Receptionist
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Oct 22, 2026. First seen by Alion on Oct 22, 2026. Serco scores A on the Alion truth index.
Receptionist
Location: Aqua Vale Swimming and Fitness Centre, Park St, Aylesbury HP20 1DX
Hourly Rate: £8.84 to 12.71 per hour plus excellent benefits
Schedule: Permanent, part-time weekend hours
Make a positive difference every day
At Serco, we're pleased to be recruiting on behalf of Leisure Solutions Community Trust.
Leisure Solutions Community Trust encourages active, healthy lifestyles across the local community. Providing affordable access to a wide range of sports and leisure facilities in a safe, clean, friendly and welcoming space, their goal is to support healthier and happier lives for everyone. Delivering these services relies on an enthusiastic, customer-focused team, and they're now looking for a Receptionist to join their team and help make a positive difference every day.
As a Receptionist, you'll be the first point of contact for customers, creating a welcoming environment and helping people access the facilities and services they need. Through excellent customer care and professional support, you'll play an important role in delivering a positive impact on communities and helping more people enjoy active, healthy lifestyles.
What you’ll do as a Receptionist
- Provide excellent customer service face to face and over the telephone
- Manage reception duties, ensuring smooth day-to-day operations
- Process new memberships and manage new member enquiries
- Promote health and fitness services and swimming lessons, and membership upgrades
- Handle cash transactions and follow financial procedures accurately
- Support colleagues across the team when required
- Maintain a safe and compliant environment in line with policies and procedures
- Build positive relationships with customers and stakeholders to deliver consistent service excellence
Does this sound like you?
- Experience delivering strong customer service in a customer-facing environment
- Ability to maintain accurate records
- Confident in the use of IT systems and Microsoft Office applications, with the ability to learn new software quickly.
- The ability to stay calm under pressure and resolve customer queries effectively
- Strong communication skills and a positive, proactive approach
- A flexible mindset, able to adapt to different situations and support the wider team
What we offer
- Free gym membership for you and your immediate family
- Free safeguarding training and DBS checks
- Free swimming lessons and holiday clubs for one child (50% off for additional children)
- 21 days’ holiday plus bank holidays
- 6% employer matched pension contribution
- Training and development opportunities
- Employee Assistance Programme, Wisdom wellbeing app, Personal Trainer discounts
- Discounts across around 1,000 retailers, from food and clothing to days out, entertainment, travel, and gym equipment
- Learn more at www.moreleisure.org/employee-benefits
Vetting and checks:
A Standard DBS check will be carried out for this position. This includes spent and unspent convictions, cautions, reprimands, and warnings as permitted under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act. An Occupational Health Questionnaire will also be completed to help us identify and provide any support you may need to undertake the role effectively
Serco Leisure is one of the UK's leading national operators of leisure centres, destination venues and elite sporting facilities, managing sites, services and recruitment on behalf of the Leisure Trust.
Our inclusive recruitment commitment:
We prioritise your skills and potential, and champion equal opportunities for all. We offer flexible and hybrid working where possible and make reasonable adjustments throughout recruitment and employment.
- Guaranteed Interview Scheme: Applicants with disabilities, veterans and people with convictions, who meet the minimum job criteria, are guaranteed an interview. Simply opt into the relevant scheme on the application form.
- Ban The Box: We also support fair access for those with unspent criminal convictions through our ‘Ban the Box’ pledge (some roles may have security exemptions).
Please note, for many of our roles, a DBS check will be required.
For support with your application, please contact [email protected].
Ready to make a difference? Apply today.