Team Leader - Full Time @ Macclesfield

Everybody Health & Leisure; Macclesfield; On-site; GBP 23,000 - 28,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discounted gym membership

Discounted food & drink at cafés

24/7 wellbeing & legal support

Job summary

Everybody Health & Leisure is seeking a Team Leader for Macclesfield Leisure Centre. You will oversee the lifeguard team, act as a bridge between the Duty Manager and staff, and collaborate with the Academy trainers to ensure efficient lifeguard processes and training.

The role also covers relief duties for the Duty Manager, with emphasis on customer service, safety, and financial procedures. A DBS check is required and applicants should hold NPLQ/FAW/Health & Safety qualifications.

Qualifications

• Must hold a current NPLQ, FAW and Health & Safety qualifications.
• Level 2 Fitness Instructor qualification is desirable.
• Ability to motivate and support colleagues.

Responsibilities

• Oversee lifeguard team to maintain safety and customer satisfaction.
• Act as the main link between the Duty Manager and lifeguard staff.
• Review systems of work and coordinate with Academy trainers on lifeguard processes.
• Provide relief cover for the Duty Manager and take full responsibility during those periods.

Skills

Customer service

Team leadership

Staff motivation

Job description

Join Our Team as a Team Leader!

We are looking for a Team Leader to act as a peer and positive role model, overseeing the work of the lifeguard team to ensure high standards of safety and customer satisfaction. The role includes reviewing systems of work and serving as the main link between the Duty Manager and lifeguard staff.

You will work closely with Academy trainers to regularly review lifeguard processes, ensuring training is efficient, effective, and consistently delivered.

The Team Leader will also provide relief cover for the Duty Manager, taking full responsibility for the facility, customers, financial procedures, and staff during those periods.

To succeed in this role, you will need to hold a current NPLQ, FAW, and Health & Safety qualifications, demonstrate strong customer service skills, and be able to motivate and support colleagues. A Level 2 Fitness Instructor qualification is desirable, along with a willingness to learn, develop, and embrace new ideas.

Salary: Grade E - £25,530.70 per annum.

Contracted roles follow a three point grading structure, with the opportunity to advance annually through the PDR (Performance and Development Review) process.

Location : Macclesfield Leisure Centre

Hours: 37 per week

Shifts will follow a 3 weekend rota, which include a mixture of mornings and evenings, and 1 weekend in 3.

Closing date: 10th December 2026

Interview Date: TBC - A competency assesment will be need to be complete before progressing to the interview stage.

Working at Everybody is a rewarding experience!

• Feel good factor! Help your community stay healthy & active by working in a friendly, fun, and caring environment
• Discounted gym membership
• Discount on Everybody Learn to Swim, Personal Training & Active Holidays
• 24/7 wellbeing & legal support scheme
• Discounted food & drink at any of our taste for life café’s.
• Generous local & national discounts via our Perkbox platform – helping your salary go that bit further
• Extensive training & career support from Everybody Academy – our very own ‘Excellent’ accredited training provider helping you stay “Fit for the Future”
• Enhanced pension scheme (5% or 7.5% matched contribution)
• Sharing in Success bonus scheme
• Staff social events
• & more!

About Everybody

We’re a fast growing, ambitious Registered Charity – operating 18 leisure centres with 10 cafes & 9 swimming pools across Cheshire East. A not for profit organisation, we’ve a passion for improving health and wellbeing – and our surpluses are reinvested to help the people of Cheshire East live well and for longer.

You’ll be part of a welcoming, active bunch of people who are loyal and care greatly about one another. You might also find we’re a tad competitive (in a friendly way)!

‘Developing our people’ is close to our hearts and we aim to attract and develop the best people to drive our business forward – after all it’s all thanks to our fantastic team that our organisation continues to grow!

Please be aware that all candidates applying for roles within our leisure centres or in health/sports provision are required to undergo a Standard or Enhanced DBS.

As part of this process, you are required to declare any information that may be disclosed in your DBS check before the check is initiated. This includes all criminal convictions or cautions, including traffic offences.

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