Leisure Team Member

Location: Broughton Leisure Centre

Start Date: As soon as possible

Vacancy 1 - 9 Hours per week

Vacancy 2 - 13 Hours per week

Vacancy 3 - 15.75 Hours per week

Salford Community Leisure (SCL) is a dynamic, non-for-profit organisation committed to enriching the lives of the people in and around Salford through sports, leisure, culture, and well-being. We are passionate about nurturing inclusive and healthy communities, ensuring that every individual has access to the opportunities and services that support physical and mental health, creativity, and personal development.

Salford as a city is one of the fastest-growing local authority districts in England and Wales and is becoming more diverse. There are major ongoing health challenges and inequalities within the city and an ambitious set of strategies have been developed to tackle them. Physical exercise, creativity, learning and community development have been identified to change peoples lives for the better.

We are looking for someone who:

• Has good communication skills.
• Can handle enquiries from customers effectively.
• Has good motivational skills.
• Has commitment to a high standard of customer care.
• Is able to work on own initiative.
• Is able to work as an efficient member of a team.
• Consistently demonstrates SCL’s behaviours.

Note:As part of the interview process, all applicants will be assessed on the following:

• Jump/dive into deep water.
• Swim 50 metres in less than 60 seconds
• Swim 100 metres continuously on front and back
• In deep Water, tread water for 30 seconds.
• Surface dive to the floor of the pool
• Climb out unaided without ladders/steps and where pool design permits.

Note:Successful candidates who do not hold a National Pool Lifeguard Qualification (NPLQ) must be available to attend an NPLQ course / assessment on the following 6 consecutive dates:

Tuesday 26th - 31st May 2026 - 8:30am 5:30pm at Broughton Leisure Centre

The content of the course will be a mixture of skills and theoretical knowledge in both a classroom and pool side setting.

If you wish to discuss these vacancies with us, please get in touch with Michal Michalski Assistant Sport & Leisure Manager,michal.michaski@scll.co.uk.

Shortlisting to take place on: 27th April 2026

Interviews & Water Assessments to take place on: 30th April 2026

Please be aware that this post is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check and that you will be required to meet the cost of the DBS check currently £49.50. The paymentwill be taken back overtwopayments directly from the firsttwo months salary payments.If you do not commence employment for any reason but the DBS has been processed, you will be sent an invoice for the payment £49.50.

If you have lived or worked abroad for 3 months or more in the last 5 years or 12 months or more (whether continuously or in total) in the last 10 years whilst aged 18 or over, please refer to the link below for details for how to obtain your Certificates of Good Character.

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/criminal-records-checks-for-overseas-applicants

Our core data protection obligations and commitments are set out in the council’s primary Recruitment and Employment Privacy Notice which can be found at https://www.salford.gov.uk/gdpr

For more information on Salford Community Leisure visit our website: www.salfordcommunityleisure.co.uk