Reference: CBC25077
Salary details: £12.85 to £13.05 per hour
Job term: permanent
Appointment type: part time, annualised
Hours: 1040 annualised hours, equating to 20 hours per week
Location: Queens Park Sports Centre and Healthy Living Centre
Department: Sports and Leisure
CBC25077 - 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.
We are looking for a new addition to join our team to work at our modern leisure facilities within Chesterfield Borough Council.
You will be providing lifeguard cover, customer engagement/supervision, cleaning, equipment set ups, and dealing with membership sales. You must be a highly motivated, flexible and resourceful individual who can maintain a customer-focused approach to all our sport and leisure activities.
The successful candidate must hold a current Royal Life Saving Society UK (RLSS) Lifeguarding qualification for this post. Further coaching qualifications are desirable but not essential as we are looking for the right quality of individual.
The post requires regular unsocial hours working including availability at evenings and weekends involving a variety of services and roles provided at all council sports and leisure venues within the Borough.
Candidates must be able to travel as work will be available over both our sites at Staveley Healthy Living Centre and Queens Park Sports Centre.
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 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.
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: 16 November 2025
Provisional interview date: 2 December 2025