Overview
Location: Ferry Leisure Centre, Oxford OX2 7DP
Job type: Permanent
Working hours: 40 hours a week, covering a mixture of early, late and every other weekend shifts.
Salary: £13.16 per hour + excellent benefits
Oxford Leisure Trust aims to encourage active, healthy lifestyles in a safe, warm, clean, friendly and fun environment. We strive to be the destination of choice for an active community. We are seeking a Leisure Assistant to join our team. You will help ensure visitors are safe and have access to everything they need to enjoy their visit, providing customer care to people of all ages, supervising sports and arts activities, maintaining high cleanliness standards, and ensuring the safe handling and setup of activity equipment.
Serco manages these facilities daily on behalf of the Trust. You will be part of a close-knit, supportive team and will receive free access to our leisure facilities.
Responsibilities
* Provide high-quality customer care to visitors of all ages and backgrounds.
* Supervise sports, arts and crafts activities and events.
* Maintain high standards of cleanliness and safety within the centre.
* Ensure safe handling and setup of activity equipment.
* Collaborate with a team to deliver an inclusive leisure hub for the community.
Qualifications
* Excellent customer service skills; experience in leisure or another customer-facing environment is desirable.
* An NPLQ qualification is advantageous.
Why join us
Meaningful and vital work: Contribute to providing safe, fun environments that support healthy, connected communities.
A world of opportunity: Internal progression through training and development; potential to advance into senior roles.
Great people: A dedicated team committed to delivering excellent service.
Benefits
* Free membership at the Centre and discounted use of classes and facilities
* Free safeguarding training and DBS checks
* Development and Training Opportunities with our Aquatic Training Academy
* 6% employer-matched pension contribution
* 21 days annual leave (pro rata for part time) + public holidays
* Life assurance up to 2x base salary
* Access to Leisure benefits via moreleisure.com
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