Sports Operations Assistant; Lifeguard

An exciting opportunity has arisen to work at The University of Southampton’soutstanding Southampton Sport Team as a Sports Operations Assistant (Lifeguard).

We have several locationsincludingthe newly extended flag ship site, Jubilee Sport & Recreation Centre;
Housing a state of the art gym and studios, climbing wall, squash courts and 25m swimming pool. As part of the wider offering we have Mayflower Gym, Wide Lane Sports ground and the Watersports Centre, which are open to students, staff and members of the wider community.

University of Southampton is investing more than £40million in our sports facilities, we offeran extensive range of sport,leisure classesandcoursesthatare available to our customers to use from 07:00 to 22:00 Monday to Sunday.

Werequiresports professionals to provide a consistently high-quality sports and leisure service to our customers all year round.

As aLifeguard you will be part of a highly motivated and organised Southampton Sport Team responsible for ensuring the safe and efficient daily operation of the facilities. Based at Jubilee Sport and Recreation Centre on Highfield Campus. Lifeguard roles areprimarilyresponsible for working on poolside as a lifeguard, but will also deal with customer queries,preparing equipment, ensuring health and safety procedures are being following,and being an ambassador for active lifestyle sat the University of Southampton.

We encourage applications for a full time role only (36hrs per week).You will be working set hour working patterns including evenings and weekends.

We are seeking professional,motivated,and proactive individuals, who are brilliant team players. Roles require strong customer service skills, you may be the first point of contact dealing with a diverse range of situations.

Youwill be responsible for health & safety of all pool users and need toalways act professionally.

The National Pool Lifeguard Qualification(NPLQ) is essential ;however we will consider those currently working towards the NPLQqualification.

This role is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check which will be conducted during the offer process.

With acompetitivestarting salary of £24,900per annum, there is an additional 10% uplift shift allowance.

University of Southampton gives you access to a wide range of benefits in addition to our competitive rates of pay. Our core benefits include pension scheme membership; generous annual leave allowance with University closure days and public holidays, and excellent family leave arrangements (maternity, paternity, adoption and parental leave).

As a member of the Southampton Sport Team youare entitled to free Membership to the fantastic technogym powered gym, Climbing/bouldering walls, pool and studios.

As a university we aim to create an environment where everyone can thrive and are proactive in fostering a culture of inclusion, respect and equality of opportunity. We believe that we can only truly meet our objectives if we are reflective of society, so we are passionate about creating a working environment in which you are free to bring your whole self to work.

With a generous holiday allowance as well as additional university closure days we are committed to supporting our staff and students and open to a flexible working approach.

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