Recreation Assistant

Job description

Contract terms

Starting salary: SC2 (£28,617 – £29,025)
Work location: Tottenham Green Leisure Centre, 1 Phillip Lane, London, N15 4JA
Hours per week: 24
Contract type: Permanent
Closing date: Sunday, 16th August 2026 at 23:59
Expected interview date: w/c 31st August 2026

About Haringey

Haringey is a fantastic place to live and work – the world in one borough. A place brimming with creativity, personality, radicalism, and community. It is a place where we stand up for each other. A place that is proudly distinctive. We’ll be celebrating all this and more as the “rebel borough” when we are the 2027 London Borough of Culture.

Our history champions change-makers and everyday rebels; revelling in our differences, battling discrimination, championing equality, and doing things our own way. Haringey’s people are a huge asset, with knowledge, expertise, and passion. Our staff members embody our organisational values: Caring, Creative, Courageous, Collaborative and Community-focused. These values keep us looking forward, ambitious for the future, and continuously striving to do our very best for all of our residents.

About the role

We are looking for motivated and vigilant Recreation Assistants to join our Wet Side team. The role is primarily focused on lifeguarding and supervising pool activities, ensuring the safety and wellbeing of all customers using our aquatic facilities. You will provide a visible presence around the pool, respond to incidents, administer first aid where required, carry out safety checks, and promote safe and hygienic use of the facilities. You will also support with setting up equipment, maintaining high standards of cleanliness, and delivering excellent customer service throughout the centre

About the team

Our Leisure team is committed to creating safe, inclusive and enjoyable environments where residents can improve their health, wellbeing and confidence through physical activity. As part of the Wet Side team, you will work closely with Duty Managers, Supervisors and fellow lifeguards to ensure our pools operate safely and efficiently. We pride ourselves on delivering excellent customer experiences, supporting one another, and maintaining the highest standards of safety across our leisure facilities.

About you

You will be a confident and approachable individual with a strong commitment to customer safety and service. You will have a recognised pool lifeguard qualification, excellent communication skills, and the ability to remain calm under pressure when responding to emergencies. You will enjoy working as part of a team, be proactive in identifying potential risks, and take pride in maintaining a clean and safe environment for all users. Flexibility is essential, as the role involves working shifts, including evenings, weekends and bank holidays

Working for Haringey

At Haringey Council we are committed to creating a workplace culture where all our people feel valued, included, and able to be their best at work, and we recognise the benefits of a diverse workforce so welcome applications from all ethnicities and communities so that we continue to make a difference to our residents and community.  Our benefits package includes a leave entitlement of 31 days + bank holidays, potential hybrid working opportunities, health and wellbeing support, a generous local government pension scheme and a range of discount schemes across leisure and culture that provide both financial and money-saving discounts.

Please note: we reserve the right to end this advert before the noted deadline if we receive sufficient applications. If you wish to apply for this role, please ensure that you do so as soon as possible.  

Additionally, we are aware that automated emails may be diverted through to junk email folders.  Please continue to check these through the application process.  If you have any questions about the status of your application, please contact ResourcingHub@haringey.gov.uk