Operations Supervisors
| Posting date: | 04 July 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £28,659 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 16 July 2025 |
| Location: | Edinburgh, Scotland |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | Edinburgh Leisure |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | Operations Supervisors |
Summary
Operations Supervisors
2 x Full-Time: 35.75 hours per week (shift work mostly including evenings and weekends)
1 x permanent & 1 x temporary contract until 10th of February
Salary – £28,659 per annum (£15.42 per hour)
Location: Schools across Edinburgh
Do you genuinely love people and instinctively know how to bring the best out in them? Do you have an inquisitive, analytical, and organised mind and love working in a fast-paced environment? We have an amazing opportunity for you to join our team as an Operations Supervisor.
You will be responsible for running the shift, delivering great customer service, and looking after our staff and customers. Background in leisure operations is not essential, and we welcome applications from candidates with experience in hospitality, retail, or other customer service environments. You will need to be a strong swimmer and capable of achieving a lifeguard pool qualification. Training will be provided if you do not already hold the qualification.
What we offer:
- Generous holiday allowance (32 days, rising with service up to 40 days)
- Paid sick leave
- Company pension
- Opportunities for training, career growth and development
- Free membership across all our centres with access to fitness classes, gyms, and swimming pools
- Cycle-to-work scheme
- Access to discounts with a huge number of retailers (saving money in cinemas, restaurants, clothing, and electronics shops, on insurance and healthcare and much more)
No two days will be the same, and you will be responsible for:
- Assuring the training, development, and performance of your team. Leading by example to make a positive difference in their ability to perform safely, efficiently, and professionally and deliver superior customer service.
- The smooth running of day-to-day operations to deliver a seamless and positive service experience for all customers.
- Interacting with customers and resolving enquiries and complaints in a calm and professional manner, leading to exceptional member satisfaction.
- Ensuring compliance with health and safety, risk assessments, security regulations and protocols through all services and activities.
Our ideal candidate will be:
- Decisive, fair, and consistent problem-solver with critical decision-making skills, able to organise and prioritise to strategically develop creative solutions for complex issues.
- Able to clearly convey information and ideas; engage and connect with a wide range of people.
- Great listener with excellent customer service skills able to effectively manage difficult situations.
- Experienced leader with a proven track record of success and a genuine desire to engage, motivate and develop a team.
- A strong swimmer capable of obtaining a lifeguard qualification.
As travel between our venues is required, a driving licence is preferential.
Opportunities available will include shift work mostly evenings (from 13:00 to 22:00) and weekends. It will include travelling between the following schools:
- Queensferry High School
- Currie Community High School
- Balerno High School
- Wester Hailes High School
- Royal High School
- Craigroyston Community High School
- Trinity Academy
Closing Date: Wednesday, 16th of July
Assessment Date: Wednesday, 23rd of July
Assessment Location: Leith Academy High School
Note: To ensure candidates are suitable for the Lifeguard Training Course, swim tests will be part of the assessment process.
Registered Scottish Charity No: SC027450
We are proud members of the Disability Confident Scheme. We encourage applications from people with disabilities and will offer support with reasonable adjustments where required. We are committed to offering an interview to applicants with disabilities who meet the minimum criteria for the job.
2 x Full-Time: 35.75 hours per week (shift work mostly including evenings and weekends)
1 x permanent & 1 x temporary contract until 10th of February
Salary – £28,659 per annum (£15.42 per hour)
Location: Schools across Edinburgh
Do you genuinely love people and instinctively know how to bring the best out in them? Do you have an inquisitive, analytical, and organised mind and love working in a fast-paced environment? We have an amazing opportunity for you to join our team as an Operations Supervisor.
You will be responsible for running the shift, delivering great customer service, and looking after our staff and customers. Background in leisure operations is not essential, and we welcome applications from candidates with experience in hospitality, retail, or other customer service environments. You will need to be a strong swimmer and capable of achieving a lifeguard pool qualification. Training will be provided if you do not already hold the qualification.
What we offer:
- Generous holiday allowance (32 days, rising with service up to 40 days)
- Paid sick leave
- Company pension
- Opportunities for training, career growth and development
- Free membership across all our centres with access to fitness classes, gyms, and swimming pools
- Cycle-to-work scheme
- Access to discounts with a huge number of retailers (saving money in cinemas, restaurants, clothing, and electronics shops, on insurance and healthcare and much more)
No two days will be the same, and you will be responsible for:
- Assuring the training, development, and performance of your team. Leading by example to make a positive difference in their ability to perform safely, efficiently, and professionally and deliver superior customer service.
- The smooth running of day-to-day operations to deliver a seamless and positive service experience for all customers.
- Interacting with customers and resolving enquiries and complaints in a calm and professional manner, leading to exceptional member satisfaction.
- Ensuring compliance with health and safety, risk assessments, security regulations and protocols through all services and activities.
Our ideal candidate will be:
- Decisive, fair, and consistent problem-solver with critical decision-making skills, able to organise and prioritise to strategically develop creative solutions for complex issues.
- Able to clearly convey information and ideas; engage and connect with a wide range of people.
- Great listener with excellent customer service skills able to effectively manage difficult situations.
- Experienced leader with a proven track record of success and a genuine desire to engage, motivate and develop a team.
- A strong swimmer capable of obtaining a lifeguard qualification.
As travel between our venues is required, a driving licence is preferential.
Opportunities available will include shift work mostly evenings (from 13:00 to 22:00) and weekends. It will include travelling between the following schools:
- Queensferry High School
- Currie Community High School
- Balerno High School
- Wester Hailes High School
- Royal High School
- Craigroyston Community High School
- Trinity Academy
Closing Date: Wednesday, 16th of July
Assessment Date: Wednesday, 23rd of July
Assessment Location: Leith Academy High School
Note: To ensure candidates are suitable for the Lifeguard Training Course, swim tests will be part of the assessment process.
Registered Scottish Charity No: SC027450
We are proud members of the Disability Confident Scheme. We encourage applications from people with disabilities and will offer support with reasonable adjustments where required. We are committed to offering an interview to applicants with disabilities who meet the minimum criteria for the job.
Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme
Disability Confident
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