Glasgow Life Assistant (Pool Lifeguard) - 22 Posts

Job Description

Ready to make a splash in your career? We’re looking for passionate Glasgow Life Assistants (Pool Lifeguards) to join our vibrant Glasgow Life Sport team on permanent full-time 35-hour contracts. Help us inspire people across the city to live more active, healthier lives — all while building a fulfilling career with great benefits.

You’ll be joining our Glasgow Life Sport team, playing your part in encouraging people to live an active Glasgow life. Through sport and physical activity, we promote inclusion and wellbeing throughout the city. From Glasgow Club to our Learn to Swim programmes, the services we provide allow people to experience the life-changing benefits of participating in sports at all levels. Read more on our website. https://www.glasgowlife.org.uk/sport

What You’ll Do:
As a Glasgow Life Assistant (Pool Lifeguard), you'll play a key role in providing excellent customer service to swimmers and visitors at our sports venues. You'll ensure high standards of service from reception to poolside, keeping the venue clean and assisting with bookings and payments. You'll also help prepare activities and events. Reporting to the Duty Manager and working with the team, you'll be responsible for supervising the pools and ensuring customer safety.

What We’re Looking For:
• Confident swimming ability (able to achieve a timed 100m swim & deep dive).
• Existing pool lifeguard qualification OR willingness to achieve the STA Pool Lifeguard qualification within 12 weeks (training provided by Glasgow Life).
• Commitment to ongoing training to maintain your qualification.
• Excellent communication and customer service skills.
Please download and read the full person specification for this role under the ‘Job Attachments’ section before applying.

Role Details
Full-time: 35 hours per week, 5 days out of 7. Shifts are dependent on the pool venue: Earliest start at 5:45am, latest finish at 10:30pm (Mon-Fri); weekends from 8am to 8.30pm. Rotas operate on a 3-week rolling schedule, giving you plenty of notice of your shifts.
Our city-wide teams support venues across Glasgow as required, but everyone has a primary venue. Work at one of our fantastic pool venues across Glasgow: Scotstoun, Tollcross, Gorbals, Maryhill, Castlemilk, North Woodside, Drumchapel, Pollok, Easterhouse Springburn or Bellahouston (dependant on available vacancies).

We believe in the transformational power of the programmes and events we provide for the people and visitors of Glasgow. If you would like to be a part of what we do, we’d love to hear from you.

Important Dates: Closing date 6th April, apply online through MyJobScotland. Interviews are provisionally scheduled for w/c 14th April.

You’ll be asked for your personal details such as work history, training and questions, including ‘What skills and qualities make you a good fit for this job?’. We’ll assess your application against the criteria listed in the person specification, so make sure to refer to this when completing the form.

The interview process has two stages: first, a swim test to assess your ability. Successful candidates will then proceed immediately to a competency-based interview.

About Glasgow Life 
Glasgow Life is the charity which inspires people to lead richer, more active lives through culture and sport. Simply put, we believe that everyone deserves a great Glasgow life. We do this by delivering innovative cultural and sporting programmes and events which improve the mental, physical, and economic well-being of Glasgow. Glasgow Life also creates unforgettable experiences for tourists, strengthening the city’s visitor economy. We help put on world-class events, conferences and festivals which enhance Glasgow’s international reputation. Glasgow is the first city to be named European Capital of Sport twice sport and was also the first place in the UK to be named a UNESCO City of Music. 

Benefits at Glasgow Life

• 30 days holiday allowance plus 6.5 public holidays (for full-time roles). After 5 years completed service, the entitlement will increase to 35 days from the next annual leave year
• Membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme
• Discounted Glasgow Club membership and money off in our museum shops and online store
• Option to buy extra annual leave
• Cycle-to-work scheme
• And much more!

 

Diversity matters at Glasgow Life

We're determined to reflect the extraordinary diversity of Glasgow in our workforce. Glasgow Life is on a journey to develop a workplace that reflects the communities we serve. Where everyone feels empowered to bring their full, authentic selves to work. We're a Disability Confident and Carer Positive employer and invite candidates from all backgrounds to apply. Read more about our commitment to equality and diversity on our website. https://www.glasgowlife.org.uk/the-small-print/an-inclusive-employer

Application Packs

The following alternative Application Packs can be requested in other format for example, Braille, Audio and other languages.  To request an alternative Application Pack please phone 0141 287 1054.  Packs will be posted out to you 2nd class within 3 working days of receiving your telephone request.  Please note the closing date of the job advert if requesting this to ensure that you give yourself plenty of time to complete your application form and return to us.

Further Information

Please note that Glasgow Life, as an ALEO to Glasgow City Council, is currently completing a Job Evaluation exercise and introducing a new pay and grading structure which may impact on current salaries quoted in job adverts, see 

https://www.glasgow.gov.uk/jobevaluation for more information.

 

 

For further information about working for us please refer to our website https://www.glasgowlife.org.uk/work-with-us