Sports Centre Duty Manager in South Croydon

Part-time, Casual Contract

Salary: £11.67 gross per hour or £12.71 gross per hour (if over 21 years old).

Whitgift is a leading independent day and boarding school for boys, with approximately 1500 pupils including over one hundred boarding pupils and flexi boarding pupils. It is set in an attractive 48-acre parkland site in South Croydon enjoying excellent links to London, Surrey and the south coast.

We are seeking a proactive and customer-focused Sports Centre Duty Manager to support the day-to-day operation of our busy Sports Centre. Reporting to the Sports Centre Manager, you will help ensure the facility remains safe, well-maintained and welcoming for pupils, staff, external clubs and community users.

Key responsibilities include:

• Supervising Sports Centre operations
• Managing lifeguards on duty
• Monitoring health and safety compliance
• Supporting emergency procedures
• Ensuring the highest standards of customer service are delivered
• Maintaining cleanliness, security and smooth running of the facility

Applicants must hold a current NPLQ or NRASTC qualification and First Aid certification, together with excellent communication, organisational and leadership skills. Experience in a sports, leisure or recreation environment is desirable.

We welcome applications from all parts of our community as we aspire to attract staff that match the social and cultural diversity of our student intake. We invite interested candidates to apply as soon as possible as applications will be reviewed on a daily basis, and interviews may take place at any time. This vacancy may close earlier than the stated deadline if sufficient applications are received, so early submission is encouraged.

Whitgift School (part of the John Whitgift Foundation) is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Where applicable, applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service, online media checks and overseas checks. It is an offence to apply for a role at the school if you know that you are barred from regulated activity with children.

All roles within the school involve contact with children and are therefore classed as regulated activity. Child protection and safeguarding are the responsibility of everyone who works or volunteers in our school. All staff must be committed to providing a safe environment for children and supporting the school’s safeguarding ethos.

The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. Applicants are required to declare all convictions and cautions, even those that are “spent” unless they are “protected” under the DBS filtering rules, to assess suitability to work with children. Shortlisted candidates will be asked to disclose information relevant to safeguarding prior to interview.