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Lifeguards
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 03 Mehefin 2024 |
|---|---|
| Cyflog: | £12.18 yr awr |
| Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog: | 12.18 - 12.18 |
| Oriau: | Rhan Amser |
| Dyddiad cau: | 24 Mehefin 2024 |
| Lleoliad: | Merthyr Tydfil Leisure Centre, CF48 1UT |
| Cwmni: | Vacancy Filler |
| Math o swydd: | Parhaol |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: | MAY20242127 |
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Lifeguard
We have an opportunity for you to join our team supporting the newly reopened swimming facilities at Merthyr Tydfil Leisure Centre. These roles are at the heart of the operation of our centres, ensuring we deliver excellent services to our customers each and every day. Your role will consist of helping and advising customers on leisure activities, bookings and all things customer related as well as ensuring the safety of customers using the pool.
Reporting to the General Manager of the centre, you will need a “can do” approach and a willingness to learn and mature on the job.
We offer a nurturing and supportive workplace, along with strong induction and training programmes, to help you to grow and develop your career pathway for the future.
When working as a lifeguard at the swimming pool, the National Pool Lifeguard Qualification will be needed. Training for this can be provided through Halo provided you are willing to commit to the course. Please see course prerequisites below:
Every candidate attending a NPLQ course must be 16-years-old at the time of taking the NPLQ final assessment and be able to:
Jump/dive into deep water
Swim 50 metres in less than 60 seconds
Swim 100 metres continuously on front and back in deep water
Tread water for 30 seconds
Surface dive to the floor of the pool
Climb out unaided without ladder/steps and where the pool design permits
Halo centres are all vital community assets which are well used and supported by the local population. There is always room for growth and you will be a key player in the future of this centre.
All new applicants are required to complete a 10 hour online Welsh Work Course. You will need to complete parts 1 and 2 of the course and must be able to evidence this prior to starting work with the Authority. For further information on how to complete this course please visit: https://learnwelsh.cymru/
Main Purpose
Deliver great experiences; delight your customers
Salary: - £12.18 per hour
Hours: Various available
Start date: To be confirmed
Duties and responsibilities
Run safe and clean facilities, taking care of the resources which are needed to deliver the services on offer
To act as a pool attendant
Pitch in as needed to help your centre, your manager, your colleagues
Promote our values and expectations
Plan your tasks, deliver great service standards
Commit to your own development
Take part in company training programmes
Provide feedback so we can continuously improve
Respect the privacy rights of customers and colleagues
Take responsibility for your performance
Take an active interest in the company and your centre
Follow company policies, procedures and systems
Follow the emergency response plan
To caution swimmers regarding unsafe areas/behaviours and react accordingly.
Skills, qualities and experience
Self management
Contribute positively to the workings of a team
Dealing directly with customers
To have a flexible approach to work unsociable hours including weekends and Bank Holidays.
Good communication skills.
What we will offer:
25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
Flexible working
Competitive salary and incremental pay increases
LGPS Pension scheme
Trade union recognition and membership
Cycle to work scheme
Staff development
Family friendly policies
Occupational Health
Learning and development opportunities
We reserve the right to close this advert early if sufficient applications are received.
You will be required to provide evidence of all qualifications specified as essential
Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council encourages applications from Welsh speakers. Application forms may be submitted in Welsh and any applications completed in Welsh will not be treated any less favourably than those submitted in English.
If you are successfully shortlisted for interview please contact human.resourcesadmin@merthyr.<wbr>gov.uk to let us know if you would like your interview to be conducted through the medium of Welsh.
Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council is committed to protecting and safeguarding the most vulnerable people in our community. Rigorous pre-employment checks are undertaken for all appointments as part of our recruitment and selection process.
All employees are required to comply with their individual and organisational responsibilities under the Data Protection Act, the Information Security Policy and relevant supporting operational policies. Any matters of a confidential nature must not be disclosed or passed to any unauthorised persons or third party under any circumstance either during or after employment except in the proper course of your employment or as required by law, Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council or both. Any breach of confidentiality may lead to disciplinary action.
We value diversity in our workforce and consider ourselves to be an Employer of Choice, committed to promoting and integrating equality of opportunity into all aspects of our work. We welcome applications from everyone and encourage applicants from all groups and backgrounds to apply and join us at Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council. We are strongly committed to eradicating discrimination in the workplace and ensure that no unlawful discrimination occurs in the recruitment and selection process on the grounds of age, disability, sex, race, sexual orientation, marriage and civil partnership, religion or belief, gender identity and expression, and pregnancy and maternity.
We have an opportunity for you to join our team supporting the newly reopened swimming facilities at Merthyr Tydfil Leisure Centre. These roles are at the heart of the operation of our centres, ensuring we deliver excellent services to our customers each and every day. Your role will consist of helping and advising customers on leisure activities, bookings and all things customer related as well as ensuring the safety of customers using the pool.
Reporting to the General Manager of the centre, you will need a “can do” approach and a willingness to learn and mature on the job.
We offer a nurturing and supportive workplace, along with strong induction and training programmes, to help you to grow and develop your career pathway for the future.
When working as a lifeguard at the swimming pool, the National Pool Lifeguard Qualification will be needed. Training for this can be provided through Halo provided you are willing to commit to the course. Please see course prerequisites below:
Every candidate attending a NPLQ course must be 16-years-old at the time of taking the NPLQ final assessment and be able to:
Jump/dive into deep water
Swim 50 metres in less than 60 seconds
Swim 100 metres continuously on front and back in deep water
Tread water for 30 seconds
Surface dive to the floor of the pool
Climb out unaided without ladder/steps and where the pool design permits
Halo centres are all vital community assets which are well used and supported by the local population. There is always room for growth and you will be a key player in the future of this centre.
All new applicants are required to complete a 10 hour online Welsh Work Course. You will need to complete parts 1 and 2 of the course and must be able to evidence this prior to starting work with the Authority. For further information on how to complete this course please visit: https://learnwelsh.cymru/
Main Purpose
Deliver great experiences; delight your customers
Salary: - £12.18 per hour
Hours: Various available
Start date: To be confirmed
Duties and responsibilities
Run safe and clean facilities, taking care of the resources which are needed to deliver the services on offer
To act as a pool attendant
Pitch in as needed to help your centre, your manager, your colleagues
Promote our values and expectations
Plan your tasks, deliver great service standards
Commit to your own development
Take part in company training programmes
Provide feedback so we can continuously improve
Respect the privacy rights of customers and colleagues
Take responsibility for your performance
Take an active interest in the company and your centre
Follow company policies, procedures and systems
Follow the emergency response plan
To caution swimmers regarding unsafe areas/behaviours and react accordingly.
Skills, qualities and experience
Self management
Contribute positively to the workings of a team
Dealing directly with customers
To have a flexible approach to work unsociable hours including weekends and Bank Holidays.
Good communication skills.
What we will offer:
25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
Flexible working
Competitive salary and incremental pay increases
LGPS Pension scheme
Trade union recognition and membership
Cycle to work scheme
Staff development
Family friendly policies
Occupational Health
Learning and development opportunities
We reserve the right to close this advert early if sufficient applications are received.
You will be required to provide evidence of all qualifications specified as essential
Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council encourages applications from Welsh speakers. Application forms may be submitted in Welsh and any applications completed in Welsh will not be treated any less favourably than those submitted in English.
If you are successfully shortlisted for interview please contact human.resourcesadmin@merthyr.<wbr>gov.uk to let us know if you would like your interview to be conducted through the medium of Welsh.
Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council is committed to protecting and safeguarding the most vulnerable people in our community. Rigorous pre-employment checks are undertaken for all appointments as part of our recruitment and selection process.
All employees are required to comply with their individual and organisational responsibilities under the Data Protection Act, the Information Security Policy and relevant supporting operational policies. Any matters of a confidential nature must not be disclosed or passed to any unauthorised persons or third party under any circumstance either during or after employment except in the proper course of your employment or as required by law, Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council or both. Any breach of confidentiality may lead to disciplinary action.
We value diversity in our workforce and consider ourselves to be an Employer of Choice, committed to promoting and integrating equality of opportunity into all aspects of our work. We welcome applications from everyone and encourage applicants from all groups and backgrounds to apply and join us at Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council. We are strongly committed to eradicating discrimination in the workplace and ensure that no unlawful discrimination occurs in the recruitment and selection process on the grounds of age, disability, sex, race, sexual orientation, marriage and civil partnership, religion or belief, gender identity and expression, and pregnancy and maternity.