Party Host

Places Leisure; Staines-upon-Thames; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 23,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus 2%

Health & Fitness membership (you + 1/4

Flexible working

Additional annual leave

Learning & development

Company Pension

Cashback on healthcare costs

Discounts on activities and centreShop

Extra perks from shops and cinemas

Job summary

Places Leisure seeks an enthusiastic Party Host to run engaging children’s parties across our centres. You’ll organise games, ensure food and drinks are ready, and prioritise fun and safety for all guests.

Experience in customer service and an outgoing personality are valuable, with a flexible approach to cover parties at short notice. This role offers diverse scheduling and great opportunities within a supportive, active environment.

Qualifications

• Outgoing manner and customer service experience preferable.
• Energy and enthusiasm with flexible attitude for short-notice party cover.
• Ability to work across various shifts including part-time and flexible hours.

Responsibilities

• Help run fun, interactive and memorable parties for children at centres.
• Organise games and activities, ensure food and drinks are ready.
• Ensure fun and safety are at the heart of the offer.

Skills

Customer service

Job description

We are Places for People Group, we're a social enterprise that believes it's people that make a community. That's why we build homes and deliver services for everyone in the community to thrive. At Places Leisure we are changing lives by creating active places and healthy people for communities to thrive, and we want to be the UK's leading health and wellbeing enabler.

We aren't your typical company. We apply the same philosophy to our People as we do to our communities, ensuring our team is appreciated and supported. At Places for People, you're more than just a number - you're part of our cause.

More About Your Role

It will be your responsibility to help run fun, interactive and memorable parties for children at our centres. Party Hosts will ensure all guests needs are met from organising games and activities, ensuring food and drink is ready and ensuring fun and safety are at the heart of what we offer. For more information please download our job profile available on our website.

More About You

You will have an outgoing manner and it would be preferable to have experience of working with children however, experience in a previous role where customer service was your main focus would be extremely beneficial for this role. Party Hosts will need to have buckets of energy and enthusiasm but most importantly you will have need a flexible attitude to work due to the need to cover parties sometimes at short notice.

We are a large, diverse and ambitious business, which will give you all the challenge you could wish for.

We Know That There's Always More We Can Do To Make You Smile, That's Why We Offer a Comprehensive Benefits Package With Each Role, Yours Will Include:

• A bonus scheme for all colleagues at 2%
• Full Health & Fitness membership for you, a nominated adult and up to 4 juniors
• Flexible working (including part time working, shift work and more)
• An opportunity to purchase additional annual leave
• Lots of opportunity to access ongoing personal learning and development
• Access to our Company Pension scheme
• Cashback plan for healthcare costs – up to £500 saving per year
• Discounts of up to 50% on activities, centre shop and cafes
• Extra perks including huge discounts and offers from shops, cinemas and much more.

At Places for People, safeguarding is everyone's responsibility. We are committed to creating safe communities for our customers and colleagues by protecting children, young people, and adults at risk from harm, abuse, and neglect. We follow robust safeguarding policies and procedures, ensuring all employees, volunteers, and contractors uphold the highest standards of safeguarding and accountability. Our recruitment process includes pre-employment checks, including Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks where applicable, to promote a safe and secure working environment. By joining Places for People, you are expected to contribute to our safeguarding culture, following our policies and reporting concerns to protect those in our communities.