About the job

Job summary

Here at HMNB DEVONPORT we are inclusive and dedicated to provide excellent supervision of a busy swimming pool that caters for Military personnel, their families and the civilian contractors. We have an exciting opportunity for a Swimming Pool Attendant to work within a team of 4. In the capacity of the job, you will be responsible for supervising the pool, identifying, preventing and reporting any potential dangers and dealing with any incidents that occur. If you think this is the role for you, we'd love to hear from you. 

This position is advertised at 37 hours per week.

Job description

As a swimming pool attendant you will be tasked to provide a high quality standard of supervision within a busy pool environment, which caters from leisure swims, to rehabilitation and military swim tests. You will be responsible to the swimming pool manager and be fully conversant with the Swimming Pool Emergency Action Plan (EAP) and Normal Operating Procedures (NOP’s)

Person specification

The Terms of Reference attached cover the responsibilities in more detail.

Responsible for the supervision of the Swimming Pool and other areas within the facility.  

To effect prompt Rescue/Resuscitation First Aid by applying Royal Lifeguard Saving Society UK taught standard emergency procedures.

To maintain high standards of facility presentation, customer care, cleanliness and hygiene

To attend regular Staff Training sessions as required, both with the lifeguards and Physical Training staff, and to remain in date National Pool Lifeguard Qualification with appropriate levels of fitness and knowledge.

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £21,610, Ministry of Defence contributes £5,834 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

Things you need to know

Selection process details

This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours and Experience.

At sift, you will be assessed against the following Behaviours:

• Working together
• Making effective decisions
• Leadership 

At interview, you will be assessed against the following Behaviours:

• Working together
• Making effective decisions
• Leadership

Interview to be held at His Majesties Naval Base Devonport, dates tbc.

As a result of the changes to the UK immigration rules which came into effect on 1 January 2021, the Ministry of Defence will only offer sponsorship for a skilled worker visa under the points based system, where a role has been deemed to be business critical.
The role currently being advertised has not been assessed as business critical and is therefore NOT open to applications from those who will require sponsorship under the points based system. Should you apply for this role and be found to require sponsorship, your application will be rejected and any provisional offer of employment withdrawn.
The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equality of opportunity. There is a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria. If you need to advise us that you need additional help or reasonable adjustments for the recruitment process, please contact: DBSCivPers-Resourcingteam3@mod.gov.uk 

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check. Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check (opens in a new window).

See our vetting charter (opens in a new window). People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

Nationality requirements

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

• UK nationals
• nationals of the Republic of Ireland
• nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
• Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window)

Working for the Civil Service

The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.

We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window). The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria. The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.