At a Glance
- Tasks: Ensure pool safety, provide customer care, and maintain cleanliness.
- Company: Join Leisure Solutions Community Trust, promoting healthy lifestyles in a friendly community.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, 21 days holiday, free leisure access, and discounts.
- Other info: Great team support, career progression opportunities, and extensive training available.
- Why this job: Make a real impact by ensuring safety and enjoyment for all pool visitors.
- Qualifications: Strong swimming skills and National Pool Lifeguard Qualification required.
The predicted salary is between 45091 - 45091 £ per year.
Location: Warsop Health Hub, NG20 0BN
Contract: Permanent
Working hours: 37 hours per week, between Monday to Sunday
Salary: 22,071.09 to 24,521.28 per annum + excellent benefits
At Serco, we're pleased to be recruiting on behalf of Leisure Solutions Community Trust. Leisure Solutions Community Trust encourages active, healthy lifestyles across the local community. Providing affordable access to a wide range of sports and leisure facilities in a safe, clean, friendly and welcoming space, their goal is to support healthier and happier lives for everyone.
Delivering these services relies on an enthusiastic, customer-focused team, and they're now looking for Lifeguards to join their team and help make a positive difference every day. As a Lifeguard you'll be an important part of life here at the centre as you ensure that everyone can use the pool in safety and that they have access to everything they need to enjoy their visit. Without you there can't be any pool activity. But you won't be working alone. Our leisure centre has a close knit and supportive team, all working towards providing an inclusive leisure hub for the entire community. You will also receive fantastic training and development opportunities and benefits including free leisure access and other various discounts.
What you'll need to do the role
- Excellent customer service skills as you'll be interacting heavily with our customers.
- Providing customer care to people of all ages.
- Supervising activities and maintaining high standards of cleanliness in the pool area.
- Ensuring the safe handling and set up of pool equipment.
- Being safety conscious, vigilant, and able to deal with pressurised situations.
- Strong swimming skills and holding a National Pool Lifeguard Qualification (Royal Life Saving Society).
Why Join us
- Meaningful and vital work: Swimming pools are the beating hearts of our leisure centres and without lifeguards we can't operate.
- A world of opportunity: Our lifeguards are integral to the running of our centres, so as well progressing into senior lifeguard positions you can move into other centre management roles in one of our 55 facilities.
- Great people: Our centres are close-knit and friendly, and we rely on each other for support.
What we offer
- Holidays: 21 days pro rata plus bank holidays
- Pension: Up to 6% contributory pension scheme
- Training and development: Over 1,100 internal courses available, funding for qualifications and apprenticeships, mentoring opportunities, and a focus on internal progression
- Health and wellbeing: Employee Assistance Programme, Bupa Anytime HealthLine, wellbeing app, free membership for Serco-managed leisure centres, and 24/7 access to a virtual GP service
- Discounts: Discounts across around 1,000 retailers, from food and clothing to days out, entertainment and travel
- Charity: Paid volunteering day, tax-free charitable giving through Payroll Giving Scheme
- Employee networks: Our networks support inclusion and connection by providing spaces for collaboration, learning, and belonging.
Let's impact a better future, together. Apply today.
Serco Leisure is one of the UK's leading national operators of leisure centres, destination venues and elite sporting facilities, managing sites, services and recruitment on behalf of the Leisure Trust.
Our inclusive recruitment commitment: We prioritise your skills and potential, and champion equal opportunities for all. We offer flexible and hybrid working where possible and make reasonable adjustments throughout recruitment and employment.
Guaranteed Interview Scheme: Applicants with disabilities, veterans and people with convictions, who meet the minimum job criteria, are guaranteed an interview.
Ban The Box: We also support fair access for those with unspent criminal convictions through our 'Ban the Box' pledge.
Please note, for many of our roles, a DBS check will be required. For support with your application, please contact recruitmentuk@serco.com.
Lifeguard - Leisure Solutions Community Trust, Mansfield employer: Serco Leisure
Leisure Solutions Community Trust is an exceptional employer dedicated to fostering a vibrant and active community. With a strong emphasis on employee development, we offer extensive training opportunities, a supportive work culture, and a range of benefits including generous holiday allowances and health initiatives. Join us at Stoke Mandeville Stadium, where your leadership as a Duty Manager will not only enhance the customer experience but also contribute to a healthier future for all.
