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East Dunbartonshire Council; Bearsden; On-site; GBP 12,398,000 - 16,531,000; Part time

Job summary

East Dunbartonshire Leisure and Culture Trust (EDLCT) seeks a Leisure Assistant (Pavilion) to staff football pavilions across East Dunbartonshire and ensure a high standard of customer service.

The role involves lone-working duties, weekend shifts on Saturdays 08:30–14:30, with the Allander Leisure Centre as base when pavilions are not in use. Applicants should be team players with strong communication skills and a proactive approach to safety and service.

Qualifications

• Team player with excellent communication skills.
• Customer service oriented and able to work independently.
• Self-motivated and reliable for lone-working duties.

Responsibilities

• Staff football pavilions across East Dunbartonshire.
• Carry out lone-working duties in allocated venues.
• Provide high standard customer service and information to visitors.
• Base location at Allander Leisure Centre when pavilions are not in use.

Skills

Team player

Communication skills

Customer service

Self-motivated

Job description

Leisure Assistant - Pavilions - EAD09861

East Dunbartonshire Leisure and Culture Trust (EDLCT) is looking to recruit a Leisure Assistant (Pavilion) to staff the football pavilions across the area.

There is several pavilions across East Dunbartonshire including:

• Oakburn Playing Fields
• Colquhoun Playing Fields
• King George V Playing Fields
• Thorn Playing Fields

We are looking to recruit individuals who are team players, excellent communicators, task hungry and have a passion to deliver exceptional customer service. The postholder will require to carry out lone working duties and therefore needs to be a self-starter and responsible individual.

When the pavilions are not in use the postholder would be located at the Allander Leisure Centre.

Working hours: 6 per week on a Saturday from 08:30 to 14:30.

EDLCT is committed to ensuring equality, diversity and inclusion, and eliminating unlawful discrimination. We therefore welcome and encourage applications from suitably qualified people of all backgrounds.

PVG/Disclosure Scotland

The following criteria applies to all roles within East Dunbartonshire Council where PVG/Disclosure checks are essential criteria.

Where the post you are applying for is considered a Regulated Role under the Disclosure (Scotland) Act 2020, successful candidates will be required to join the PVG Scheme, or undergo a PVG Scheme Update check, prior to confirmation of employment being made by East Dunbartonshire Council.

Please note, successful candidates will be expected to meet the cost of the relevant check which will be deducted from the successful candidate’s first salary payment. Successful candidates who withdraw their application after the check process has started will be invoiced for the cost of the check.

In specific circumstances the payment could be deducted in instalments from an employee’s wages following commencement of employment. Approval in such circumstances will be made by the HR &OD Manager.

Should an employee leave in advance of the payment being deducted, the full amount will be deducted from the employee’s final salary.

The criteria outlined above will apply to existing employees of East Dunbartonshire Council who apply for roles for which a PVG/Disclosure check is required.

Charter of Commitment

The commitment by East Dunbartonshire Council to job applicants is as follows:

Individuals will be treated in a polite, friendly and welcoming manner.

Equalities monitoring will be conducted to ensure a fair and equitable process with screening being carried out to anonymise sensitive information such as age, gender and disability.

The information that we receive will be treated in confidence and with discretion. Only the relevant HR representative/team and the relevant service will see the application form.

We will encourage and welcome applications from applicants under the disability symbol. Where the essential criteria are met an interview will be offered to those applying under the disability symbol.

We will be pleased to make any reasonable adjustments to ensure accessibility at the interview.

We will advise you within reasonable time after the closing date if you have not met the interview criteria. (Normally within 4 weeks)

We will advise you of meeting the criteria for interview normally within 3 weeks.

We will advise you if you have been successful or unsuccessful at the interview stage as soon as practically possible.