Lifeguard
About this role
Lifeguard (Full-Time)
Location: Woughton Leisure Centre, MK6 5EJ (Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom)
Job ID: 312157
Employment Type: Full-Time, Regular (Permanent)
Schedule: 40 hours per week, 5 out of 7 days including weekends, early shifts (from 5:00 AM) and late shifts (up to 11:00 PM)
Age Requirement: 18+ (due to full-time hours and flexible shift patterns)
Salary: Up to £26,510 per annum + excellent benefits
About Supportive Bridge Staffing Agency
At Supportive Bridge, we connect enthusiastic, customer-focused health and leisure professionals with rewarding, community-driven roles across the UK sports sector. Partnering with leading leisure operators and trusts, we specialize in placing candidates into stable, long-term careers where your vigilance, safety expertise, and customer care help maintain vibrant, accessible, and safe aquatic facilities for everyone.
Role Overview
As a full-time Lifeguard working on behalf of Leisure Solutions Community Trust (LSCT) at Woughton Leisure Centre, you will be an integral part of the facility's daily operations. Swimming pools are the beating heart of our leisure hubs, and without lifeguards, pool activities cannot run.
You will ensure that all visitors can use the pool safely, maintain immaculate standards of cleanliness in the pool area, manage equipment set-up safely, and—when needed—step in to save lives. This is a vital, purposeful role offering fantastic training, a supportive close-knit team, and clear pathways for career progression.
Key Responsibilities:
Water Safety & Supervision: Supervise aquatic activities with vigilance, ensuring safety standards are strictly maintained across the pool environment.
Emergency Response: Act swiftly and decisively in pressurised situations, providing life-saving interventions when required.
Customer Care & Engagement: Deliver exceptional service to customers of all ages and backgrounds, ensuring visitors have everything they need for an enjoyable visit.
Facility Maintenance: Maintain high standards of hygiene and cleanliness in and around the pool area.
Equipment Handling: Ensure the safe handling, setup, and storage of pool equipment.
What We Are Looking For
We are looking for a safety-conscious team player with strong communication skills, an outgoing "people person" attitude, and elite aquatic competencies.
Requirements:
Mandatory Qualification: It is essential that you hold a valid National Pool Lifeguard Qualification (RLSS).
Swimming Proficiency: Strong, confident swimming skills capable of meeting rigorous safety standards.
Customer Service Experience: Proven background in delivering customer care, whether gained in a leisure setting or another customer-facing environment.
Attributes: High levels of vigilance, safety-consciousness, composure under pressure, and flexibility with working hours (including early mornings, late evenings, and weekends).
Vetting Readiness: Compliance with pre-employment checks, which may include a DBS check.
What We Offer You
Financial Package: Competitive starting salary of up to £26,510 per annum.
Leave & Pension: 21 days annual leave pro-rata plus bank holidays, alongside up to a 6% contributory pension scheme.
Training & Progression: Access to over 1,100 internal courses, funding for professional qualifications and apprenticeships (including L3 Team Leader and L5 Operations Manager programmes), structured mentoring, and clear pathways into senior lifeguard and centre management roles across 55 facilities.
Health & Wellbeing: 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme, Bupa Anytime HealthLine, virtual GP service, wellbeing app, and free membership for Serco-managed leisure centres.
Perks & Community: Around 1,000 high street retail discounts, a paid volunteering day, payroll-giving charity options, and active employee inclusion networks.
Our Recruitment Process & Equal Opportunities
Guaranteed Interview Scheme: Applicants with disabilities, veterans, and individuals with convictions who meet the minimum job criteria are guaranteed an interview.
Ban the Box: We champion fair access to employment for those with unspent criminal convictions (subject to safeguarding exemptions). Reasonable adjustments are fully supported throughout recruitment and employment.