Recreation Assistant (Lifeguard)

Interviews are expected to be held week commencing 28 April 2025

This role will be based on the University campus, with scope for it to be undertaken in a hybrid manner. We are open to discussing flexible working arrangements. 

Are you customer focused and dedicated to providing an excellent service? Do you have excellent organisation skills with the ability to plan and prioritise work effectively?   

The University has recently invested £1.2M to expand ‘The Edge’ sports facility and provides state of the art fitness and class equipment, offering a range of classes and aquatics activities and 25 metre 8 lane swimming pool.  

As a Recreation Assistant you will work as part of a large team ensuring that the environment is safe for use and that a high level of customer service is maintained at all times. Alongside your responsibility for lifeguarding, you will undertake a range of duties including cleaning tasks, setting up sport areas and moving equipment safely. 

You will have a current Royal Life Saving Society UK (RLSS) lifeguard qualification (or equivalent) and ideally have experience working as a lifeguard, ensuring you keep up to date with the monthly lifeguard training.  You will have excellent communication skills and have a helpful attitude towards customers, with the ability to work independently and also as part of a team.  

For this full time role you will need to be available to work weekdays and weekends, early morning starts (0600am) and late evenings (1100pm). You will be primarily based at one of our designated sports facilities, however, will be required to work at any of our sports facilities when required. 

A Basic Disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) is required for this position.  

This role is not eligible for Skilled Worker visa sponsorship. Information on other visa options is available at: https://www.gov.uk/browse/visas-immigration/work-visas

What we offer in return

26 days holiday plus 16 Bank Holidays/days that the University is closed by custom (including Christmas) – that’s 42 days a year!Generous pension scheme options plus life assurance.Health and Wellbeing: Discounted staff membership options at The Edge, our state-of-the-art Campus gym, with a pool, sauna, climbing wall, cycle circuit, and sports halls.Personal Development: Access to courses run by our Organisational Development & Professional Learning team, and self-development courses including languages, Creative Writing, Wellbeing Therapies and much more.Access to on-site childcare, shopping discounts and travel schemes are also available.

And much more!  

To explore the post further or for any queries you may have, please contact:   

Duty Manager Team 

Email: pedsdman@leeds.ac.uk

Closing Date: 22 Apr 2025

Section: Operational Support

Salary: £23,414 per annum