Leisure Attendant

Sefton Council; England; Hybrid; GBP 12,000 - 17,000; Part time

Job summary

Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council is seeking a fully qualified NPLQ lifeguard to join a dedicated team at the leisure centre. The role focuses on ensuring customer safety and delivering high standards of service and customer care while working across the pool environment, in a part-time capacity of 15.24 hours per week.

The position involves setting up equipment for programmed activities, carrying out cleaning tasks to keep the centre spotless, and engaging in ongoing monthly training.

Qualifications

• Must be NPLQ qualified and demonstrate competency.
• Customer-focused, vigilant and able to supervise poolside operations.
• Team player with good communication and safety awareness.

Responsibilities

• Constant supervision of the poolside to ensure safety.
• Set up equipment to meet the needs of programmed activities.
• Undertake cleaning tasks to keep the centre presented to a high standard.
• Attend ongoing monthly training sessions.

Skills

NPLQ lifeguard

Job description

• Employer: Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council
• Location: Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council, Bootle Leisure Centre, Merseyside
• Contract: Permanent
• Hours: 15.24 hours per week.
• Closing Date: 24/11/2026 at 23:59
• Reference: PHW/26/349163

About The Role

The post is for a fully qualified NPLQ lifeguard to work as part of a team, ensuring customer safety and high standards of service and customer care are always maintained.

This role requires:

• Constant supervision of the poolside
• You will need to be fully focused with the ability to remain vigilant, alert, and attentive.

This position involves:

• The setting up of equipment to meet the needs of the programmed activities.
• To undertake cleaning tasks to ensure the centre is well presented to the highest standard.
• Ongoing monthly training is also required.

The candidate will have a friendly and approachable manner to always maintain a high level of customer service. The candidate must be NPLQ qualified and must be able to demonstrate competency.

Ongoing monthly training is also required.

Please see Appendix A (page 10) for a full copy of the Job Description and Person Specification

The closing date for this vacancy is Tuesday 24 th November 2026 (or earlier in the event of high volume of applications being received).

Provisional interview date is Tuesday 1 st December 2026.

EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES

Sefton Council strives to ensure that our workforce is inclusive and representative of our communities. A diverse workforce is important to us, our staff bring with them a wide range of experiences, views, ideas, and innovations, and we are committed to providing an environment that recognises, respects, and values everybody’s identity, where individual differences are strengths and where everyone can thrive and maximise their potential.We are always open to learning and growing as an organisation, and we welcome new ideas and initiatives that promote equality, diversity and inclusion.

We are an Equal Opportunities Employer; all candidates will receive equal treatment. Our decision to appoint will be based upon whether an individual’s skills, experience, qualifications, and abilities make them the most suitable candidate for the role.

Please note that all disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for these jobs (as given in the Person Specification) and who want to apply under the Disability Confident Scheme will be invited to interview.

If you are currently in care or have previously been in care, we provide a guaranteed interview scheme for care experienced people if you meet the essential requirements for the role.

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