Sports Assistant

Contract: Permanent Seasonal (1^st September – 30^th June)

Hours of work: Average of 7 hours per week, flexible over 7 days

Location: Swansea Bay Sports Park & Bay Sports Centre

The University, College, Job

Swansea University aspires to create a sector leading multi-sport environment through its Swansea Bay Sports Park and Bay Campus facilities, delivering to high performance and elite athletes, staff and students of the University, and the local and national community. Reporting to the Duty Management & Senior Sports Assistant teams, the successful applicants will be responsible for delivering day to day operations at the Sports Centre & Pavilion facilities at SBSP, and the Gym, Sports Hall & MUGAs at Bay Campus, ensuring that the highest standards of customer care, health and safety, facility presentation and service delivery are achieved.

Please visit www.swanseabaysportspark.wales for more about the facilities.

The job

1. To assist in the development and maintenance of daily operational efficiency of the facility and prepare sports facilities for use.
2. To provide the highest quality of service delivery, customer care, health and safety, cleanliness and hygiene for students, staff, athletes, associate members and visitors at all times.
3. To teach and promote safe and effective exercise including inductions, prescription, and programming.
4. To plan and deliver a range of fitness assessments, health checks and associated exercise programming and sports programmes.
5. To plan /teach classes for which they are qualified and plan / deliver training programmes for short and long term goals to individuals and groups.
6. To maintain Continued Professional Development.
7. To assist the management in ensuring that all facilities are clean, tidy and presentable and that all equipment is monitored for its safe condition and repaired and maintained as necessary.
8. To assist the management in ensuring that the operation of the Facility fully complies with current legal and statutory requirements and other codes of practice e.g. Health and Safety matters.
9. To assist in the securing of the premises and associated areas.
10. To reconcile moneys at the end of the day and maintain inventories relating to sale of goods.
11. To assist the management in supporting students on work experience.
12. To co-operate with the range of users from healthy exercise members to elite athletes including university sports clubs, community sports organisations and coaches.
13. To maintain databases for members, involving use of leisure management systems.
14. To contribute to initiatives of the Department of Sport and Physical Recreation.
15. To fully engage with the University’s Performance Enabling and Welsh language policies.
16. To promote equality and diversity in working practices and to maintain positive working relationships.
17. To lead on the continual improvement of health and safety performance through a good understanding of the risk profile and the development of a positive health and safety culture.
18. Any other duties as directed by the Head of College / Department or their nominated representative expected within the grade definition.
19. To ensure that risk management is an integral part of your day to day activities to ensure working practices are compliant with the University's Risk Management Policy.

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