Leisure Attendant
Job description
Responsible for carrying out day to day duties for the service and designated facilities to a high standard whilst adhering to all health, safety, supervision, customer service, and operational procedure, policies and practices.
Responsibilities
- Supervise users of leisure facilities/services including lifeguarding duties and ensure that customers conduct themselves appropriately and in accordance with the facilities rules, regulations and operational practices.
- Responsible for completing all designated day to day operational duties of the facility whilst adhering to all procedures, policies and practices.
- Ensure high levels of cleanliness are maintained throughout all Leisure facilities and the immediate vicinity (including equipment) and carry out regular compliance and monitoring checks and address non-compliance as required.
- Ensuring high standards of cleanliness and hygiene at all times.
- Prepare set ups, dismantle and/or store equipment in the delivery of facility programmed services accordance with standard operating procedures and health and safety obligations.
- Complete routine inspections of equipment and activity areas, carry out low level maintenance, report any defects and complete relevant administration documentation such as inspection logs as required.
- Identify potential hazards, log and report all incidents/accidents ensuring in accordance with reporting procedures.
- Ensure operational areas and/or where applicable public belongings are secure in accordance with specified procedures.
- Ensure high levels of customer care, deal with customer related queries and be proactive in ensuring customers receive a positive customer experience when using facilities and escalate any queries as required.
- Participate in and ensure compliance with all Council policies and procedures and operate within the highest standards of personal behaviour which reflect the core values of the organisation.
- Ensure full compliance with Health and Safety requirements and legislation in accordance with Council’s Policies and Procedures.
- Comply with and actively promote the Council’s policies and procedures on all aspects of equality.
- Undertake any other duties appropriate to scale, which may be required from time to time.
Skills and Qualifications
Essential Skills
- Hold a current National Lifeguard Qualification in date.
- One years’ demonstrable experience working in a leisure and sports environment to include:
- Customer Service, Carrying out and maintaining high standard of cleaning, Set up and dismantle equipment.
- Knowledge and application of Health and Safety in a leisure and sports environment.
- The post will be subject to an enhanced AccessNI check for successful candidates in accordance with Access NI Code of Practice https://www.nidirect.gov.uk/publications/accessni-code-practice AccessNI Privacy Notice https://www.justice-ni.gov.uk/publi
Desirable Skills
- Have a current first aid qualification in date.
Further Information
Location: Templemore Sports Complex, Derry. Paper version of application forms are available on request
- Vacancy ID
- 1763610
- Job ref.
- 26/32
- Job Sector
- Leisure
- Area
- Derry or Londonderry
- Location
- Derry /Londonderry
- Salary
- £26,403 - £27,254 per annum (Scale 3 SCP 7-9)
- No. vacancies
- 4
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Weekly hours
- 37
- Published date
- 09/03/2026
- Closing date
- 20/03/2026
- Worktime
- To be confirmed.