Recreation Assistant

As a BeWell Recreation Assistant, you will work within the various leisure facilities across the Borough helping support, enhance, and deliver the day-to-day operations and services of our Be Well facilities. Working as part of a team, you will be required to undertake a range of operational duties such as assisting with the opening and closing of the facility, undertaking routine maintenance of equipment, and maintaining the cleanliness and safety of the environment. You will support programmed activities and take on duties of a Lifeguard.

The Be Well team are committed to support the health and wellbeing of our residents across the Wigan Borough. Whether this be supporting our youngest residents embark on their first swimming lesson or supporting individuals and community groups with existing exercise and wellbeing programmes. We pride ourselves on offering an extensive and diverse range of physical activity to support our residents.

You will be expected to work a variety of shifts which will vary across Monday to Friday and weekends on a rota basis.

About you:

Using your experience in a leisure or similar environment, you will work as part of a team to provide a welcoming and safe environment for all Leisure Centre users. You will ensure all health and safety policies are adhered to and customer service is at the forefront of everything you do. You will be flexible, adaptable and must be able to react quickly to emergency situations.

To be a lifeguard you will be required to hold a National Pool Lifeguard Qualification that we will fund providing you are able to pass a basic swim test as part of the interview process. Further to this we will provide additional training to work in other areas of the centre.

These are highly visible roles, so excellent interpersonal skills and confidence are pre-requisites for the posts. Applicants must be able to work daytime, evenings, and weekends.

Wigan Council has been voted 'Overall Council of the Year' at the APSE (Association for Public Service Excellence) Awards. We are signed up to the Greater Manchester Continuous Service Commitment ensuring that your service will be continuous or 'unbroken' between the supporting organisations.

The BeWell Team are committed to support the health and wellbeing of our residents across the Wigan Borough. Whether this be supporting our youngest residents embark on their first swimming lesson or supporting individuals and community groups with existing exercise and wellbeing programmes. We pride ourselves on offering an extensive and diverse range of physical activities to support our residents and encourage everyone to get active and achieve a healthier lifestyle and increase sport participation.

Salary: Grade 3, £7,989 - £8,257 per annum. £11.78 - £12.18 per hour

1 x 14 hours per week

Salary: Grade 3, £8,603 - £8,892 per annum. £11.78 - £12.18 per hour