Post Title: Senior Recreation Assistant
Site Location: Mountbatten Leisure Centre, Portsmouth
Salary: £26,225 per annum
Hours: 40 hours per week
Contract Type: Permanent
The role:
We are recruiting for a Senior Recreation Assistant to join our busy & friendly team at The Mountbatten Centre in Portsmouth. The role will assist the Customer Operations Manager in the supervision and control of our Recreation Assistants on duty in order to ensure our customers are kept safe when using our swimming pools.
To learn more about the centre, please visit here
You will:
* Supervise all poolside Recreation Assistants on duty, ensuring adequate staffing levels at all times and appropriate rotation between workstations.
* Supervise the public during their participation of the Centre's programme, ensuring their safety and compliance with Centre rules.
* Clean the centre and its equipment.
* Erect, dismantle and move equipment.
* Possess and maintain through the regular training sessions provided, the RLSS Pool Lifeguard Certificate and a current management recognised First Aid Certificate.
* Carry out pool water tests and advise line manager of any irregularities.
* Administer First Aid and Resuscitation as required.
* Be fully aware of the Centre’s Normal Operating Procedures and Emergency Action Procedures.
You will need:
* Proven experience within the Sports and Recreation Industry.
* Experience of dealing with customer face to face.
* Be calm and level headed under pressure
* Be a team player with a positive attitude
* Be able to work unsocial hours including evenings and/or weekends
* Hold a First Aid at Work Qualification
* Hold a National Pool Lifeguard Qualification (NPLQ)
Please click here to view the job description for more details on this role,
Due to the nature of our business hours of work will include weekends, bank holidays and evenings.
BH Live is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults. Rigorous checks will be made of the successful applicant’s background credentials, including referencing and an enhanced DBS checks.
We offer:
· Onsite parking
· Training and development opportunities
· BH Live Active - Gym membership
· Health cash plan
· Employee Assistance
· Company pension matched up to 6% contributions
· Colleague discount on food and drink
· Colleague recognition
· Birthday / Celebratory day off
· Loyalty Rewards
About BH Live:
Champions of community engagement, health and wellness across Dorset, Hampshire, and London
BH Live, a registered charity and social enterprise, is a leading operator of sports and leisure centres, theatres, and event venues. Driven by a mission to improve communities BH Live is dedicated to providing inclusive cultural experiences and promoting physical activity for all.
With a strong commitment to accessibility and community engagement, BH Live continues to enhance the quality of people’s lives, health and wellbeing in the communities it serves.
BH Live was established in 2010. Local authority partners include BCP Council, Portsmouth City Council and Croydon Council.
We are at the heart of the UK’s growing social economy. Together with our partners we are helping to change lives and make a positive impact in the community.
For more visit bhlive.org.uk.
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To apply:
All applications are to be made via the BH Live Careers site.
BH Live reserves the right to close the vacancy early should sufficient applications be received. We therefore highly recommend that you submit your application as soon as possible.
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