Sports Facilities Assistant & Lifeguard

Job Ref No. ECC0-657S Position Type: Caretaker/Site Managers Pay Range: 26436

Position Start Date: 01/09/2026 Contract Type: Full-time Contract Term: Permanent

Application Close: 26/08/2026 Midday Date of Interviews: As soon as possible

New Hall School is seeking a reliable and enthusiastic Sports Facilities Assistant & Lifeguard to join our team. Reporting to the Sport Facilities Manager, you will play a key role in ensuring the safety, cleanliness and smooth day-to-day operation of our swimming pool and wider sports facilities.

This is an excellent opportunity to be part of a busy and supportive sports team in a well-equipped environment.

You will work in line with School policies, Swim England and Royal Life Saving Society (RLSS) regulations, following the Pool Safety Operating Procedures (PSOP), Normal Operating Procedures (NOP) and Emergency Action Plan (EAP). Regular monthly training is required to maintain your lifeguard qualification.

Key responsibilities:

• to carry out lifeguarding duties in accordance with RLSS UK standards
• to provide first aid when required
• to maintain high standards of cleanliness and hygiene in pool areas
• to undertake reception duties, including customer service and answering telephone enquiries
• to get involved in setting up and clearing sports equipment across facilities at all New Hall sites
• to maintain high standards of safety and cleanliness across all sports facilities
• to support the operation of sports activities and external facility lettings
• to assist with the Fitness Suite, including inductions (if qualified) and supervision
• to carry out daily health and safety checks, water testing and reporting issues
• to support site security and reporting maintenance or repair needs
• to assist the Sport Facilities Manager and Health & Safety Officer to ensure that all areas of the swimming pool, Fitness Suite and other sports facilities comply with Health & Safety regulations
• to check pool plant operations and report any issues to the Sports Facilities Manager

The successful candidate will be expected:

• to be educated to A Level standard (or equivalent)
• to hold a current RLSS UK National Pool Lifeguard Qualification (or equivalent)
• to have experience in a leisure, sports, or school environment
• to have strong awareness of health and safety in a pool environment
• to demonstrate a clear understanding of the importance of promoting and safeguarding the welfare of children
• to have excellent communication, organisational, and interpersonal skills
• to demonstrate the ability to build positive and professional relationships with students, parents, and staff
• to have knowledge of pool plant operations, fitness suite supervision, or a willingness to develop these skills
• to be able to manage a varied workload, prioritise effectively, and work under pressure
• to have a flexible approach to working hours, including evenings and weekends
• to demonstrate a positive, proactive, and approachable attitude when supporting sports and leisure facilities operations

What New Hall offers:

• 35 days' holiday (including bank holidays)
• Lunch without charge in term time
• Discounted annual membership for New Hall Sport Club

New Hall School offers an exceptional working environment. The main campus occupies the stunning Grade I listed former Tudor palace of Beaulieu. The School's conference and events venue is at the Grade I listed Boreham House, one mile away. New Hall is a warm, welcoming, and supportive community, with a staff of around 300.

Beaulieu Park railway station is at the entrance to New Hall's Avenue: 30 minutes to Stratford and 38 minutes to London Liverpool Street.The Elizabeth Line at Shenfield (13 minutes by train) terminates at Heathrow airport. There are nearby airports: London Stansted, London Southend and London City.

SAFEGUARDING AND FURTHER INFORMATION

All adults employed by the New Hall School have a responsibility for data protection and have a duty to observe and follow the principles of the GDPR Regulations. All applicants must be able to provide evidence of their Right to Work in the UK prior to commencement of employment. As part of our need to comply with UK immigration rules, you will be required to provide Home Office stipulated documentation prior to interview.

As well as verification of identity, we ask all successful candidates to undertake an enhanced DBS disclosure. In line with Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE) guidance, we may also conduct an online search about any shortlisted candidates as part of our due diligence to identify any matters that might relate directly to our legal duty to meet safeguarding duties, in accordance with Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE). New Hall School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Due to the nature of this role, it will be necessary for the appropriate level of criminal record disclosure to be undertaken. In making your application, it is essential you disclose whether you have any pending charges, convictions, bind-overs or cautions and, if so, for which offences. This post will be exempt from the provisions of Section 4 (2) of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. Therefore, applicants are not entitled to withhold information about convictions which for other purposes are 'spent' under the provision of the Act, and, in the event of the employment being taken up; any failure to disclose such convictions will result in dismissal or disciplinary action. The fact that a pending charge, conviction, bind-over or caution has been recorded against you will not necessarily debar you from consideration for this appointment.

Information about the School

New Hall is a Catholic independent boarding & day School for girls and boys aged 1-19. New Hall School operates the highly successful 'diamond model', where students are educated in co-educational classes from ages 1 to 11 and at Sixth Form. However, from ages 11 to 16 they are taught in single-sex lessons.

From the moment New Hall students first travel up the mile-long, tree-lined avenue that leads to the grand façade of the former Tudor palace, they will be given individual opportunities to grow, learn, be challenged and to develop into confident young men and women. New Hall is set in an idyllic and convenient location, on the outskirts of the City of Chelmsford, just 30 minutes by train from London and within easy reach of all major London airports.

As a Catholic independent boarding & day school, we aim to educate the whole person: academically, creatively and socially, in a community which also nurtures the spiritual dimensions of human life.

All appointments are subject to safer recruitment requirements to ensure the safeguarding of children and young people. All positions will involve appropriate checks and clearances.

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