Leisure Assistant
Benfield School, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Tyne and Wear, NE6 4NU24 days remaining to apply
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
11 January 2026 at 11:59pm
Date listed
17 December 2025
Job details
Job role
- Other support roles
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time: Saturdays 8:00am-6.30pm (10 hours per week)
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- N2 £24,796 per annum
Actual salary
- Actual salary £6,701 per annum pro rata - Living wage supplement £13.45 an hour
What skills and experience we're looking for
Benfield Sport Centre is seeking to appoint an individual to provide a high quality service to all customers using our Sports Centre. The successful candidate will ensure appropriate equipment, facilities and services are available for the implementation of the activity programme, carry out cleaning duties across all areas of the facility and set up and take down a full range of equipment ensuring Health & Safety guidelines and control measures are adhered to.
This post is to work Saturdays 8:00am-6.30pm (10 hours per week)
We are looking for a colleague who has:
- An understanding of how to deliver quality service within a leisure environment.
- Physical fitness appropriate for the post which will include setting up sports equipment.
- Ability to demonstrate good interpersonal skills with colleagues, contractors and customers.
- Ability to work as part of a team.
What the school offers its staff
Benfield Sports Centre have their own team of staff who run the centre which enables thousands of children and adults to take part in a varied programme of activities each week.
In return we offer:
- Great opportunities for continuing professional development and a career pathway across the trust.
- A team of hardworking, dedicated and friendly staff where everyone is valued.
- The benefitof working in a highly collaborative multi academy trust.
- Membership of theLocal Government Pensions Scheme which the trust also contributes to on your behalf.
- Recognition of previous service with other schools, academies, local government etc.
- Access to an Employee Assistance Programme (EAP), delivered by Health Assured – the UK and Ireland’s leading wellbeing provider.
- Good public transport links via Tyne and Wear Metro and road links from the A19 and A1058 Coast Road.
Further information about the job
If you would like to join us and feel you could thrive here, then please read the accompanying job description and person specification and click 'apply now' to complete an online application form no later than midnight on Sunday 11th January 2026.
Proposed interview dates - Friday 16th January 2026.
NEAT Academy Trust are committed to safer recruitment practice and promoting the welfare of children and expects staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This position is exempt from the provisions of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act and a satisfactory Enhanced DBS from the Disclosure and Barring Service is required as part of pre-employment checks. For shortlisted candidates, we will conduct an online search as part of our screening.
Commitment to safeguarding
As this vacancy involves working with children and young people, you must declare relevant criminal convictions when you apply for the job. A criminal record will not automatically stop you from getting the job but we will consider the nature of the offence when assessing how suitable you are for the job and discuss this with you at interview. If this job is in regulated activity we will also check if you are barred from working with children. If you are barred from working with children it is an offence for you to apply for a job.
Applying for the job
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About Benfield School
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary school
- School size
- 920 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Benfield School website
- Email address
- s.leslie@neatat.org.uk
- Phone number
- 0191 275 5115
Our school is one of six primary and secondary schools within the NEAT Academy Trust family of schools. At the heart of our trust is the aim to nurture, educate, achieve and transform the lives of all young people within the communities we serve across the North East. We have a national research school, which aims to build and strengthen networks of schools throughout the region and help them access effective education research and implement it in everyday practice.
Benfield School is a fully inclusive 11-18 school it has a distinct ethos with strong sense of support and loyalty. Excellent relationships between students and staff and a purposeful learning environment is evident in lessons and around the modernised site. With this foundation, students have a strong platform to be confident, happy and are able to achieve their aspiration.
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