Leisure Assistant (Dry)

High Life Highland; Fortrose; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 24,000; Full time

Job summary

High Life Highland is seeking a proactive Leisure Centre Assistant to support our centres in Fortrose and across the area. You will promote a collaborative culture, assist with activities, maintain equipment, and deliver friendly customer care to users of our leisure facilities.

Responsibilities include health and safety compliance, training participation, environmental stewardship, and ensuring a high standard of cleanliness. A PVG check is required for this post.

Qualifications

• Promote a positive, collaborative workplace culture.
• Comply with Health & Safety recommendations.
• Maintain cleanliness and safety of all areas.
• Carry out routine equipment maintenance.
• Provide first aid if qualified.
• Attend training and achieve relevant qualifications.
• PVG check is required.
• Be friendly and provide excellent customer care.

Responsibilities

• Organise/lead activities and classes as directed by management.
• Set out and take down equipment and ensure safety standards.
• General cleaning and upkeep of all areas.
• Assist with maintenance of leisure centre fittings.
• Support cross-functional projects within the Leisure team.
• Promote HLH membership benefits to users.

Job description

• Actively promote a positive and collaborative workplace culture that supports the Charity’s purpose of Making Life Better and i-care values to increase morale, productivity and performance.
• Comply with Health & Safety recommendations and any additional standards set by Highlife Highland and to be conversant with the role and responsibilities of the post.
• Update yourself regularly on all written operating procedures and carry out accordingly.
• Organise/lead activities and classes within the programme required by the Manager and Supervisor and to support the running of our children’s activities and play schemes in the holidays.
• Set out and take down equipment, ensure it is maintained to a high standard of safety and cleanliness.
• Carry out routine maintenance of equipment and fittings as required.
• Carry out general cleaning of all areas to a high standard.
• Check for cleanliness and safety on a regular basis and ensure safe methods of work are achieved.
• Provide first aid treatment if qualified and trained to do so.
• Maintain confidentiality and adhere to data protection policy.
• Be conversant with the High Life membership scheme and actively promote the package benefits.
• Be friendly and helpful to users and uphold a high standard of customer care.
• Work as part of a team and contribute to the development and promotion of the centre.
• Attend training as required and achieve and maintain and relevant qualifications.
• Bring to the attention of the Manager any improvement that might increase the effectiveness and efficiency of the centre
• Pursue continuous professional development and contribute to the continuous improvement of the Leisure Centre and High Life Highland as a whole.
• Attend and undertake any training online or in person.
• Aim to reduce wastage and uphold our environmental values of being as sustainable as possible in all tasks.
• Assist and support other areas of High Life Highland with particular projects, training or in the event of holidays or sickness working cross-functionally across the Leisure team.
• Maintain an awareness and knowledge of the risk management responsibilities appropriate to their role, as identified within the HLH Risk Policy and associated guidance documentation.
• A Disclosure Scotland PVG check is required for this post ***