Sports Centre Assistant

This is an exciting opportunity for a Sports Centre Assistant to join the Operations Team within Edge Hill Sport. Edge Hill Sport is the university sports service run on behalf of Edge Hill University. Working in close partnership with the Students' Union and the Academic Sport Department, its aim is to deliver a programme of activities in high quality facilities for the benefit of a wide range of stakeholders including students, staff, community, local schools and National Governing Bodies of Sport.

Working as part of a team, the Sports Centre Assistant will undertake a range of leisure operational duties such as:

- Lifeguarding the swimming pool, including prevention, intervention and rescues for users within their care.
- Ensuring programmed activities and services are available, including preparing, assembling, dismantling, and storing equipment such as trampolines, badminton nets and goal posts.
- Assisting with the opening and closing of the leisure facility.
- Maintaining the cleanliness and safety of the environment.

Please note that there are two roles available, one full time (36.25h per week) and one part time (16h per week).

As Sports Centre Assistant, you will have:

- Previous experience working in a busy leisure environment, ideally as part of a lifeguard team.
- A current RLSS National Pool Lifeguard Qualification (NPLQ), or the ability to successfully achieve this qualification within one month of employment.
- An approachable and positive attitude, with the ability to develop professional relationships with customers.
- The ability to work independently, with strong time management skills and the ability to use your own initiative.

A practical assessment will be undertaken at interview to assess your ability to swim 50m in under 60 seconds and also tow a casualty while clothed within a set time limit, along with other tests. Candidates unable to pass the practical assessment will not progress beyond this point.

Rewards & Benefits:

- A minimum of 35 days annual leave per annum (inclusive of bank holiday and University closure days).
- Discounted membership to our onsite state-of-the-art sport and leisure facilities.
- Staff benefits scheme, which provides you with discounts across the high street, supermarket shopping, cinema tickets, dining out and more.
- Employee assistance programme with access to free confidential counselling sessions, legal & financial advice, and health & wellbeing resources.
- A wide range of development programmes to enhance your career.
- Beautiful award-winning on-campus working environment.
- Automatic enrolment into the Local Government Pension Scheme with our employer contribution of 17.8%.

At Edge Hill University we value the benefits a rich and diverse workforce brings to our community and therefore welcome applications from all sections of society.