Splash Pad Recreation Assistant

We are excited to be recruiting for a Splash Pad Recreational Assistant over the summer season alongside our Blackwater Leisure Centre in Maldon. 

We are Places Leisure, we run leisure sites across the UK to help people stay active and live their best lives. 

We want you to join the Places for People Group and the 11,000 other colleagues on our journey; colleagues who have helped to build, manage, maintain places that people are proud to call home and stay active in. How do we do all this? We surround ourselves with active people, right first time people and customer focused people. Our people live and breathe our SPIRIT values; we are the place for spirited people.

So, we want you to join us and the 12,000 other colleagues on our journey; colleagues who have helped us create places, maintain 209,000 homes, manage £4.5 billion of assets, deliver £87.9m in social value and teach 80,000 children to swim each week.

More about your role

As the Recreation Assistant at the Splash Pad it will be your responsibility to monitor the splash pad and the users. You will carry out cleaning duties and ensure the safety of users on the splash pad by completing patrols of the area. You will make sure any equipment is stored in a safe and secure way when not being used. You will work and report to the Duty Manager at the Leisure Centre and report any matters of concern and carry out patrols.

More about you

The successful applicant will have a friendly, approachable manner and deliver excellent customer service to our customers. You will assist with first aid when required so ideally have some experience. A First Aid at Work qualification is desirable but we can qualify the successful candidate if this is required. Experience carrying out some cleaning duties and maintaining equipment would also be beneficial. 

The benefits

We are a large diverse and ambitious business, which will give you job security and all the challenge you could wish for. Here people can flourish, thrive, better themselves and work in fantastic communities with inspirational colleagues and customers.

We know that there's always more we can do to make you smile, that's why we offer a comprehensive benefits package to help colleagues save money or make their lives a little bit easier which can include:

• Holiday pay and sick pay
• Free health & fitness membership for you, a friend or family member and up to 4 juniors
• Discounts of up to 50% on activities, centre shop and cafes
• Contributory pension scheme
• Training
• Extra perks including huge discounts and offers from shops, cinemas and much more.

Being a 7 day a week business, with opening hours from dawn ‘til dusk, Places Leisure offers flexible working patterns including shift work, job share and part time working. More than 80% of colleagues at Places Leisure actually work part time.

What's next?

If you meet the criteria and are ready to make the next step in your career then click apply. You will be redirected to our careers site where you can discover more about the role, read a full job description and apply directly to us.