Horizon Leisure Centres
Part Time Lifeguard
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Job title: Lifeguard
Hours: 12
Location: Waterlooville
Looking for a workplace that ignites your passion, values respect, encourages innovation, and embraces being dynamic? Look no further! This role offers you the opportunity to join a team that believes in empowering its colleagues to unlock their full potential with Horizon.
The Trust:
Horizon Leisure Centres is a leisure trust operating since 1997, with centres in Waterlooville, Havant and Guildford. We are passionate about health and wellbeing and are committed to making an outstanding positive impact on our customers and within our local community. Our mission is to support and inspire our local communities to live healthier and happier lives by providing affordable access to sport and leisure facilities to all.
Your Role:
To assist the Duty Management Team in the operation and presentation of a first-class leisure facility to all Horizon Leisure Centre customers.
Your Team:
You’ll be working within our Operations Team and directly reporting to the Duty Manager.
Your Responsibilities:
- Use the Horizon HELLO in all customer interactions
- Welcome and assist customers with general enquiries
- Understand and be knowledgeable about our products and services
- Undertake lifeguarding duties and operational duties as directed by the Duty Management Team
- Maintain and monitor all facilities to ensure cleanliness is paramount and always free of hazards
- Responsible for ensuring customers are treated with respect
- Responsible for ensuring staff are treated with respect
- Responsible for the safety of all customers and safeguarding of children and vulnerable adults
- Set-up and take down of sports equipment according to schedules
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Your Experience:
- Experience of working in a customer services environment
- Experience as a Centre Attendant/Lifeguard in a wet and dry centre
- First Aid
- Manual Handling
Your Qualifications:
- RLSS UK National Pool Lifeguard Certificate (or willing to undertake)
- HSE First Aid Qualification desirable
- Certificates in COSHH & Health & Safety desirable
Your Competencies & Skills:
- Must be self-motivated and a self-starter
- Excellent team player
- Flexible approach to undertaking assignments given
- Approachable
- Physically fit
- Good communicator
- Adaptable
What you can expect from us:
- A comprehensive induction and training programme; you don’t need to have worked in the leisure industry before. We will teach you all you need to know!
- Support from the wider team who have a great deal of combined knowledge and experience and who are eager to help you succeed!
- Variety; no two days is the same!
- An environment that encourages innovation and free thinking, surrounded by really dynamic, empowered individuals.
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Benefits:
- Free access to our award-winning gym’s and exercise classes for you and a +1
- Employee discounts and wellbeing platform
- Healthcare Cash plan
- Free 24/7 access to GPs using our SmartHealth plan
- Employee Assistance Programme - support for when you need it most
- 23 days annual leave + 8 days bank holiday
- Internal recognition schemes
- Opportunities for training, development and progression
- Free onsite parking - subject to availability
- Hybrid and family friendly policies
- Generous company sick pay scheme
- Employee referral scheme
- Company pension scheme
- Death in service benefit
- And much more....
This role will be based at Waterlooville but will be expected to travel to other company sites as the need requires.
Interview Process:
The recruiting manager will review your CV and if shortlisted, you will be invited to a formal interview/assessment process where we will evaluate your suitability for the role.
The successful candidate will be subject to an Enhanced DBS check.
There may be times when due to the volume of applicants we need to close a vacancy early to avoid disappointment, be sure to get your application in as soon as possible!
If you are a recruitment agency, please note we operate a PSL and do not take cold calls.
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