Sports Centre Assistant
Sharnbrook Academy, Bedford, Bedfordshire, MK44 1JL4 days remaining to apply
Start date details
1st June2026
Closing date
15 May 2026 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
11 May 2026
Job details
Job role
- Teacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time, full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £12.89 Hourly
Sports Centre Assistant job summary
52 weeks per year, 8 hours per week, 8.45 - 5.15 Saturday
We have an exciting opportunity to join Sharnbrook Community Sports Centre as a Sports Centre Assistant, required each Saturday. You will support gym users and members of the public with enquiries, ensuring clean, safe and operational sports facilities at all times and completing reception duties, to include the use of the sports centre booking system and cash handling. The successful candidate will have experience communicating professionally with the public and be an adaptable and reliable team player, willing to get involved and lend a hand wherever it is needed. The role will involve keyholder responsibilities and lone working, so you must be proactive and confident in dealing with the public.
Sharnbrook Community Sports Centre is located in the grounds of Sharnbrook Academy. It is a vibrant local facility offering a fitness studio, air-conditioned aerobics studio, multi-function sports hall and a floodlit full size synthetic turf pitch.
The Opportunity
A great chance to work with a strong, fun enthusiastic team
Provide strong professional advice to promote the Trust brand
Work closely with the members of the public and local community
To join a well-resourced department
The ideal candidate
Has a good educational background with evidence of CPD
Possess excellent interpersonal skills to effectively influence
Be a team player, with a ‘can do’ solution focused attitude
Possess outstanding communication skills and personal integrity
Benefits of working for us include:
Free on-site parking
Eyecare vouchers
Access to a free Employee Assistance Programme, offering mental health and wellbeing support
Cycle to work scheme
Reduced staff membership to the facilities at Sharnbrook Community Sports Centre
Free tea and coffee making facilities
Generous sick pay and annual leave
Sharnbrook Academy is part of the successful Meridian Trust. The school is located in attractive rural surroundings and provides excellent opportunities for young people. Our students engage fantastically in lessons, and their attitude for learning is exemplary and reflected in their achievements. Our education teams are committed, motivated and welcoming, and proud to be part of a consistently high achieving school that fully supports its staff.
Meridian Trust is a successful multi-academy trust founded on its commitment to people and communities.
Our proven approach over more than a decade has elevated us to a respected and admired academy trust, a national leader in education and a source of great pride to the communities we serve. The Trust currently operates 30 schools across Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Peterborough, Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire and has forged strong links within all these communities. We are committed to high quality professional development and career opportunities for all staff. To find out more about the Trust, please visit: www.meridiantrust.co.uk
For more information about the role please download the Applicant Information Pack below.
Closing date for applications is:15/05/2026
Interview to take place on: 20/05/2026
The Trust is committed to diversity and inclusion and equality of opportunity for all staff and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.
The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All appointments will be subject to pre-employment checks, including an enhanced check with the Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS), as well as social media checks.
Further information about the job
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.
Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.
Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children
You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.
Applying for the job
This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.
CVs will not be accepted for this application.
View advert on external website (opens in new tab)About Sharnbrook Academy
- School type
- Academies, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary school
- School size
- 1685 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Sharnbrook Academy website
Sharnbrook Academy is a member of the Sharnbrook Academy Federation multi-academy trust. Our academy is set in attractive rural surroundings and provides excellent opportunities for pupils aged 11 to 18. We are proud to be part of an organisation where students thrive in lessons and make significant contributions to the wider life of the school through extracurricular activities, work in the community and by participating in local and national competitions. Student behaviour is exemplary, and the climate for learning is vibrant and inclusive.
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