GLL is looking for a Athletics Coach to join the team at Lee Valley Athletics Centre. You'll be involved in key aspects of the Athletics Academy. If you have the passion to deliver excellent customer service in a Athletics environment, there's never been a more exciting time to join us.
If you have a passion and talent for Coaching, you could be part of our team of Athletics Coaches and help give people of all ages a valuable skill. So, if you’d like the opportunity to work at a well known athletics centre and Apply now
What you need:
- A can-do attitude
- A real focus on customer service.
- Passion and personality
- Knowledge of health and safety
- Be a great team player
What you’ll do:
- A competent Athlete
- A good communicator (verbal and non-verbal)
- A good motivator (supportive and able to give feedback)
- Approachable and patient in nature
- Imaginative
- Previous experience working with Children is desirable but not essential
Maintain a good and positive image of the centre to customers and the public by providing a welcoming, helpful and professional operational service.
To prepare areas and equipment for events/activities as appropriate.
To carry out routine monitoring and non-specialist / basic maintenance of equipment and fittings as required, bringing to the attention of the Supervisor / Manager any faults or major repairs in line with company procedures.
To prepare areas and equipment for events/activities as required.
To ensure that all equipment is used in a manner consistent with safe working practice.
To ensure that equipment is fit for purpose prior to customers being allowed to make use of.
To ensure excellent standards of cleanliness at all times.
To promote the facility in a positive manner to retain existing customers, encourage greater participation, and introduce new users to the venue.
As a charitable social enterprise owned by its staff GLL has a great range of benefits for its employees:
- A Values driven organisation
- Learning & development to support career development
- Good Pension schemes
- Discounted gym membership for you and your partner
- Industry leading rates of pay
- opportunity to join the GLL Society and have a say in how we are run plus associated social events
- Exclusive discounts on our villas in Portugal
- Exclusive discounts on our Ski chalets in Bulgaria
- Health assurance
- Career pathways, professional development are just the start. To ensure you stay at the top of your game, we provide training with practical and theory elements too.
- Discounts across thousands of retailers (GLL Extras)
- 25% off Red Letter Days
- 25% off Buy A Gift
- 20% off GLL spa experience treatments and associated products.
- Ride to work scheme
- Free eye tests and discounted glasses
About GLL:
As the UK’s largest leisure operator and charitable social enterprise, we offer a range of careers for everyone in our local communities. We manage over 400 facilities across England, Wales and Northern Ireland, including public sport and leisure centres, elite sporting venues, libraries and children’s centres.
Our people are from the communities we serve and help us make real changes in their local area.
One of our core values is ‘More than a Job’, because working with us opens up a wide range of possibilities and opportunities for you, starting with how you work with us. To make sure we’re having a positive impact on our people, we also offer some flexible and part-time working options so you can make sure your new job works for you. Subject to vacancies, whether you are after a contractual commitment and a regular work schedule or the freedom of flexible hours, you may be able to choose an arrangement that works best for you and play your part in improving the health and wellbeing of your community.
We offering the below work arrangements:
- A flexible worker engagement by joining our flexible worker pool
If you are looking for a regular number of hours that you can work, and are flexible to meet the needs of a 7 day a week service, then the flexible hours might be the right choice for you.
So whether your ambitions lie in sport and leisure, events & catering, health & beauty, corporate support or working with children, you’ll be able to find your ideal new job at GLL.
Passionate about seeing our communities thrive, we invest back into our facilities, projects and people and are Investors in People Silver Award employer.
However you choose to work with us, you can be sure that you will be a valued member of our team, working with great colleagues, and making a real difference to people’s lives.
We are an inclusive employer. We seek and welcome diversity in our teams.
All pay rates are subject to skills, experience, qualifications and location.