Receptionist

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 people’s 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 part time positions available for a Receptionist whose role is to form an integral part of the leisure team working within leisure facilities in Salford.

The positions will be based at one of our busiest facilities: Eccles Leisure Centre, Barton Lane, Eccles M30 0DD

The facility attracts a large number of attendances, and has a growing membership with a variety of fitness classes delivered each week.

Working Hours

Vacancy No 1 17.5 Hours
Vacancy No 2 14 Hours
Please refer to the working hours attached

Commencing Mid August / Early September 2026 dependant on clearances, however if the successful candidate does not have experience with the Management Information Training system, then there will be a requirement to attend in house shadowing and training prior to starting in post.

Opportunity open to everyone who is passionate about customer care & helping their community

We are looking for someone who:

• is experienced in a reception setting
• is able to communicate Telephone / Face to Face enquiries
• is able to handle enquiries correctly
• has attention to detail
• has the ability to meet deadlines
• has the ability to work without close supervision
• has the ability to work as an efficient member of a team
• has knowledge of customer care techniques
• has experience of cash till / cash handling
• can consistently demonstrate SCL’s behaviours

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: Wednesday 22nd July 2026

Interviews will take place : Thursday 30th July 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 payment for this will be deducted from your first two months’ salary payments at a rate of £24.75 per month. If you do not commence employment for any reason but the DBS has been processed, you will be sent an invoice for the payment of £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