Watersports Assistant / Instructor

With up to 200 indoor and outdoor activities available, Center Parcs is the perfect place for families to try something new together. The Leisure team plays a key role in ensuring families feel confident, safe, and happy during their activity, whatever their age or ability. There are many opportunities in the Leisure team, and our offering of activities continues to grow. From donning an eye patch in Pirate and Princess Adventure, to whizzing around a track in Quad Bike Safari or scaling the forest canopy in Aerial Adventure, our focus is on delivering a quality experience that guests will remember, whether it\’s their first or fiftieth time.

WATERSPORTS ASSISTANT / INSTRUCTOR | £12.46 per hour

In this role, you will meet and greet our guests, offering them a warm welcome. You will coach and supervise them in a range of exciting activities, allowing them to have fun whilst also feeling safe and secure. Other responsibilities include overseeing the hire of crafts, operation of the till, lake safety cover, payment handling, and operating and maintaining the adventure golf hut and course. This role will also involve you working closely with others within the department as well as across the wider village; therefore, excellent communication skills will be required. Due to the sensitive nature of this role, the successful applicant will be required to undergo a Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly CRB) Check. This disclosure, together with other selection information, will need to be satisfactory to the Company for employment to commence.

Responsibilities:

• Meet and greet guests
• Coach and supervise activities
• Oversee hire of crafts
• Operate till and handle payments
• Maintain adventure golf hut and course
• Ensure lake safety

Minimum Requirements:

• Good communication skills
• Ability to swim 50 metres
• Emergency First Aid Qualification
• Sociably confident with an outgoing, cheerful approach
• Works well in a team
• Must be aged 18 years or over

Desirable Requirements:

• Able to use computer systems
• Powerboat Level 2 qualification
• Previous experience of working within the leisure/customer service industry and experience of Watersports activities

You will be contracted to work 96 hours per 4-week period on a flexible basis. This means that your days and hours of work could vary each week, but you will always receive at least your contracted hours each period. Shifts will fall between 8am and 6.30pm and will include working 3 out of 4 weekends. As our village is open 365 days of the year, your working hours will include public/bank holidays and during Christmas and/or New Year on a rota basis. Successful candidates must be available for induction on 11th March 2025.

Benefits:

• Colleague Bonus Scheme
• Pension Scheme with Life Assurance
• Colleague Recognition and Reward Scheme – offering a choice of Center Parcs and High Street vouchers
• Free use of our leisure facilities
• Discounted Center Parcs breaks
• 20% discount in our restaurant and retail outlets
• Access to Perks at Work Portal – offering a wide range of retail and leisure discounts
• An Employee Assistance Program – providing support on financial, health and legal matters
• Excellent opportunities for career development and progression with the opportunity to gain externally recognised qualifications

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