Operations Officers​/Lifeguards

Job Overview

Operations Officer / Lifeguards benefit from varied working hours, which can easily fit around other commitments.

Are you a good swimmer and enjoy working in a sporting environment?

Are you interested in a career in the leisure industry?

Then come and join our friendly operations team at John Warner Sports Centre in Hoddesdon and Laura Trott Leisure Centre in Cheshunt. You will be helping your community within these centres by providing excellent customer services, so they can enjoy our facilities safely and to the highest standards of cleanliness.

• In date National Pool Lifeguard Qualification (NPLQ).
• You will need to be resilient, reliable, and conscientious.
• Enjoy working as part of a team.
• Have excellent customer care skills.
• Have a friendly and effective manner.
• You will need to converse at ease with members of the public in fluent English to provide advice.
• Perform the safe manual handling, setting up and breaking down heavy equipment within operational guidelines.
• You will need to be organised and be calm under pressure.
• On qualifying you will need to pass regular competency tests.
• You will need to pass a swim test which will be conducted at interview stage.
• This role requires a disclosure and barring service (DBS) check as it is working with children and vulnerable clients.

Broxbourne offers full training and development and career progression, all our current Operations Managers and Assistant Managers started out as Operations Officers/lifeguards so this could kick start your leisure career. We have adopted the core values of Teamwork, Innovation, Effectiveness and Respect (TIER). The values and their underlying behaviours, demonstrate our commitment to providing excellent customer care, working in a joined-up way, showing respect at all times and looking at innovation and forward thinking solutions.

We pride ourselves on recruiting, developing and retaining talent who share this commitment. We are committed to safer recruitment, safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The Council's benefits package includes generous leave entitlement, a full training and development programme, membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme and free membership to the Council's local leisure centres, which includes free access to gyms, swimming pools, fitness classes, racket sport sessions, a health suite and a range of generous discounts across other leisure and culture services.