Lifeguard - Trainee

Kickstart Your Career as a Lifeguard – We’ll Pay for Your Qualification!

Are you ready to begin an exciting new career in the leisure industry? We’re currently recruiting Leisure Attendants/Lifeguards across our Leisure Centres in Altrincham, Urmston, Stretford, and Sale. The best part? We’ll cover the cost of your National Pool Lifeguard Qualification!

Once qualified, you’ll earn £12.20 per hour. As a National Living Wage employer, this is due to increase later in 2025.

Hours: 36.25 hours per week (full-time). Shifts include early mornings, late evenings, and weekends. The earliest shift starts at 6am, and the latest finishes at 10:15pm

About Us:

Our mission is to inspire and create opportunities for the people of Trafford to move more and live longer, healthier, and happier lives. As we embark on an exciting period of transformation with site refurbishments, we’re seeking enthusiastic, proactive, and motivated individuals to help bring this vision to life. This is an excellent entry point into the leisure industry with great opportunities for career progression. Many Leisure Managers start their journey as Pool Lifeguards! We have vacancies at the following locations: move Altrincham (new centre – coming soon!) Sale Leisure Centre Stretford Sports Village move Urmston.

What the Lifeguard role involves:

• Ensure the safety of our swimming customers by providing lifeguard support.
• Meet and greet customers, checking them into the centre for activities.
• Prepare activity areas and equipment to meet the day’s programme needs.
• Maintain the centre’s hygiene and cleanliness standards.

What are we looking for?

• Must be a competent swimmer who is able to swim 50 metres within 60 seconds.
• Good communication skills.
• Must enjoy working as part of a team.
• There are several NPLQ courses scheduled to run in April. You would usually need to be available for a week of training at one of our centres. This will be discussed further at interview stage.

Staff Benefits:

• A structured, supportive work environment with training and development opportunities.
• 32 days of holiday, increasing to 38 days after five years (including bank holidays).
• Access to a pension scheme and company sick pay.
• 24/7 access to a GP.
• Confidential counselling and employee assistance programs.
• Heavily discounted fitness memberships for up to 5 of your family & friends, saving each person up to £300 a year.
• Access to a perks and discounts program.
• Free fitness membership, saving you up to £450 annually.

Places are limited, so if you’re ready to take the plunge and try something new, join our team and apply today!

If you encounter any difficulties or require any adjustments in the recruitment process, please email your CV to [email protected] 

Equality, equity, diversity, and inclusion are critical to the success of Trafford Leisure and the achievement of our vision. We aspire to be a diverse, inclusive, and responsible employer. We recognise that a diverse workforce brings fresh ideas and perspectives to our organisation, so we particularly welcome applications from minority, marginalised, and underrepresented groups. In return, we promise a fair and unbiased recruitment process.