Recreation Assistant - Hammersmith

Recreation Assistant (Lifeguard) - Hammersmith & Fulham

We’re recruiting strong swimmers with a friendly, professional and hard-working outlook to be Lifeguards (Recreation Assistants) at Phoenix Fitness Centre located in the heart of White City. This centre offers a fully accessible 25 meters pool and teaching pool, delivering a range of swimming activities from family swimming to inflatable Aqua Splash sessions and Women Only and 60+ programmes.

As a Recreation Assistant (Lifeguard) your day will be extremely organised and planned out from the start. You’ll have set times on poolside to provide safety. When you’re not poolside you have the opportunity to work with the rest of your team, so you’ll need to be a real team player. You’ll be a key support to your team on a daily basis from preparing the sports hall for various sports and events to the general cleaning and maintenance of the centre - there’s always something to do. Delivering excellent customer service is also an important part of this role, so you’ll need to be a real people person with great communication skills.

A willingness to learn will benefit you as you’ll have the chance to gain new skills and qualifications. You’ll receive regular ongoing training that will help you to be the best, and you’ll truly get out what you put in. Dedication, hard work and passion will see you go far in this role with career progression opportunities there for the taking.

Ideally we’re looking for NPLQ-qualified lifeguards, but if you’ve never been a lifeguard before and are a strong swimmer, then we may be able to facilitate you taking the NPLQ course - find out more when you apply.

In return, we offer:

•  Ride to work scheme
• Pension
• Discounted membership at our leisure centres and Merlin Entertainments
• Holiday apartments via society membership (after qualifying period)
• Career pathways
• Ongoing training and development

If you feel your experience matches this role, apply now at www.better.org.uk/jobs

All pay rates are subject to skills, experience, qualifications, age and location.

To be shortlisted for the role, internal applicants will need to demonstrate their commitment to GLL by becoming a Society member where eligible.

About Us
Better Leisure Centres are run by GLL, the UK’s largest leisure provider and one of the first and largest leisure social enterprises. Our aim is to get more people, more active, more of the time whilst making leisure and community facilities accessible and affordable. We partner with local authorities to run leisure centres, swimming pools, libraries, children’s centres, spas, events spaces and world-class sporting venues such as the Copper Box Arena and London Aquatics Centre on the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park - all under our Better brand. As a not-for-profit organisation, we’re different. Passionate about seeing our communities thrive, we invest back into our facilities, projects and people and are an Investors in People Silver Award employer. 

GLL is an equal opportunities employer.