Leisure Assistant
- Durham County Council
- Full Time
- Peterlee
Job Description
Are you enthusiastic about health, fitness, and wellbeing? This is an exciting opportunity to do what you love. THRIVE with Durham Leisure Centres.
Peterlee Leisure have a number of Leisure Assistant positions available. These are exciting roles to work as part of a dynamic team that have a passion for health, fitness, and wellbeing.
Peterlee leisure has recently undergone transformation works; the facility features soft-play, café, bowling alley, new state of the art gym and a 25m swimming pool. We are specifically looking for National pool lifeguards, to deliver a high level of customer service and experience, in a busy leisure centre environment.
At Peterlee leisure there are permanent full and part time posts available, along with casual as and when required posts.WHAT IS INVOLVED?
As a Leisure Assistant, you will be an advocate for physical activity, proactively encouraging and supporting customers to live a healthy, active lifestyle. You will be responsible for supporting the full remit of the centre, including lifeguard duties, and encouraging children and young people to be more active. Overall, you will provide a high-quality service to our customers that is safe, efficient, and enjoyable. No two days will be the same.
We encourage you to contact Paul Roberts, Leisure Operations Manager at [email protected] to arrange an informal discussion about the role.
WHAT WILL I NEED?
You must have:-
- Relevant experience in a customer focused environment and/or leisure centre and/or gym, together with effective communication skills.
- Level 2 gym instructor or equivalent and /or National Pool Lifeguard qualification
- First Aid Certificate or ability to work towards within an agreed time scale
- Competitive salaries and 27 days holiday per year rising to 32 days after five years continuous local government service.
- Option to purchase up to 10 additional days annual leave per year.
- Excellent work/life balance through schemes including job sharing, compressed hours and flexi-time (allowing up to 13 flexi days per year).
- Hybrid working (home and office working).
- Excellent contributory career average Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS). Plus, top up options - Salary Sacrifice Shared Cost AVC scheme and standard AVC scheme for members of the LGPS.
- Wellbeing Portal and access to an Employee Assist Scheme.
- Wide range of learning and development opportunities including professional qualifications, coaching and mentoring.
- Employee Benefits Portal and Lifestyle Savings Scheme (discounts across a host of major retailers).
- Discounted DCC gym membership.
- Staff networks run by staff for our staff, including Race Equality and Diversity, Disability, LGBT+, Armed Forces, Carers, Menopause.
- Trade Union membership.
- A range of other salary sacrifice schemes such as car leasing.
