Lifeguard

Serco; Bolton; On-site; GBP 23,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading leisure centre as a Lifeguard, ensuring the safety of all visitors while providing excellent customer service. You'll be part of a supportive team dedicated to promoting healthy lifestyles in a friendly environment. This full-time role offers opportunities for career progression and various benefits, including free training and pension contributions.

Benefits

Free membership at Centreplus

Heavily discounted classes and facilities

Free safeguarding training

DBS check

Excellent development and training opportunities

6% employer-matched pension contribution

Qualifications

• Excellent customer service skills required.
• Must be safety-conscious and vigilant.
• Strong swimming skills essential.

Responsibilities

• Provide excellent customer care to pool visitors.
• Supervise activities and maintain cleanliness.
• Ensure safe handling of pool equipment.

Skills

Customer Service

Safety Consciousness

Vigilance

Swimming Skills

Education

National Pool Lifeguard Qualification

Job description

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Working Hours/Pattern: 37 hours, between Monday to Sunday including earlies and lates

Contract Type: Permanent

Salary: £23,668 per annum + excellent benefits

Here at Bolton Community Leisure Trust, our goal is to encourage active, healthy lifestyles in a safe, warm, clean, friendly, and fun environment. We aim to be the destination of choice for an active community, helping you make the most of every day. To deliver these services, we need an enthusiastic, customer-focused team. We are currently recruiting for a full-time Lifeguard to join our centre.

As a Lifeguard, you'll be a vital part of the centre, ensuring everyone can use the pool safely and have access to everything they need to enjoy their visit.

Your responsibilities include providing excellent customer care to people of all ages, supervising activities, maintaining high standards of cleanliness in the pool area, and ensuring the safe handling and setup of pool equipment. When necessary, you'll also help to save lives.

You won't be working alone; our leisure centre has a close-knit, supportive team dedicated to providing an inclusive leisure hub for the entire community.

Serco manages these facilities daily on behalf of the Trust.

What you'll need to do the role

You should have excellent customer service skills, as you'll interact heavily with our customers. Whether gained in leisure or other customer-facing environments, you need to be a people person comfortable dealing with individuals of all ages and backgrounds.

As a lifeguard, you must be safety-conscious, vigilant, and able to handle pressurized situations. Strong swimming skills are essential, and you must hold a National Pool Lifeguard Qualification (Royal Life Saving Society).

Due to this being a full-time role, we will only consider candidates aged 18 and above.

If you meet these criteria, please apply today!

Why Join Us

A place where you can make an impact: Lifeguards are essential to our centres' operation, ensuring customer safety and saving lives when needed.

A place you can count on: Our lifeguards are key to running our centres. There are opportunities to progress into senior lifeguard roles or other centre management positions across our 55 facilities.

A place for you: Our centres are friendly and supportive. You will find resources for career progression through Serco Learning.

What we offer

• Free membership at Centreplus and heavily discounted classes and facilities
• Free safeguarding training and DBS check
• Excellent development and training opportunities
• 6% employer-matched pension contribution

Serco/Serco Leisure Operating Limited manages the recruitment process and the Trust’s employees in delivering these services. The Trust is committed to equal opportunities. If you have questions or need additional time to apply, contact the Recruitment Team at 0345 010 4000. Applicants should be aware that a DBS check will be conducted where appropriate.