The Role

• Do you enjoy meeting people and giving great customer service? 
• Are you a confident communicator with sharp IT skills?
• Then we need you to join our team!

What you’ll be doing

We have vacancies at both Teddington Pools & Fitness Centre and at Pools on the Park in Richmond.

• Facilities at Teddington Pools & Fitness Centre include a main pool, learner pool, fitness suite, spin studio, exercise studio and a hydrotherapy pool. Full programme information online at www.richmond.gov.uk/tpfc
   
• Facilities at Pools on the Park include indoor main and teaching pools, heated outdoor pool and grounds, fitness suite, health suite, café and two studio spaces. Full programme information online at www.richhmond.gov.uk/potp

You’ll be part of our membership and sales team working on promoting all of our Sport & Fitness Centres in Whitton, Teddington, Hampton, Richmond and East Sheen.

You’ll be working on the promotion and sale of swimming and fitness memberships, promoting the Borough’s “Richmond Card” and all activities across our centres.  Giving prospective members a tour and advising them of the best offers will be a key part of your role, along with marketing and email correspondence.

What you’ll need to have

We’d like you to have previous experience of working in a health & fitness environment or have sales experience.

What we can offer you

£10.55 per hour (plus holiday relief pay allowance on top of hourly rate)

We’ll offer you casual shifts which might involve working some daytime or evenings, both during the week and at weekends.  Any shifts offered would be by mutual agreement, so you can always fit work in around your other commitments.

We also offer membership of the Local Government contributory pension scheme.

Closing Date:  There is no closing date for this job.  We’ll be reviewing CVs and supporting statements on a fortnightly basis until all the vacancies are filled. We will contact you by email to let you know if you have been shortlisted or not.

Equality Statement

Richmond and Wandsworth Councils are committed to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible for everyone. We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and developing a culture that values differences, recognising that employees from a variety of backgrounds bring important and positive contributions to the Councils and can improve the way we deliver services.

We are pleased to be a Disability Confident employer.

Important Information:

This post is exempted under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and as such appointment to this post will be conditional upon the receipt of a satisfactory response to a check of police records via Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). The Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) helps employers make safer recruitment decisions and prevent unsuitable people from working with vulnerable groups, including children. It replaces the Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) and Independent Safeguarding Authority (ISA).

Richmond and Wandsworth Councils are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Richmond and Wandsworth Councils