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Anglian Water Services • Oakham | United Kingdom

Lifeguard - Casual

Employment type:  Full time
Salary:  £12 per hour
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Job Description

Seasonal Lifeguards needed for Spring/Summer 2026

0 Hour Contract / £12.60 per hour / Living Wage Employer

Are you a qualified Lifeguard and looking for an opportunity over the summer and weekends?

Dive into the world of water

What you will be doing?

You will be responding with urgency and efficiency to any swimmers and visitors in distress. Providing first-class service to all visitors whilst observing and supervising them to ensure beach and park rules are observed. Conduct regular checks and enforce safety guideline, and assist with setting up and maintaining facilities.

We welcome hundreds of visitors at Rutland Water Park every year and we would love to continue the tradition in Summer 2026 by giving people a place to spend time with their family outdoors.

What does it take to be an Anglian Water Lifeguard?

  • Trained Lifeguards need to have achieved the National Pool Lifeguard Qualification (NPLQ) and/or Open Water (OWL) Qualification

  • Excellent communication and social skills

  • Excellent customer service skills

  • Strong swimmer

  • Ability to have fun and be fun

As a valued member of the team, you are entitled to these fantastic benefits:

  • Flexible hours

  • Company Induction, Uniform and Training

  • Free parking at all our water parks

  • Discounts across our water parks – including our Watersports Centre and Cafe’s

What Next?

Apply today and be part of a team where your skills and enthusiasm make a real difference!

Company benefits

25-30 days annual leave + bank holidays
Adoption leave – 26 weeks full pay
Annual bonus
Annual pay rises
Bank holiday swaps
Bike parking – Secure bike parks at main offices
Buy or sell annual leave – 5 days (pro rata'd if part time)
Cinema discounts
Company car
Compassionate leave
Critical Illness Insurance – Personal Accident cover - providing a lump sum in the case of an accident leading to injury, death or disablement at any time, whether you are on company business or not
Cycle to work scheme
Electric Car Salary Sacrifice – 2 schemes available
Employee assistance programme
Employee discounts
Enhanced maternity leave – 26 weeks full pay
Enhanced paternity leave – 4 weeks full pay
Enhanced pension match/contribution – Double the contribution you make up to 6% - you pay in 6%, we pay in 12%
Enhanced sick pay
Eye Care Support – Free eye tests for visual display unit (VDU) users, along with free/discounts on glasses
Faith rooms
Family health insurance – Discounted family health insurance. Available to select annually.
Fertility treatment leave
Further education support
Gym membership – Discounted gym membership
Hackathons
Health assessment
Health insurance – Private Healthcare scheme including cover for pre-existing conditions
In house training
Income protection – Should you be unwell and unable to work for a period of time, the Income Replacement scheme may provide you with income for two years combined with sickness absence
Interest free loans
Learning platform
Life insurance – 8 times your basic annual salary
Loyalty programme – Awards for long service, along with increase in annual leave allowance
Lunch and learns
Meditation space
Mental health platform access
Mentoring
Neo-natal leave
Open to job sharing
Open to part time work for some roles
Open to part-time employees
Optional unpaid leave
Paid fostering leave – 5 days paid
Pregnancy loss leave
Private GP service – 24/7, unlimited remote GP appointments for you and your household
Professional subscriptions
Religious celebration leave
Sabbaticals
Salary sacrifice
Shared parental leave – 26 weeks full pay
Teambuilding days
Theme park discounts
Time off in-lieu
Volunteer days
Work from anywhere scheme – Available to those employees whose work can be done fully remotely
Reservist leave

Working at Anglian Water Services

Company employees:

6500

Gender diversity (m:f:n-b):

66:33:1

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United Kingdom

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