Sports Advisor - ANG06443

Angus Council; Forfar; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 27,000; Full time

Job summary

ANGUSalive is recruiting a Sports Advisor based at Forfar Community Campus to support sports centre operations. The role involves working across days, evenings and weekends to deliver high quality customer service in a community setting.

You will be expected to demonstrate initiative, adaptability and teamwork while upholding PVG requirements and relevant lifeguard qualifications. The team values a friendly and proactive approach to engage with users and promote healthy lifestyles.

Qualifications

• Must hold a current RLSS pool lifeguard qualification.
• Experience in a sports centre is desirable.
• Membership or ability to become a PVGScheme member is required.
• Desirable qualifications include First Aid, Level 2 Gym Instructor or UKCC Level 1 Teaching Aquatics.

Responsibilities

• Work as a Sports Advisor in the sports centre operations team.
• Carry out duties across days, evenings and weekends as required.
• Demonstrate customer service excellence and contribute to continuous improvement.
• Engage with customers and work as part of a team to deliver quality services.

Skills

Customer service

Teamwork

Initiative

Adaptability

Education

RLSS pool lifeguard

First Aid

Level 2 Gym Instructor

UKCC Level 1 Teaching Aquatics

Job description

Based at Forfar Community Campus, Kirriemuir Road, Forfar.

Help us change lives in Angus by inspiring Healthy, Active and Creative lifestyle choices.

Our business is everything to do with people and that's why our staff are so important to our success.

You will work as a Sports Advisor in the sports centre operations team, working days, evenings and weekends.

To do well in this role you will be able to demonstrate our key behaviours in customer service excellence, continuous improvement and engaged workforce.

You will need to hold a current RLSS pool lifeguard qualification. Experience of working in a sports centre, a current first aid, level 2 gym instructors and UKCC level 1 teaching aquatics or other governing body qualifications are desirable.

A friendly outgoing personality, the ability to use your initiative, work as part of a team and experience of working with customers are essential.

Are you adaptable and resilient, innovative and enthusiastic, customer and results focused, hardworking and willing to learn? This could be the job for you to make a difference to your local community.

If you can commit to working with us for the people of Angus and are interested in joining the team to become an ambassador for ANGUSalive we'd love to hear from you.

Please note interviews will be held - to be confirmed.

Requirements

You must have the ability to become a member of the PVG Scheme.

Please refer to job outline and person specification for further details and requirements for this job.

The Individual

We are happy to discuss flexible working during the recruitment process for this position. This means we are open to a conversation about working patterns and the flexibility that is available for this role whilst managing the workload.

We offer a guaranteed job interview to the following people who meet the essential criteria on application for a job:

Those with disabilities, recognised caring responsibilities and care experienced young people. This also applies to our own employees with caring responsibilities, young people on apprenticeships and placements who meet the essential criteria for the job.