Lifeguard

Lifeguard (Casual)

Location: Westgate Leisure Centre, PO19 1RJ (Chichester, West Sussex, United Kingdom)

Job ID: 311784

Employment Type: Casual (As and when required between Monday to Sunday, with the possibility of contracted hours in the future)

Hourly Rate: £10.85 to £13.45 per hour + excellent benefits

About Supportive Bridge Staffing Agency

At Supportive Bridge, we connect passionate, vigilant, and customer-focused leisure professionals with flexible, community-driven roles across the UK sports sector. Partnering with leading leisure trusts and operators, we specialize in placing candidates into rewarding careers where your safety expertise and customer care help maintain safe, vibrant, and accessible aquatic facilities for everyone.

Role Overview

As a Lifeguard working on behalf of Leisure Solutions Community Trust (LSCT) at Westgate Leisure Centre, you will be an essential part of the facility's daily operations. Swimming pools are the beating heart of our leisure hubs, and without lifeguards, pool activities cannot run.

Operating on a flexible, casual basis, 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 across multiple facilities.

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.

• Vetting Readiness: Compliance with pre-employment checks, which may include a standard DBS check.

What We Offer You

• Financial Package: Competitive hourly rate of £10.85 to £13.45 per hour.

• Training & Progression: Access to comprehensive learning resources through trust and leisure training networks, structured mentoring, and clear pathways into senior lifeguard and centre management roles.

• Health & Wellbeing: Employee Assistance Programme, Bupa Anytime HealthLine, virtual GP service, wellbeing app, and comprehensive leisure benefits.

• 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.