and cannot betaken into account. Guidance and criteria on the filtering of these cautionsand convictions can be found on the ministry of justice website or see here.

Shortlisted candidates will beasked to provide details of all unspent convictions and those that would not befiltered, prior to the date of the interview. You may be asked for furtherinformation about your criminal history during the recruitment process. If yourapplication is successful, this self-disclosure information will be checkedagainst information from the Disclosure and Barring Service before yourappointment in confirmed. We will perform online searches as part of duediligence for all shortlisted candidates.

Closing date: 21 September 2026 – 9am