Senior Recreation Assistant

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Location: Fairhill Lifestyles, Neilsland Road, Hamilton

Hours: 21 hours per week

Salary Band: £16\.07 \- £16\.30

Shift Pattern:

Week 1: Monday 3:45pm \- 9\.15pm, Thursday 8:45am \- 3:45pm, Friday 8\.45am \- 5:15pm

Week 2: Monday 3:45pm \- 9\.15pm, Thursday 2:15pm \- 9:15pm, Friday 8:45am \- 5\.15pm

Duration: Fixed Term until 31st March 2027

South Lanarkshire Leisure and Culture are looking for an enthusiastic individual to join our team at South Lanarkshire Lifestyles, Fairhill, as a Senior Recreation Assistant. You will be responsible to assist the Duty Officer (Health and Fitness) in the management of the day to day operation and the delivery of the Health and Fitness operation of the facility.

The successful candidate will be working with our Team to assist in the delivery of health programmes within the local community.

A current BACR (British Association of Cardiac Rehabilitation) or PSI (Postural Stability Instructor) qualification is desirable and a Level 3 or equivalent qualification is essential.

Please note the successful candidate may be expected to work evenings and weekends.

Application Questions

Please answer the questions below in a Word document which can then be attached to your application in the ‘Supported Documents' and URL section .

• Please outline previous experience of exercise programming within the Health and Fitness Industry. Where possible, include examples that demonstrate your approach,


• Please describe a time when you delivered excellent customer service. What was the situation, what actions did you take, and what was the outcome?

Please outline any previous experience, skills, or qualifications that make you a strong candidate for this role. Where possible, include examples that demonstrate your approach to doing the right thing.

• Please note we do not accept CVs, any submitted will be disregarded. If you require to submit additional information to support your application, please upload this under supporting documents.

South Lanarkshire Leisure and Culture SCIO is a Scottish charitable incorporated organisation responsible for the delivery of leisure and cultural activities on behalf of South Lanarkshire Council.

As an employee of South Lanarkshire Leisure and Culture SCIO, you would also receive a wide range of benefits including:

• Enrolment in award winning local government pension scheme


• To increase the value of their pension pot, employees can opt to join the Salary Sacrifice Shared Cost AVC scheme.


• Up to 33 days annual leave which will be calculated into hours on commencement of the role.


• Public holiday entitlement (up to 10 days)


• Occupational sick pay


• Family friendly policies \- flexible working and leave, maternity/paternity leave, enhanced leave


• Employee Discounts – including discounts at the cinema


• Range of benefits to support you (Cycle to Work Scheme, Physiotherapy, Employee Assistance Program which offers practical and emotional support)

As part of our approach to good practice and safer recruitment we carry out a number of pre\-employment checks for example, Identity, Asylum and Immigration and employment history etc.

Please Apply online \- All correspondence will be via your email address

Legislative Information \- This post is excepted in terms of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 2003\.

Foreign Police Check \- Candidates should be able to detail any gaps in employment and provide a foreign police check where applicable if you have lived or worked for 3 months or more (consecutively) abroad in the last 10 years.

About Us: South Lanarkshire Council is the unitary authority serving the South Lanarkshire council area in Scotland. The council has its headquarters in Hamilton, has 16,000 employees, and a budget of almost £1bn. The large and varied geographical territory takes in rural and upland areas, market towns such as Lanark, Strathaven and Carluke, the urban burghs of Rutherglen, Cambuslang, and East Kilbride which was Scotland's first new town.

Our vision is for South Lanarkshire as set out in our Economic Strategy is to have one of the strongest and most dynamic economies in Scotland, where businesses, communities, and residents achieve their full potential and prosper.

We will achieve this through three key interrelated themes:

• People \- skills, learning and employability


• Place \- physical infrastructure and place


• Business \- business development and growth

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