Job description: Location: Basingstoke Aquadrome Contract Type: Full Time Working Hours : 37 hours per week, including earlies, lates and weekends Salary: £23,860 per annum Excellent Benefits Here at Basingstoke and Deane Community Leisure Trust our goal is to encourage active, healthy lifestyles in an environment that is safe, warm, clean, friendly and fun. To be the destination of choice for being part of an active community, whilst helping you to make MORE of every day’. To deliver those services takes an enthusiastic and customer focused team - and right now we are looking to recruit for a Senior Lifeguard to join our centre As the senior Lifeguard, the purpose of the role will be to work within the centre whilst ensuring customer safety and high standards of service and customer care. You will be reporting to the duty manager and in the duty manager’s absence, the successful candidate will be managing the facility and ensure all activities are delivered to a high standard. Furthermore, you will be involved in supervising specific activities, maintaining high standards of cleanliness, and working on the safe handling and set up of equipment. Without you there can’t be any pool activity. But you won’t be working alone. Our leisure centre has a close knit and supportive team, all working towards providing an inclusive leisure hub for the entire community. We share your passion for leisure, and we will offer a safe, fun, and professional working environment with excellent development opportunities. You will also receive free gym membership and other various discounts. Serco manages these facilities on a day-to-day basis on behalf of the Trust. About you We are looking to hear from candidates who have previous experience in a leisure environment, as well as previous experience of pool supervision and you can demonstrate a can-do attitude to get the job done. As the senior lifeguard you’ll naturally need to be safety conscious, vigilant, and able to deal with pressurised situations. Lastly, you’ll need to have strong swimming skills and it’s essential that you hold a National Pool Lifeguard Qualification (Royal Life Saving Society) or equivalent & first aid qualification to be considered for this role. If you feel you meet the above criteria, please apply today Why Join us A place you can make an impact: Working within Leisure means that you’ll play a critical role in ensuring that the communities we serve receive exceptional service and you’ll help to provide our local communities with a safe and fun environment to stay healthy and connected to others. A place you can count on: It takes a diverse team to support our Leisure business and we’re big on internal progression. So, whether you specialise your skills, undertake additional training or progress into senior management you’ll find all the opportunity you need to evolve your career. A place for you: Our staff are dedicated to providing the best possible service for our customers and we welcome those who take similar pride in their work. What we offer Free membership at the Centre plus heavily discounted use of classes and facilities Free safeguarding training and DBS check Excellent Development and Training Opportunities 6% employer matched pension contribution 21 days annual leave public holidays Life assurance up to 2x base salary For all Leisure benefits please see Employee Benefits (moreleisure.com) leisurejobs