Recreation Assistant

University of Leeds; Leeds; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 21,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

26 days holiday

Generous pension scheme

Health and wellbeing: discounted staff

Personal development courses

On-site childcare and discounts

Travel schemes

Job summary

The University of Leeds is seeking a Recreation Assistant to join a large team, ensuring a safe environment and delivering a high level of customer service across facilities.

Responsibilities include lifeguarding, cleaning, setting up sport areas, moving equipment safely, and working weekdays and weekends with early starts and late finishes at our designated sports facilities, with visa sponsorship not available.

Qualifications

• Current RLSS lifeguard qualification (or equivalent).
• Experience as a lifeguard preferred.
• Excellent communication and customer-focused attitude.

Responsibilities

• Lifeguard and ensure pool area safety.
• Cleaning tasks and facility upkeep.
• Set up sport areas and move equipment safely.
• Provide high level of customer service and assist users.

Skills

Lifeguard qualification

Customer service

Communication skills

Teamwork

Job description

As a Recreation Assistant you will work as part of a large team ensuring that the environment is safe for use and that a high level of customer service is maintained at all times. Alongside your responsibility for lifeguarding, you will undertake a range of duties including cleaning tasks, setting up sport areas and moving equipment safely.

Are you customer focused and dedicated to providing an excellent service? Do you have excellent organisation skills with the ability to plan and prioritise work effectively?, You will have a current Royal Life Saving Society UK (RLSS) lifeguard qualification (or equivalent) and ideally have experience working as a lifeguard, ensuring you keep up to date with the monthly lifeguard training. You will have excellent communication skills and have a helpful attitude towards customers, with the ability to work independently and also as part of a team.

The University has recently invested £1.2M to expand 'The Edge' sports facility and provides state of the art fitness and class equipment, offering a range of classes and aquatics activities and 25 metre 8 lane swimming pool.

You will need to be available to work weekdays and weekends, early morning starts (0600am) and late evenings (1100pm) You will be primarily based at one of our designated sports facilities, however, will be required to work at any of our sports facilities when required. This role is not eligible for Skilled Worker visa sponsorship. Information on other visa options is available at: https://www.gov.uk/browse/visas-immigration/work-visas

What we offer in return

• 26 days holiday plus approx.16 Bank Holidays/days that the University is closed by custom (including Christmas) - That's 42 days a year!
• Generous pension scheme options plus life assurance
• Health and Wellbeing: Discounted staff membership options at The Edge, our state-of-the-art Campus gym, with a pool, sauna, climbing wall, cycle circuit, and sports halls.
• Personal Development: Access to courses run by our Organisational Development & Professional Learning team.
• Access to on-site childcare, shopping discounts and travel schemes are also available.
• And much more!