Assistant Manager

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Job Description

Contract Type: Permanent

Working Hours: 37

Worker Type: Onsite Worker

Salary: Starting Salary is £35,235 (Level one) rising to £37,938 (Pro-rota for part time)

Location: TBC (located at one of Sport and Leisure's six leisure centres)

Are you someone who has a passion for Sport and Leisure?

We've got an exciting opportunity available for talented individuals to join our workforce - perhaps this is the opportunity you've been looking for? Read on to find out more...

Working for Nottingham City Council has great benefits. As well as competitive pay, great leave entitlement and access to a generous pension scheme, we strive to create an innovative, inclusive and progressive work culture where everyone is supported to do and be their very best.

In return, we are looking for people like you - people who are innovative, driven and committed to serving and improving Nottingham. So, if you are passionate about making a difference to the lives of those who live and work in our city, we want to hear from you.

* You can read more about the different benefits offered to colleagues working for Nottingham City Council here.

About the Role

We are looking for an enthusiastic, motivated, experienced individual that can join the team. Acting as an Assistant Manager within Sport and Leisure Service's, to improve the performance and delivery of leisure provision across the City. Being responsible for the leadership and management of colleagues to drive performance of the team and facilities delivering safe, efficient and effective facilities under the control of the Assistant Manager.

About You

The ideal candidate will have:

• National Pool Lifeguard Qualification

• First Aid at Work

• Ideally Pool Plant Operators, if not expected to obtain with first 12 weeks

Essential Criteria

• Drive and motivation, ability to deliver against challenging objectives
• Ability to be creative, to be able to identify problems and work to create solutions
• Evidence of actively working with others to improve collaboration internally and externally
• Experience of the management of leisure facilities

- This post is covered by the statutory duty under Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016) (English Language Requirement for public sector workers) and therefore the ability to speak fluent English, is an essential requirement for the role.

- A DBS enhanced check for a regulated activity is required for this post.

- You can find the job description for this post here

At Nottingham City Council we believe that work is what you do, not where you do it. We offer different working arrangements, depending on the role, including hybrid working. Further information on Worker Types and what these mean in terms of how and where you work can be found on the additional information for applicants page.

For informal enquiries please contact Kirsty Worthington via email at kirsty.worthington@nottinghamcity.gov.uk

Closing Date: 24th January 2024

Please note there may be occasions where we close the advert before the closing date and we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.

Interviews will be held: TBC

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About Us

Thank you for your interest in working for Nottingham City Council. As one of the largest employers in Nottingham we offer a wide range of roles across a range of services. In return for your skill, drive and commitment to serving the people of Nottingham, we can help you to develop an exciting and rewarding career, with access to the following benefits.

In addition to working within a great team and a competitive salary you will have access to:

• 26 days annual leave (rising to 33 days after 5 years' service) + bank holidays with the ability to buy additional leave annually
• Access to a generous, defined benefit pension scheme offering 17.9%
• Smart Working - to support your work life balance
• Health and wellbeing benefits including access to our Employee Assistance Programme
• Discounted membership at selected local sports and fitness centres, cinema, shopping and much more!

Nottingham City Council is committed to recruiting a talented workforce that reflects the communities we serve. We are a fair and inclusive employer and welcome applications from people from all backgrounds and with different abilities. We recruit for diversity and value difference.

We particularly want to hear from you if you are from the Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic community, identify within the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender community (LGBT) and if you are Disabled - these groups of people are underrepresented in our workforce, and we'd like to reflect our local population more through our recruitment processes.

We are supportive of flexible working arrangements wherever possible and we would encourage you to discuss this with us during the selection process, should this be something you are interested in.