Casual Lifeguard - Day Time Hours

Department: Operations (LC)

Location: Woodrow High House

Compensation: £12.00 / hour

Description

As a Lifeguard you are essential in ensuring the safety of all visitors to our Leisure Centre. You have excellent swimming skills, are safety-minded, and able to swiftly assess situations and make careful decisions regarding swimmer safety. You will work as part of a welcoming team that is instrumental in delivering outstanding customer experiences, maintaining orderliness and cleanliness across our leisure facilities, including swimming pool areas and changerooms. This is a customer facing role, and as such you must be ready to communicate with a diverse range of clients, including the public, children and young people, youth group leaders and teachers

Key Responsibilities

Lifeguarding
• Supervision of the pool during swimming, ensuring safety procedures are followed.
• Administer first aid in the event of injury, rescues swimmers in distress or danger of drowning, and undertake CPR and/or artificial respiration, if necessary.
• Attend regular lifeguard training sessions,
Leisure Operations
• Interact with the public and welcome all users of the facilities,
• Assist in the preparation for, and operation of events and activities,
• Ensure a consistently high level of cleanliness is always maintained throughout the centre.
• Support sales in the leisure retail shop, including inventory control.
Health & Safety
• Operate in accordance with Woodrow's operating procedures and appropriate National Governing Body guidelines.

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Skills, Knowledge & Expertise

Qualifications
Current NPLQ (National Pool Lifeguard Qualification) (ESSENTIAL)

Desirable Experience, Knowledge & Skills
✓ Experience as a lifeguard/ leisure assistant in a leisure environment
✓ Experience working in a customer facing environment

• Available to work all year round
  
  

Essential Personal Attributes
✓ Customer centric mindset
✓ Enthusiastic with a positive attitude to swimming
✓ Able to quickly establish rapport and build effective relationships across a range of personas
✓ Composed demeanour,
✓ Articulate communicator,
✓ Collaborative team player with a willingness to work effectively with others
✓ Able to work independently, demonstrating proactivity and initiative
✓ Self-motivated with a positive attitude, impeccable work ethic and a flexible approach to work
✓ Passionate and demonstrably committed to improving the lives of children and young people
✓ Absolute commitment to London Youth's principles of equality, diversity, and inclusion
✓ Absolute discretion and ability to maintain confidentiality
✓ Passionate about leisure and sport opportunities to support health and wellbeing outcomes

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Here are just a few of the fantastic perks of working for London Youth at Woodrow High House:

• Pledge to being a Real Living Wage employer with wages set by Living Wage Foundation • Generous holiday allowance – 31 days annual leave p.a., plus 8 bank holidays for FTE.
• Free meals provided whilst on duty when the kitchen is serving young people in residence
• Free tea and coffee available in "Tea & Coffee Bar"
• Free onsite parking
• Branded quality uniform provided
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Healthcare Cashback Plan to help cover your healthcare essentials
• Free access for you and your family to the Employee Assistance Programme
• Free access to the 'Headspace' wellbeing application
• Eyecare vouchers
• Magnificent location on a historic estate, surrounded by nature
You'll be working with a fantastic team of passionate colleagues across London Youth
• An outstanding culture and ethos where staff and visitors enjoy, challenge, and achieve • Occasional supply of sweet – sometimes savoury – always yummy - treats are guaranteed
• You will be making a difference to the lives of young people!