Please refer to the Job Pack document

Full Time, Permanent

ASAP

13 December 2024

Abingdon School is seeking to appoint two enthusiastic, motivated and flexible candidates to assist with the operation of the sports facilities at Abingdon Sports Centre and Tilsley Park.
Staff are responsible for a wide variety of duties which include customer liaison, lifeguarding (Sport Centre only), assisting with school use and external bookings at both sites and general administrative support. Candidates must have strong customer service and administration skills with a good level of IT competency.
Duty Managers work as part of a team on a shift pattern and therefore some evening and weekend work will be necessary.
Previous experience and professional qualifications in the sports/leisure industry is preferable. Applications are encouraged from candidates who already hold a valid National Pool Lifeguard Qualification (NPLQ) or have the ability to qualify within two months of commencing employment (Sport Centre only).
We offer a range of generous benefits including a contributory pension scheme, private healthcare insurance, free uniform, free use of leisure facilities with discounted exercise classes, free lunch during term time, Christmas closure days and discounted school fees (eligibility criteria apply).
Early applications are encouraged and will be reviewed on receipt.
We recognise the value of a diverse and inclusive workplace and are committed to equality of opportunity for all staff and job applicants. We aim to ensure that our staffing at all levels and in all roles is diverse and we welcome applications from all backgrounds and all sections of the community.
CLOSING DATE: Friday 13 December 2024 (midday)
INTERVIEWS: w/c 16 December 2024
For further details and to apply please visit our recruitment portal:
Abingdon is committed to safeguarding the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. All appointments are subject to a satisfactory enhanced DBS check.

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Abingdon combines over 750 years of history and tradition with a modern outlook. It offers day and boarding with the senior school housing around 1070 students aged 11 to 18, of whom 360 are in the sixth form, and approximately 130 are boarders. There is also a preparatory school at Frilford, near Abingdon, for 215 students aged 4 - 13. The two establishments together form the Abingdon Foundation, an independent charity, governed according to a scheme approved by the Charity Commissioners. Full particulars can be found in the Independent Schools Year Book.
The School stands in beautiful grounds close to the centre of Abingdon, six miles south of Oxford. Day students are drawn from a region that includes the University and City of Oxford, a number of large scientific establishments such as those at Harwell and Culham, and a wide area of the Upper Thames Valley and the Berkshire Downs. A wider region supplies weekly boarders, and there is a thriving international community of full boarders.
Students are selected for entry by examination, and the curriculum is geared towards the academic pupil. The expectation is that the vast majority of students who enter the school proceed to university, with a significant number winning places at Oxford and Cambridge every year.
The School has developed considerably over the last half-century, and has benefitted from a major building programme, including a new arts centre and a multi-million pound sports centre. Recent additions include a superb science centre housing 21 teaching labs and a new sixth form centre, a library and art facilities which opened in 2018. Autumn 2020 saw the Computer Science and Business & Economics departments move into a purpose built new three-story building. New and refurbished boarding facilities as well as a flexible new dining pavilion were completed in Autumn 2023.
The strength of the teaching staff is seen as the key to Abingdon’s continuing success. The Head seeks recruits of the highest possible standard, with a powerful professional vision and who are prepared to exert themselves wholeheartedly for the benefit of their pupils and the School.