Reference: CBC26059
Salary details: £12.85 to £13.85 per hour
Job term: permanent
Appointment type: part time and full time
Hours: 9 hours per week, 11 hours per week, 18 hours and 42 minutes per week, 20 hours per week, 22 hours and 30 minutes per week, x2 posts at 37 hours per week
Location: Queens Park Sports Centre
Department: Sport and Leisure
CBC26059 - Job description and person specification.
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Candidates must possess the necessary right to work authorisation to enable them to work for Chesterfield Borough Council. Regrettably, we are unable to provide sponsorship or assume sponsorship of an employment visa at this juncture.
Chesterfield Borough Council are looking to recruit sport and leisure attendants at Queens Park Sports Centre.
We require motivated, reliable and enthusiastic individuals to work as part of our team carrying out general leisure attendant duties, always ensuring customer safety, lifeguarding, communicating effectively with members of the public and other staff, undertaking cleaning duties and setting up and dismantling sports equipment in a safe environment.
Experience of working with the public and customer care is desirable and ideally you will have experience of working in swimming pools.
We need sport and leisure attendants who will:
- be focused on delivering excellent customer service standards.
- provide safe and effective pool supervision.
- be part of a motivated team fully embracing the council’s values.
- ensure high levels of cleanliness and housekeeping are maintained within the centre.
- support the varied programme of activities and sessions.
- efficiently communicate with other team members.
A current RLSS Lifeguarding qualification is essential for this post.
You will be required to attend regular staff training sessions as part of the requirement of this post.
This post will include shift work including evenings and weekends and bank holidays.
The successful candidate will be subject to a disclosure carried out by the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Available vacancies are:
- 1 x 37 hours per week full time sport and leisure attendant plus key holder responsibilities (6-week rota)
- 1 x 37 hours per week full time sport and leisure attendant (6-week rota)
- 1 x 22.5 hours per week part time sport and leisure attendant (Friday 7.30 – 16.00. Saturday 7.30 – 13.00. Sunday 7.30 – 16.00)
- 1 x 20 hours per week part time sport and leisure attendant (Tuesday 9.00 – 16.00. Wednesday 9.30 – 16.00. Thursday 9.30 – 16.00)
- 1 x 11 hours per week part time sport and leisure attendant(Friday 16.00 – 22.00. Saturday 8.00 – 13.00)
- 1 x 9 hours per week part time sport and leisure attendant (Friday 9.00 – 17.30)
- 1 x average of 18.7 hours per week part time sport and leisure attendant (6-week rota)
The successful candidate will be subject to a disclosure carried out by the Disclosure and Barring Service.
For an informal discussion on any aspect of the post, please email Rebecca Laughton at rebecca.laughton@chesterfield.gov.uk or Dean Mayfield at dean.Mayfield@Chesterfield.gov.uk to set up a call, or for further information on this post, please view the job description and person specification attached.
Please highlight on your covering letter the post(s) you wish to apply for.
How to apply
Interested candidates should initially apply with their CV and a covering letter stating the job title, and clearly demonstrating suitability and experience for the role. Please send it to hrjobs@chesterfield.gov.uk no later than the closing date shown below.
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Closing date: 23 August 2026
Provisional interview date: 8 September 2026