Leisure Assistant Apprentice

As a Leisure Attendant it will be your responsibility to ensure the safety of our customers whilst supervising the swimming pool and it’s surrounds as a pool lifeguard. You will also be expected to undertake a number of other tasks around the centre such as:

National Pool Lifeguard First Aid at Work Level 2 Gym Instructing Level 1 Assistant Swim Teaching Level 2 Swim Teaching

As you go about your work, you will regularly interact with customers and will do so in a warm and welcoming way. You will often be the first team member that customers report issues to, and therefore you will have a great deal of responsibility for representing LeisureSK in a professional and efficient manner; remaining calm in difficult situations, being proactive in dealing with issues yourself where possible or reporting immediately to management if not.

If you are invited to interview for this role you will be required to complete a swim test as part of the interview process, in order to be considered for the role you must be able to demonstrate you are able to do the following:

Jump/dive into deep water Swim 50 metres in no more than 60 seconds Swim 100 metres continuously on front and back in deep water and then tread water for 30 seconds Surface dive to floor of pool (deepest part) Climb out unaided without ladders/steps

At Leisure SK Centre you will be studying towards your Leisure Team Member Apprenticeship Level 2 Standard over the course of 15 months.

Training Outcome:
Potential to progress through the leisure management pathway and work up to a Duty Manager

Employer Description:
We will only be looking to employ team members with lots of ideas and suggestions on how we can continuously improve the experience of leisure in the district. It is also important that applicants already share our values and can demonstrate this during the recruitment process. Our shared team values are what make LeisureSK an exciting, enjoyable and rewarding place to work.

Working Hours :
36.75 hours per working week - exact shifts to be confirmed.

Skills:
Communication skills,Customer care skills,Team working