Recreation Assistant (Lifeguard)

Overview

Location: Hamilton Water Palace, 35 Almada Street, Hamilton

Hours: 37 hours per week (4 week rota)

Salary Band: £27,240 £27,529 per year

Shift Pattern:

• Week 1: Mon Wed late shift, Sat/Sun day shift
• Week 2: Tue - Fri late shift
• Week 3: Mon & Thu early shift, Tue, Wed, Fri, Sat day shift
• Week 4: Tue early shift, Wed - Fri day shift

Example shifts: Early shift 6:15 am - 3 pm, Day shift 9 am - 6 pm, Late shift 1 pm - 10:30 pm

Duration: Fixed Term until 31 December 2026

Job Profile: South Lanarkshire Leisure and Culture are looking for an enthusiastic individual to join our team of Lifeguards at Hamilton Water Palace. You will be responsible to the Duty Officer for the daily operation of the Centre, undertaking a range of duties including pool supervision and cleaning.

Qualifications

• A current Pool Lifeguard qualification is essential, with a first aid certificate and previous experience desirable.

Responsibilities

• Supervision of pool activities
• Carry out cleaning to meet defined standards
• Ensure facilities and equipment are safe and secure in accordance with procedures

Application Notes

Please note we do not accept CVs; any submitted will be disregarded. If you require to submit additional information to support your application, please upload this under supporting documents.

Benefits

• Enrolment in award-winning local government pension scheme
• Salary sacrifice shared cost AVC scheme to increase the pension pot
• Up to 33 days annual leave, calculated into hours on commencement of the role
• Public holiday entitlement (up to 10 days)
• Occupational sick pay
• Family friendly policies - flexible working and leave, maternity/paternity leave, enhanced leave
• Employee discounts, including discounts at the cinema
• Range of benefits to support you - Cycle to Work Scheme, physiotherapy, employee assistance program offering practical and emotional support

Equal Opportunities

South Lanarkshire Leisure and Culture is an Equal Opportunities employer and encourages applications from all members of the community. As a user of the disability confident scheme, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum competency/behaviour requirements for the position.

South Lanarkshire Leisure and Culture is committed to providing support to members of the armed forces, veterans and their families which is set out in the British Armed Forces Community Covenant. Veterans are guaranteed an interview if they meet the minimum requirements for the position.

Legal

This post is excepted in terms of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 2003.

This post is considered Regulated Work with Children and/or adults, under the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007. Therefore, it is an offence to apply if you are barred from working with children and/or adults.

Preferred candidates will be required to join the PVG Scheme, or undergo a PVG Scheme Update check, prior to a formal offer of employment.

Candidates should be able to detail any gaps in employment and provide a foreign police check where applicable if you have lived or worked for 3 months or more consecutively abroad in the last 10 years.

Internal Applicants

INTERNAL APPLICANTS MUST APPLY VIA OPPORTUNITY MARKETPLACE AND COMPLETE THEIR SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS EITHER VIA THE ME TAB ON FUSION PRIOR TO STARTING THE APPLICATION FORM OR BY CLICKING ON THE LINK AS PART OF THE APPLICATION PROCESS IN THE SECTION OF THE FORM TITLED "REVIEW SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS".