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Leisure Assistant - swim! - Leeds, Batley

Employer
We Are Swim
Location
Batley, Kirklees, West Yorkshire, Yorkshire and the Humber
Salary
Up to £21,000
Closing date
18 Aug 2022

Job Details

Leisure Assistant - swim! - Leeds, Batley

Hours: Various hours available (evenings and weekends)

Salary: Up to £21,000

Our Olympians need you!

How would you like to work with swim! – The UK’s leading premium Learn to Swim brand?

We are looking for engaging and inspiring individuals to work as leisure operations assistants and join our industry leading swimming team, delivered at centres across the UK.

Your primary role will be to supervise the safety of our swimming lesson provision, delivering lifesaving and first aid provision and excellent standards of customer experience and premium facilities and changing lives through giving every child opportunity to learn to swim.

As part of your role, you will supervise the pool and support the teaching team, use technology to support and engage customers as well as working as part of a team to deliver a premium experience. This will include customer engagement, attending training and team meetings to share best practice and learn from each other.

This role is for weekday daytime, evening and weekend hours.

If you share our passion for changing lives through learning to swim and want to make a difference both in and out of the water, then this is a rare opportunity to join a fast growing, industry leading company.

Full training and qualification can be provided, we recruit on character and personality – so change your life and get in touch today!

Duties

  • To provide lifeguard duties for learn to swim lessons for 0-11 year olds, ranging from non-swimmers to competent swimmers
  • Deliver exceptional customer care to every swimmer and family member in and out of the water
  • Ensure the safe provision of all equipment usage, storage, cleaning and maintenance
  • Complete and record electronically all relevant health and safety checks as assigned on a daily, weekly and monthly basis by the swim! manager
  • To help maintain the facility to a high standard at all times by ensuring the centre is clean and safe for all users and staff
  • Demonstrate a commitment to personal development through training, observation and feedback on performance to ensure high standards of delivery
  • Be a positive role model for young people encouraging them to reach their full swimming potential
  • Deliver the swim! experience to include servicing customer enquires, showing potential customers round the centre, driving memberships and attending regular training with the swim! team to share best practise to ensure high standards of delivery are maintained
  • Give out award badges and certificates to celebrate swimmer’s achievements
  • To abide by a code of conduct and carry out duties in accordance with all swim! policies, including equal opportunities, safeguarding children, health and safety at work, operational procedures etc. (training provided)

Person Specification

  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
  • Customer service focused, demonstrates a determined and committed approach to quality of standards and cleanliness
  • Perseverance and patience to encourage and put people at ease
  • Passion for swimming
  • Reasonable swimming ability

Employee Benefits

  • 30 days annual leave
  • Entitlement to paid sick leave
  • Get your birthday off
  • Company uniform
  • Discount on swimming and gymnastics lessons for family and friends
  • Employee recognition scheme
  • Training opportunities
  • Employee assistance programme

Company

Great things happen when people with talent and purpose come together to create what couldn’t be done alone. 

At swim, we don’t just know this, we live it, and we’re looking for people like you who do the same. 

Founded by Olympians, Becky Adlington OBE & Steve Parry MBE,  we are revolutionising swimming, changing lives, building infrastructure & developing talent. 

We engage 30,000 children every week in physical activity, we’ve delivered over 4,000 leisure qualifications, and we develop leisure facilities for local communities – but until every child is given the opportunity to learn this vital life skill. We’re fast paced, we challenge each other and have fun! We love inspiring the next generation and our people are at the heart of everything we do. For those with a passion for teaching and engaging in this fantastic sport, we offer fantastic career opportunities built on strong values and real investment in our people. 

 

Company info
Website
Mini-site
We Are Swim
Telephone
0300 303 3580
Location
Swim Sports Company Ltd
Edinburgh House
Hollinsbrook Way
Bury
Greater Manchester
BL9 8RR
United Kingdom

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