Recreation Assistant – Park Road Leisure Centre

Job description

Contract terms

Starting salary: SC2 (£28,617 – £29,025)
Work location: Park Road Leisure Centre, London, N8 8JN (Site based only)
Hours per week: 36 per week
Contract type: Permanent
Closing date: Sunday, 19th April 2026 at 23:59
Expected interview date: W/C 5th May 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

As a Recreation Assistant at Park Road Leisure Centre, you will help create a safe, clean and welcoming environment for all visitors. Your responsibilities will include supervising customers to ensure safe use of facilities, assisting with the set‑up and dismantling of equipment for activities, carrying out regular building and safety checks, and maintaining high standards of cleanliness throughout the centre, including changing rooms and communal areas. You will also support customers with enquiries, enforce centre rules, administer first aid when required, and provide visible supervision within the pool and fitness areas in line with operational procedures.

About the team

You will join the Leisure Services team within the Environment and Resident Experience directorate, working closely with Duty Managers, Shift Supervisors and colleagues across Haringey’s leisure network. The team supports a diverse community of centre users, sports clubs, tenants and partner organisations, all committed to delivering high‑quality leisure services. Working in this fast‑paced and customer‑focused environment, you will collaborate with colleagues to ensure smooth daily operations, excellent customer service and the safe delivery of activities across the centre.

About you

You will be a friendly, proactive and reliable individual with strong communication skills and the ability to provide excellent customer service. You should feel confident working both independently and as part of a team, be able to carry out cleaning duties, safely handle sports equipment and demonstrate good awareness of Health & Safety practices. You must be willing to work shifts, including evenings, weekends and bank holidays. A nationally recognised pool lifeguard qualification such as RLSS NPLQ or NARS is essential for working on wet‑side areas, and a First Aid at Work or AED qualification is desirable

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