Lifeguard - Walnuts Leisure Centre - Orpington, London

Job Type: Full Time - 40 hours per week

Have a strong swimming ability? Certified in lifeguard training or interested in obtaining certification? If so, we’re looking for dedicated and enthusiastic Lifeguards to join our team! Whether you're experienced or newly certified, we welcome you to apply and make a difference in ensuring safety at our pools.

Benefits:

• Free access to Mytime Leisure & Golf for you AND one other (worth up to £1,000 each year!)
• 30 days annual leave (including bank holidays). Additional leave with length of service.
• Holiday purchase scheme.
• 25% off food and beverage and free hot drinks.
• NEST pension.
• Early Pay - withdraw a part of your salary in advance of the pay day.
• New Employee Referral Bonus
• Exceptional achievement award scheme.
• Discounts, eVouchers & salary sacrifice schemes via our Employee Benefits Platform.

Key Duties:

• To maintain vigilant supervision of pool users and always ensure their safety.
• To administer first aid, effect pool rescues and apply resuscitation as necessary.
• To carry out cleaning duties to the highest possible standards.
• To prepare activity areas involving setting up/dismantling of equipment safely, ensuring that all equipment is stored safely and securely when not in use.
• To carry out pool water quality and environmental tests, plus spa tests if necessary.
• To attend regular team meetings, with feedback to the Duty Manager on any operational issues.

Role Requirements:

• Ability to swim 50 metres in less than 60 seconds and 100 metres continuously on front and back in deep water and tread water for 30 seconds.
• Desirable to have a valid NPLQ qualification.

NPLQ Training Opportunity:

We have a limited number of spaces available on our upcoming NPLQ courses, which may be funded by the organisation subject to a training agreement. You will then be required to complete an enrolment form. Please note that your place cannot be confirmed until the completed form has been received. Spaces will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis.

Upcoming course dates:

• 20th July - 27th July
• 10th August - 17th August

We encourage early applications due to limited availability.

Interested? Here's a little more about us:

We are an independent social enterprise on a mission to improve wellbeing through our range of accessible services. These include golf, swimming, gyms, bowling, social and health programmes at 20 locations across Bromley, the Midlands and Hampshire. We reinvest our profits into the long-term wellbeing of our local communities and our staff to ensure we deliver the best service possible. To date we’ve helped hundreds of thousands of people to live a happier and healthier lifestyle and you can become a part of giving back to the community!

All offers of employment are conditional upon you signing the contract of employment and:

• Satisfactory health clearance;
• Two satisfactory references;
• Proof of attainment of qualifications;
• Evidence of your right to work in the United Kingdom; and
• Satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check if needed for the role.

Mytime Active applies its Equal Opportunities Policy at all stages of recruitment and selection. Mytime Active reserve the right to remove the advert for this role as required.