Recreation Assistant (Lifeguard) - Lower Clapton

Better Leisure Centres are now recruiting strong swimmers with a friendly, professional and hard-working outlook to be Lifeguards (Recreation Assistants) to help with our women-only swim sessions at King's Hall Leisure Centre in Lower Clapton, North East London. Many of our centres are in culturally diverse locations and we run female-only swim sessions to accommodate the needs of the communities in the area.

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.

In return, we offer:

• Pension
• Childcare vouchers
• Ride to work scheme
• Discounted membership at our leisure centres
• The opportunity to join the GLL Society and have a say in how we're run plus associated social events
• Career pathways
• Ongoing training and development

If you feel your experience matches this role, apply now.

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.

GLL is an equal opportunities employer.

This vacancy is open to women applicants only. This restriction is permitted by Article 10(2)(b) of the Sex Discrimination (NI) Order 1976.

About Us

Better Leisure Centres are run by GLL, the largest leisure operator in the UK and one of the first and largest leisure social enterprises. We operate over 260 facilities including leisure centres, pools, spas, libraries and children’s centres in London & the South East, the South West, the North and Northern Ireland which encompass some of the most iconic venues in the country such as the London Aquatics Centre and Copper Box Arena on the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park. 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 have recently achieved the Investors in People Silver award.