Recreation Assistant

Post Title: Recreation Assistant

Site Location: BH Live Active - Mountbatten Centre – Portsmouth

Full time equivalent salary: £25,467 per annum (pro rata for part time)

Hours per week: Various contracts available up to 40 hours per week

Contract Type: Permanent

Closing date for receipt of applications is Wednesday 19 November 2025

The role:

BH Live is recruiting for full and part time Recreation Assistants to join our busy team at the Mountbatten Centre. Located in Hilsea, a five-minute drive from Portsmouth city centre, Mountbatten Centre offers access to high-quality fitness facilities including a cardio zone, free weights, functional fitness, group cycle studio, sports hall, running track, swimming pool & spa.

We are ideally looking for someone who already holds an NPLQ qualification but if you haven’t, BH Live can help support you with your National Pool Lifeguard Qualification & training (subject to a successful interview and swim test). This is a nationally recognised qualification and will supply you with lifelong skills, such as self-confidence, teamwork as well as the ability to save lives.

If you do not currently hold a valid NPLQ qualification, you must be able to attend all the dates and times shown below:

Saturday 29 and Sunday 30 November 8am - 4.30pm

Monday 1 - Thursday 4 December 5pm - 10pm

Saturday 6 December 2025 11am - 4pm

You will:

• Work poolside
• Keep our customers safe
• Be a point of contact for our customers
• Erect, dismantle and move equipment
• Clean the centre and equipment

To be successful you will need:

• Your NPLQ qualification
• Satisfactory enhanced DBS Clearance
• Be a confident swimmer
• To keep calm under pressure and have good initiative
• The ability to concentrate whilst working poolside
• Great customer service skills

Please click here to view the full job description for more details on this role.

We offer:

• Onsite parking
• Training and development opportunities
• BH Live Active - Gym membership
• Health cash plan
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Company pension matched up to 6% contributions
• Colleague discount on food and drink
• Colleague recognition
• Birthday / Celebratory day off
• Loyalty Rewards

About BH Live:

We are one of the UK’s leading leisure and event venue operators – a registered charity and social enterprise.

Our geographical reach spans across multiple venues, leisure centres and attractions across Portsmouth, Southampton, Croydon and the BCP region with millions of visits per year.

Our organisational and charitable purpose is to generate:

· More participation – through the provision of leisure facilities to encourage active communities, improved health, and wellbeing

· Higher audiences – through the provision of a diverse range of cultural and artistic events that appeal to a wide audience

· Greater economic and social benefit – through hosting major conferences, exhibitions, and events for the benefit of the local, regional, and international economies and people

We are making a positive difference across the communities we serve.

To apply:

All applications are to be made via the BH Live Careers site: https://careers.bhlive.org.uk/

BH Live reserves the right to close the vacancy early should sufficient applications be received. We therefore highly recommend that you submit your application as soon as possible.