Leisure Assistant
| Posting date: | 18 April 2024 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £20,880.00 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 08 May 2024 |
| Location: | Plymouth, South West England |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | Plymouth Marjon University |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | R00939 |
Summary
Leisure Assistant
Grade 2, £20,880.00 (pro-rated for part time hours)
Full time and part time opportunities available up to a total of 1.6 FTE. Please indicate in your application the total number of hours per week you would be able to work.
Applications are invited for the post of Leisure Assistant to work as part of a team to assist, monitor and supervise customers in the Marjon Sports Centre, with specific responsibilities in lifeguarding, setting up sporting activities and ensuring customer satisfaction.
The Role:
• To promote sport, health and wellbeing and to lifeguard and prepare facilities within the Sport Centre.
• To ensure the health and safety of swimmers through vigilant supervision of the swimming pool in line with the Normal Operating Plan and Emergency Action Plan.
• To supervise the gym to ensure members are following the gym code of conduct.
• To ensure that all facilities are operational and maintained in accordance with all current legislation and statutory requirements, this may include some heavy lifting.
•To set up and dismantle equipment as required. Ensuring that facilities are prepared and ready for bookings to run during allocated time slots.
• To occupy the help desk and deliver excellent customer service.
The Applicant:
• You will require a National Pool Lifeguard Qualification.
• A YMCA Level 2 fitness instructor and experience of working in a sports centre/health club would be beneficial but is not essential.
• Enthusiastic and passionate about higher education in general and Marjon specifically.
• Calm, and able to use your own initiative.
• Good at communicating with others and comfortable working as part of a team.
• Willing to be flexible around working hours, involving evening and/or weekend working.
For an informal discussion about the role please contact Daniel Lewis, Operations Manager on dlewis@marjon.ac.uk
Supporting our people:
At Marjon, we are firmly committed to supporting every member of staff who works for us. Our Balance programme of health and wellbeing activities aims to help you to look after your physical health, nutritional health, mental health and social health.
We’re big believers in the importance of work/life balance. Many of our employees work flexibly and they are able to apply for parental leave and time off for dependants.
We are keen to hear from a diverse range of applicants to support our goal to realise every individual’s potential. We are a ‘Disability Confident Employer’: candidates who declare a disability and who demonstrate on their application that they meet the essential criteria will be included on the shortlist.
Closing date: Wednesday 08 May 2024 (at 11:59pm)
Interview date: Thursday 16 May 2024
How to Apply
To apply for this position, please complete the University’s online application form.
To access the form and for further details please visit the University’s job website: https://jobs.marjon.ac.uk/
Please note, we will only consider applications submitted direct to the University via the above website. We do not accept applications or CVs submitted via third parties.
PLEASE NOTE THAT ALL COMMUNICATION WILL BE ELECTRONIC, PLEASE CHECK YOUR EMAIL ACCOUNT REGULARLY.
If you have any issues with applying online and need additional support including reasonable adjustments with the application process, please contact the People Team on peopleteam@marjon.ac.uk.
It is sometimes necessary to close vacancies before the closing date. If you have not heard from us within 4 weeks of the closing date, please assume that you have not been shortlisted.
Grade 2, £20,880.00 (pro-rated for part time hours)
Full time and part time opportunities available up to a total of 1.6 FTE. Please indicate in your application the total number of hours per week you would be able to work.
Applications are invited for the post of Leisure Assistant to work as part of a team to assist, monitor and supervise customers in the Marjon Sports Centre, with specific responsibilities in lifeguarding, setting up sporting activities and ensuring customer satisfaction.
The Role:
• To promote sport, health and wellbeing and to lifeguard and prepare facilities within the Sport Centre.
• To ensure the health and safety of swimmers through vigilant supervision of the swimming pool in line with the Normal Operating Plan and Emergency Action Plan.
• To supervise the gym to ensure members are following the gym code of conduct.
• To ensure that all facilities are operational and maintained in accordance with all current legislation and statutory requirements, this may include some heavy lifting.
•To set up and dismantle equipment as required. Ensuring that facilities are prepared and ready for bookings to run during allocated time slots.
• To occupy the help desk and deliver excellent customer service.
The Applicant:
• You will require a National Pool Lifeguard Qualification.
• A YMCA Level 2 fitness instructor and experience of working in a sports centre/health club would be beneficial but is not essential.
• Enthusiastic and passionate about higher education in general and Marjon specifically.
• Calm, and able to use your own initiative.
• Good at communicating with others and comfortable working as part of a team.
• Willing to be flexible around working hours, involving evening and/or weekend working.
For an informal discussion about the role please contact Daniel Lewis, Operations Manager on dlewis@marjon.ac.uk
Supporting our people:
At Marjon, we are firmly committed to supporting every member of staff who works for us. Our Balance programme of health and wellbeing activities aims to help you to look after your physical health, nutritional health, mental health and social health.
We’re big believers in the importance of work/life balance. Many of our employees work flexibly and they are able to apply for parental leave and time off for dependants.
We are keen to hear from a diverse range of applicants to support our goal to realise every individual’s potential. We are a ‘Disability Confident Employer’: candidates who declare a disability and who demonstrate on their application that they meet the essential criteria will be included on the shortlist.
Closing date: Wednesday 08 May 2024 (at 11:59pm)
Interview date: Thursday 16 May 2024
How to Apply
To apply for this position, please complete the University’s online application form.
To access the form and for further details please visit the University’s job website: https://jobs.marjon.ac.uk/
Please note, we will only consider applications submitted direct to the University via the above website. We do not accept applications or CVs submitted via third parties.
PLEASE NOTE THAT ALL COMMUNICATION WILL BE ELECTRONIC, PLEASE CHECK YOUR EMAIL ACCOUNT REGULARLY.
If you have any issues with applying online and need additional support including reasonable adjustments with the application process, please contact the People Team on peopleteam@marjon.ac.uk.
It is sometimes necessary to close vacancies before the closing date. If you have not heard from us within 4 weeks of the closing date, please assume that you have not been shortlisted.
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About Disability Confident
A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer. It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people. For more details please go to Disability Confident.