Senior Leisure Assistant

Posting date:	07 January 2026
Salary:	Not specified
Additional salary information:	Competitive
Hours:	Full time
Closing date:	06 February 2026
Location:	Wigan, WN7 4JY
Company:	inploi
Job type:	Permanent
Job reference:	75776608

Summary

Priority Candidates will be considered in the first instance

Leigh Leisure Centre

Sale Way

Leigh Sports Village

Leigh

WN7 4JY

Salary: Grade 5, £26,824 - £29,540 per annum. £13.90 - £15.31 per hour

37 hours per week

We're on a journey to build a workforce reflective of our Borough.

We are committed to fostering diverse teams where everybody can bring their authentic selves to work and feel that they belong. If you want to work for a Council where everybody is encouraged to meet their full potential and make a difference in our neighbourhoods, we would love to hear from you!

Your role:

We are offering an exciting opportunity to join our team within Wigan Leisure Centres. As a BeWell Senior Leisure Assistant based at Standish Leisure Centre, you will work within the various leisure facilities across the Borough and will support, enhance, and deliver the day-to-day operations and services in our BeWell facilities.

You will support the Assistant Manager in the running of the facility by leading a team of receptionists, recreation assistants and fitness instructors. Your role will be to organise the staff to ensure that a high level of customer service is provided by ensuring the facility complies with all Health and Safety documentation and the facilities have a high level of cleanliness at all times.

About you:

You will have the ability to work in a fast-paced environment whilst ensuring that you always deliver a high level of professional customer service.

You must have a passion for leisure and a desire to develop through further training and qualifications. Being flexible and adaptable to situations whilst remaining calm in stressful situations are essential within this role. As the team leader you must be able to demonstrate high standards at all times.

About us:

Wigan Council has been voted ‘Overall Council of the Year’ at the APSE (Association for Public Service Excellence) Awards. We are signed up to the Greater Manchester Continuous Service Commitment ensuring that your service will be continuous or 'unbroken' between the supporting organisations.

The Progress with Unity plan is a place movement for change for the next decade, bringing a new era for Wigan Borough. It draws on the strengths of our individual organisations, recognising that together we can achieve much more for our communities by delivering on our 2 place missions; create fair opportunities for all children, families, residents and businesses and make our towns and neighbourhoods flourish for those who live and work in them.

The Be Well team are committed to support the health and wellbeing of our residents across the Wigan Borough. Whether this be supporting our youngest residents embark on their first swimming lesson or supporting individuals and community groups with existing exercise and wellbeing programmes.

We pride ourselves on offering an extensive and diverse range of physical activities to support our residents to encourage everyone to get active and achieve a healthier lifestyle and increase sport participation.

Here at Wigan, we are proud to support flexible working patterns, when the service can accommodate this. We also take a blended approach to where we work, depending on the work we do. This may include working from home, the office, or the community. We like to thank our employees for their hard work and commitment by giving them the opportunity to access a range of exclusive rewards and benefits click here to find out more about working for #TeamWigan.

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For further information, please contact Lee Parton on email Lee.parton@wigan.gov.uk

Interview date: To Be Confirmed

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