Lifeguard

Newcastle Under Lyme Borough Council; Newcastle-under-Lyme; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 25,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Local government pension scheme

Minimum 24 days annual leave +5 after

Family friendly policies

Local and national discounts

Free car parking

Wellbeing support including Jubilee2

Green travel scheme

Employee assistance services

Flu vaccination service and healthish

Job summary

Newcastle-under-Lyne Borough Council is looking to expand our team of Lifeguards to ensure customers get the best possible leisure journey when they walk through our doors. You will provide supervision and a ‘can do’ attitude in our swimming pools and activity areas, ensuring facility presentation is a priority and changeovers are achieved in a professional and timely manner.

As an important team member, you will be familiar with the facility programmes and work to deliver professional,

Qualifications

• You must possess a valid RLSS NPLQ and have experience of working in a leisure facility.

Responsibilities

• Provide supervision and a ‘can do’ attitude in swimming pools and activity areas, prioritising facility presentation.
• Ensure that activity areas and changeovers are achieved in a professional and timely manner.
• Familiarise yourself with facility programmes to support safe, enjoyable visits for customers.

Education

RLSS NPLQ

Job description

Working options: Saturday 6am-1.00pm Sunday NWD Monday 2.30pm-10.00pm Tuesday 2.30pm-10.00pm Wednesday NWD Thursday 7am-2.30pm Friday 7am-2.30pm

Contract

Permanent

Location

Jubliee2, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire

About the job

We are looking to expand our team of Lifeguards to ensure our customers get the best possible leisure journey when they walk through our doors.

You will be providing supervision and a ‘can do’ attitude in our swimming pools and activity areas, making sure that facility presentation is your priority.

As an important team member, you will be familiar with the facility programmes and ensure that activity areas and changeovers are achieved in a professional and timely manner.

Requirements

You must possess a valid RLSS NPLQ and have experience of working in a leisure facility.

Why work for us?

Newcastle-under-Lyme is a borough with big ambitions.We’ve already started our transformation, however, we still need to find better ways of doing things because we are determined to do the very best we can for our communities.

If our vision is to be the best, then we need the best people working for us. Our people are at the heart of what we do and have the freedom to innovate, grow and develop.We recruit people who share our vision and values; people who have the drive to deliver our ambitious Council plan.

Our historic borough is a place of marked contrasts. We are the home of a world class University at Keele, a leading light known internationally for its research and sustainability record, which stands side by side with former mining communities including some which register amongst the most deprived areas in the country. Our borough is also a mixture of urban centres, affected by some of the same social issues facing our neighbouring city, Stoke-on-Trent, but also outstanding rural landscapes in our less populated villages. Our plans and priorities aim to address the needs of all our communities.

Our People offer

We reward our people with a competitive range of benefits including:

• access to the local government pension scheme
• minimum 24days annual leave plus5 extra days after 5 years' service
• family friendly policies
• local and national high street discounts
• free car parking
• wellbeing support including £12.50 per month Jubilee2 membership
• green travel scheme including cycle to work and electric car salary sacrifice
• free employee 24 hour employee assistance and counselling services
• flu vaccination service and health checks

Should we receive a large number of applications, then this post could close sooner than the date stated.

Shortlistedapplicants will be contacted within two weeks of the closing date.

Interview date

Monday, 5 October 2026

While we value diverse backgrounds and experiences, we are unable to provide visa sponsorship. Applicants must be able to prove they have the Right to Work in the U.K.

We are committed to making our recruitment process as accessible as possible for everyone. This includes making adjustments or changes for disabled people, neurodiverse people or people with long-term health conditions.If you would like us to do anything differently during the interview or assessment process please contact our People team ( [e-mail] )

Newcastle-under-Lyne Borough Council is committed to the employment and career development of disabled people, armed forces and care leavers.As such we offer an interview guarantee scheme where you meet the minimum criteria for the role.By minimum criteria we mean you must provide us with evidence in your application and supporting information which demonstrates that you generally meet the level of skills and experience defined in the person specification and as indicated by the Disability Confident symbol.