Leisure Attendant in Richmond

We are looking for a motivated individual to join our team in a varied and exciting new role. Are you a great communicator who works well with others? Are you committed to maintaining a safe environment for yourself and our customers? If the answer is yes, we want to hear from you!

We are currently seeking Leisure Attendants at Richmond Leisure and Wellbeing Hub. We currently have opportunities for full time (37 hours per week) covering daytime, evening and weekends; part time (ranging from 1hr a week up to 36hrs); and relief hours to cover staff annual leave and sickness (across seven days - Monday to Sunday).

As a Leisure Attendant you will work within North Yorkshire Council’s Leisure Services team to provide support, enhance and deliver ‘day to day’ operations of the leisure centre. The role involves supervision of customers, ensuring their safety and satisfaction, whilst following North Yorkshire Council’s policies and procedures at all times.

What we need from you:

• Hold a valid RLSS NPLQ qualification to ensure safe and effective lifeguard practice, and actively undertake mandatory regular training to maintain qualification standards and organisational protocols.
• Strong awareness of safeguarding procedures for children and vulnerable adults.
• Deliver excellent customer care, engaging with the general public and pool visitors in a friendly and professional manner.
• Thrive in a dynamic leisure environment, effectively managing shifting priorities and demands.
• Collaborate effectively as part of the lifeguard and leisure team.
• Use own initiative to handle daily tasks and maintain pool safety.
• Communicate clear, accurate, and assertive instructions to customers and colleagues using both verbal communication and standard pool signals.
• Resolve routine problems as they arise and proactively suggest ideas to improve service provision.

What can we offer you?

In return we can offer free car parking and the opportunity to work for a large council with several leisure and wellbeing hubs. In addition to your salary, we offer a range of great benefits to help you financially and make life a bit easier:

• A local government pension scheme with generous employer contribution.
• Salary sacrifice schemes.
• Employee discount benefits including shopping, supermarkets, gym discounts and more.
• Health Assured – confidential help and support for your wellbeing.
• Learning, development and career advancement opportunities.

Enhanced Level DBS Disclosure is required for appointment to this post. It is a criminal offence for people who are barred from working in Regulated Activity (under the Safeguarding and Vulnerable Groups Act 2006) to apply for roles that require them to work unsupervised with adults at risk or children.

We are committed to meeting the needs of our diverse community and aim to have a workforce reflecting this diversity. We are also committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults. We expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

North Yorkshire Councils’ purpose is to deliver services and facilities to the diverse residents and visitors of North Yorkshire. To ensure we deliver inclusive services we strive to have a diverse workforce where everybody can be themselves by respecting differences and embedding equality of opportunity. We celebrate diversity and recognise each other’s contributions; we therefore welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds.