Location: | Colchester, Wivenhoe |
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Salary: | £21,598 |
Hours: | Full Time |
Contract Type: | Fixed-Term/Contract |
Placed On: | 28th March 2023 |
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Closes: | 9th April 2023 |
Job Ref: | REQ07333 |
Department
The Sports Centre is open 6-30am to 11pm Monday to Friday and 8am to 10pm at weekends. The facility is used predominantly by students and staff and is also open to the public. Facilities include the state of the art Essex Sports Arena with spectator seating for 1,650, Essex Sport Gymnasium, 6 badminton court size sports hall, 5 glass back squash courts, climbing wall, 4 tennis courts with tennis dome, activity studios, cycle studio, synthetic turf pitch and football and rugby grass pitches.
Duties of the Role
The main duties of the post will include: providing effective supervision of the Sports Centre activities, ensuring the health, safety and welfare of customers; providing immediate first aid when required; providing a high quality, friendly, well organised and professional customer experience, and resolving customer queries and enquiries when necessary.
This post is fixed-term from April 2023 until 12 January 2024 to cover a secondment for a permanent member of staff. A full list of duties can be found in the jobpack attached.
Skills and qualifications required
Candidates will ideally possess a relevant qualification in Sport/ Recreation/ Physical Exercise/ Fitness and Health and it is essential they have previous experience within a sports centre environment. It is desirable that candidates are aware of health and safety legislation and procedures in relation to sport/fitness. The full time Sports Assistant job holder must be able to work a flexible shift pattern including evenings and weekends.
Please use the 'Apply' button to read further information about this role including the full job description and person specification which outlines the full duties, skills, qualifications and experience needed for this role. You will also find details of how to make your application here.
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