Serco Plc
Operations Assistant
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Operations Assistant
Location: Lilleshall National Sports Centre, Near TF10 9AT
Salary: £12.71 per hour plus excellent benefits
Schedule: Full time 39 hours per week, flexible to work different shifts including early, late, weekend and bank holiday shifts
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As an Operations Assistant in our Lilleshall National Sports Centre, you’ll help create a safe, welcoming and well-run environment where customers can enjoy high-quality leisure services. You’ll support the day-to-day operation of the centre while delivering excellent customer service and ensuring a positive experience for everyone who visits.
This is a hands-on role where no two days are the same. Your work has purpose, helping people stay active, healthy and engaged in their community. From maintaining safe facilities to supporting programmed activities, you’ll play an important role in creating positive experiences and making a positive impact on communities. Our work touches lives every day, and you’ll be part of a team that takes pride in delivering services people trust and value.
What you’ll do as an Operations Assistant
- Ensure customer safety at all times by helping to prevent accidents and responding appropriately to incidents
- Supervise dryside activities, maintaining high standards of safety, cleanliness and customer care
- Set up, move and handle equipment safely to support programmed activities across the centre
- Carry out cleaning duties and maintain high standards of presentation in customer areas, including changing rooms, toilets and health suite facilities
- Monitor customer behaviour and address unsafe practices promptly, professionally and courteously
- Deliver excellent customer service and maintain a strong knowledge of the centre’s facilities, services and activities
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Does this sound like you?
- Experience working in a busy leisure, hospitality or customer-facing environment
- Confidence interacting with a wide range of customers, including both adults and children
- A strong focus on safety, responsibility and attention to detail
- A positive and flexible approach, with the ability to work effectively as part of a team
- A willingness to complete training and maintain any required qualifications
What we offer
- Up to 6% contributory pension scheme
- Holidays: 20 days, 21 days after 1 year’s service + bank holidays
- Free Gym membership
- Staff meal, physio discounts
- Serco discounts which include cinema, Merlin entertainment, online shopping, mobile phone plans and leisure centre memberships
- Interesting, varied, and enjoyable work
- A company that recognises your contribution
- All Leisure Benefits - Trust and Serco Leisure Employee Benefits
- Colleagues including veterans, LGBTQIA+ employees, women, parents and carers, people with disabilities, and people from all cultural backgrounds.
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A little bit about us:
At Serco, everyone plays a vital part in delivering essential public services that make a real difference. As a global team of 50,000 people across Defence, Transport, Justice, Immigration, Healthcare, Leisure and Citizen Services, we’re united by a shared purpose: to improve the services that communities rely on. Guided by our values of Trust, Care, Innovation and Pride, our people make meaningful impact, every single day.
Our inclusive recruitment commitment:
We prioritise your skills and potential. As a Disability Confident Leader, the Top Great British Employer of Veterans 2026, and a Gold Inclusive Employer Standard holder, we champion equal opportunities for all. We offer flexible and hybrid working where possible and make reasonable adjustments throughout recruitment and employment.
Guaranteed Interview Scheme: Applicants with disabilities, veterans and people with convictions, who meet the minimum job criteria, are guaranteed an interview. Simply opt into the relevant scheme on the application form.
Ban The Box: We also support fair access for those with unspent criminal convictions through our ‘Ban the Box’ pledge (some roles may have security exemptions).
For support with your application, please contact recruitmentuk@serco.com.
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