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Lifeguard

Please Note: The application deadline for this job has now passed.

Job Introduction

We currently have an opportunity for a Lifeguard to join our team. This is a great opportunity for a customer focused individual to join a world leading food and facilities management company, which can offer unrivalled opportunities for career progression.

Role Responsibility

As a Lifeguard, as well as daily supervision of the pool and various pool activities, you will also be responsible for:

  • The management and control of all COSHH and cleaning stock.
  • The daily cleaning regimes within the pool side and gymnasium in compliance with the contract requirements.
  • Attendance at the regular monthly staff training in all matters of life guarding techniques and first aid
  • Maintain in date lifeguard qualification (NPLQ).
  • Management of Swimming Pool & Sports Hall Equipment, to include storage, issue & receipt, and the maintaining of records.
  • Compliance with all shift patterns, work timings and regimes and Company employee policies.
  • Thorough understanding of Gymnasium SOP’s, Pool NOP’s and EAP’s.

The Ideal Candidate

The successful candidate for this role will have:

  • Previous experience in a similar role
  • Knowledge of the leisure industry
  • Excellent customer service skills
  • A flexible working attitude along with the ability to plan and prioritise workload
  • A National Pool Lifeguarding qualification is essential

About the Company

In the UK and Ireland, Sodexo employs around 30,000 people, and partners with clients in many sectors across business and industry; schools and universities; sports and leisure; energy and resources; government and agencies; healthcare; justice and defence.

Sodexo’s connected; people-centric approach brings together a diverse range of expertise. The breadth of services it offers ranges from food and hospitality; cleaning; reception; concierge (Circles); security; property management and technical services through to data driven workplace strategy and design (Wx); employee engagement and recognition services (Sodexo Engage) and personal home services through Prestige Nursing + Care and the Good Care Group.

Vital Spaces is Sodexo’s value proposition that puts people at the heart of everything we do, bringing together services and solutions and focusing on the productivity and wellbeing of people wherever they are.

Sodexo is committed to being an inclusive employer; we welcome and encourage applications from people with a diverse variety of experiences, backgrounds and identities.

We’re a Disability Confident Leader employer. We’re committed to changing attitudes towards disability, and making sure disabled people have the chance to fulfil their aspirations.

We are building on our support to the Armed Forces community through the development of specific pathways within our recruitment process to  support ex-forces personnel and reservists, those applying for jobs with us who meet the ideal candidate criteria for the role advertised are guaranteed to progress to the selection process

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