GLL is looking for a Children’s Activity Instructor to work at Canons Leisure Centre. If you have the skills and ambition to join us as a Children’s Activity Instructor, there's never been a more exciting time to join us. This is more than a coaching job, it's a career.
As a Children’s Activity Instructor It goes without saying that you’ll be friendly and approachable as well as being imaginative, creative and a positive role model to the children that you supervise.
What you’ll do:
1. Comply with the commitments out lined in the ‘Customer Charter’, ensuring that standards are maintained as stipulated
2. Ensure that all brand compliance is followed
3. Follow the legal requirements in line with Ofsted legislation
4. Ensure you follow all relevant administration procedures
5. Ensure that every child is given equality of opportunity and they are all included and supported
6. Care of overs 8’s, does not adversely affect the care of the under 8’s
7. Keeping all areas and equipment are checked and cleaned as per the cleaning matrix
8. Ensuring you deal, log and report to the Children Activity Supervisor all safeguarding issues
As a leader within the leisure industry we can also offer scope to progress your career, and job variety like nowhere else.
What you need:
9. Appropriate professional qualifications or experience working with children 5 years plus.
10. Qualified and trained to a minimum Level 2 in Child Care / Play work or a Level 2 coaching qualification, is desirable
11. Good understanding of the characteristics and qualities that guardians expect from a childcare provision
12. Knowledge of Ofsted Legislation
13. Knowledge of Health and Safety Legislation
14. Knowledge of GLL Safeguarding Polices Procedures and Code of Conduct on Safer Working Practices.
15. Suitable level of experience working with children under 8 or a relevant child care / play work qualification
16. Experience of delivering an enabling environment whilst responding to children’s individual needs.
As a leader within the leisure industry, we can also offer scope to progress your career and job variety like nowhere else.
As a charitable social enterprise and cooperative owned by our staff, GLL is a unique organisation for you to have a career with!
The basics:
17. This is a flexible position. Hours of work will be negotiated with you in line with the needs of the service; flexible working may be possible. Working from home is not possible in this role.
18. We are an accredited Living Wage employer with industry-leading rates of pay.
19. We can offer a career, not just a job, with extensive Learning & Development support available.
20. A uniform will be supplied and must be worn.
21. GLL is Values Driven, not Profit Driven. We work hard to benefit the communities we operate in.
22. As a staff-owned organisation, you will be given the opportunity to join the Society and have a stake in your business.
Additionally, GLL offers employees a range of employment benefits:
23. Access to a pension scheme.
24. Health Assurance and access to Counselling services.
25. Access to the tax-efficient Ride to Work bicycle purchase scheme.
26. Free annual eye tests.
27. Discounted nationwide (over 200 centres) inclusive leisure centre membership for you and your partner. This includes GLL Extras!
GLL Society benefits (if you choose to join the Society after your probation period) include:
28. The right to stand for the Society board and to vote for board members to represent you.
29. Access to team building and fun events such as treks, concerts, outings, etc.
30. Access to a range of benefits exclusive to our people – ask your line manager for details or check out the Intranet.