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Job Title: Leisure Assistant
Contract: Permanent
Type of Employment: Part Time
Hours: 8 hours per week
Rate of pay: £12.71 per hour
Location: East Leake Leisure Centre, Lantern Lane, East Leake, Loughborough, Leicestershire, England, LE12 6QN
Job Information
1. You will be responsible for ensuing the safety of all users of the Leisure Centre with particular attention being made to those users in the pool
2. You will be required to follow your training and ensure that you lifeguard the pool as expected
3. You will need to set out sports equipment in line with your training on time and ensure customer satisfaction
4. Cleaning is a large part of the role. You will need to follow procedures set out in your training
5. Providing all users of the building and grounds with first aid cover
6. Help deliver the key objectives of the contract and any promotions that the Leisure Centre is running
Main Duties
7. As a Leisure Attendant you will be required to work as part of a team or on your own to perform a variety of tasks including; Cleaning, Lifeguarding, Setting up of sports equipment for bookings Administering first aid.
8. You will also be expected to complete other duties assigned to you by your line manager.
9. You will need to attend lifeguard training on a monthly basis in order to keep your qualification valid.
10. Ensure that all PPE provided by MITIE PFI is used properly and accordance with training received
Ensure correct health and safety practices are applied appropriately and in accordance with training given.
What we are looking for
Experience
11. Non Necessary
Qualifications (Desirable)
12. Must hold a valid National Pool Lifeguard Qualification (NPLQ)
Additional Skills
13. Non Required
Personal Attributes
14. Positive, ‘Can-do' Attitude
15. Customer Focus and Service Skills
Good Communicator
Mitie is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all employees to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to an enhanced DBS check and satisfactory references.
If you are working in regulated activity please note that you are subject to the following:
16. It is a criminal offence for people who are barred from working regulated activity to apply for roles that require them to work unsupervised with that particular group (i.e. vulnerable adults, children or both).
17. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act and Mitie is therefore permitted to ask job applicants to declare all convictions and cautions (including those which are "spent" unless they are "protected" under the DBS filtering rules) in order to assess their suitability to work with children or vulnerable adults.
Our market-leading flexible benefits scheme provides you with benefits that suit your lifestyle.
We have a virtual GP on hand for you and members of your household. So you can get expert advice by video or phone without having to leave your home. We offer financial wellbeing assistance through our Salary Finance scheme. For example, you could access 50% of your earned pay before payday for a small fee. Salary Finance also offers competitive loans.
When you join us, we’ll give you a link to our flexible benefits platform, Choices. This gives you the chance to customise your benefits to best suit your lifestyle. You can choose from dental insurance, dining cards, coffee clubs, buying technology products at an affordable cost and much more!
We give you access to high street discounts from thousands of well-known retailers, gyms and more through our MiDeals platform. And we have a cycle-to-work scheme.
Life cover is the greater of your equivalent annual salary or a minimum of £10, - giving peace of mind for your dependants. We also offer a save-as-you-earn scheme, and a Mitie Matching Share Plan (you could even be awarded free shares in Mitie).
We award our employees with Mitie Stars as recognition for their hard work. There are cash prizes up for grabs each month and at the end of the year there’s a chance to scoop a top prize of £10,!
Our success is a direct result of the experience and quality of our people. Progressing your career is therefore a top priority for us. We offer a diverse variety of training and development avenues via a wide selection of learning resources to suit you.
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