Apprentice Leisure Team Member

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.

Salford Community Leisure (SCL) is committed to Building a Great Place to Work; with over 500 employees servicing more than 3 million customer visits at 60 venues across the city each year. We exist to ‘enhance the lives of people living in Salford through providing sport, leisure, and cultural opportunities.

We pride ourselves on recruiting the right people with the right values into the right roles. We are looking for professional, respectful, knowledgeable, passionate and solution driven people to join our team as we strive to deliver excellence to our customers.

About the role

We have two exciting positions available of Apprentice Leisure Team Member whose role is to form an integral part of the leisure team working within leisure facilities in Salford.

The positions will be based at two of our busiest facilities -

Vacancy No 1: Eccles Leisure Centre, Barton Lane, Eccles M30 0DD

Vacancy No 2: Swinton & Pendlebury Leisure Centre, Cromwell Road, Pendlebury, M27 9SZ

Both facilities attract a large number of attendances, and both have a growing membership with a variety of fitness classes delivered each week.

Fixed term contracts: 15 months commencing 27 July 2026

Working Hours: Fixed Shifts - please refer to the working hours attached

A 15 month journey / opportunity open to everyone who is passionate about leisure, fitness & helping their community

• Earn as you learn
• Achieve at least 3 Nationally recognised qualifications
• National Pool Lifeguard Qualification
• Level 2 Swimming teaching Qualification
• Level 2 Gym Instructor Qualification

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
• Will assist in delivering an efficient and high-quality service in relation to pool lifeguarding, health and fitness programmes, supervision of changing rooms and common areas and maintaining the very highest standards of cleanliness
• Will be focused on health and safety at all times
• Will be a driving force behind increased memberships and attendances

Please 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.

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:

Monday 27th July 2026 Saturday August 1st 2026 - 8:30am 5:30pm

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

We encourage candidates to ensure their application demonstrates the skills, knowledge and behaviours outlined in the Person Specification.

CV’s will not be accepted

Shortlisting will take place: Tuesday 16 June 2026
Interviews & Water Assessments: Tuesday 23 June 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 currentlyit is £49.50. The paymentwill be taken back overtwopayments directly from the firsttwo months salary payments of £24.75.If you do not commence employment for any reason but the DBS has been processed, you will be sent an invoice for the payment.

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