Customer Service Practitioner Apprenticeship

(SLM) - Blackbrook Leisure Centre

Blackbrook lane (TA1 2RW)

Closes in 27 days (Friday 11 July 2025)

Posted on 13 June 2025


Summary

Everyone Active are looking for enthusiastic and energetic candidates to work towards their Customer Service Level 2 and work as part of a friendly team to provide a fun, safe and quality experience for all of our customers. As part of your apprenticeship, you'll be embedded into a fully operational reception / sales and administration.

Training course
Customer service practitioner (level 2)
Hours
40 hours per week - exact shifts to be confirmed - including evenings and weekends.

40 hours a week

Start date

Friday 18 July 2025

Duration

1 year 3 months

Positions available

1

Work

Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.

What you'll do at work

At Everyone Active you will work towards your Customer Service Practioner Level 2 Apprenticeship qualification over the course of 15 months.

The successful candidate will be responsible for providing professional customer service in an efficient and helpful manner.

Customer Services Practitioner Apprenticeship will help you gain a foothold in the leisure reception industry. It will help you to gain a fully nationally recognised

Customer Service qualification along with developing customer interaction skills.

We are looking for enthusiastic and energetic individuals who have a unique drive towards delivering a high level of customer service and administration.

Across the 15-month apprenticeship you will cover:

  • Understanding our products and services
  • Working as part of a team
  • Dealing with customer conflict and challenge
  • Influencing skills

We need a receptionist who will...

  • Be passionate about promoting our products
  • Be able to work under your own initiative and work as part of a team
  • Have an enthusiastic can-do attitude and friendly personality
  • Be confident in using computers
  • Experienced in customer service, being the first points of contact, its' key you can provide a professional service to all our customers

You will be required to workdays, evenings, and weekends. Full training will be given on the centre's systems.

What can we do for you?

Well, along with a competitive salary and opportunities for development, you'll also get to enjoy working in a vibrant, exciting, and friendly environment. Furthermore, as a bonus, you and a partner/children will also get to enjoy free membership to our 220 plus centres nationwide.

Where you'll work

Blackbrook lane
TA1 2RW

Training

Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.

College or training organisation

LIFETIME TRAINING GROUP LIMITED

Your training course

Customer service practitioner (level 2)

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What you'll learn

Course contents
  • Use a range of questioning skills, including listening and responding in a way that builds rapport, determines customer needs and expectations and achieves positive engagement and delivery.
  • Depending on your job role and work environment: Use appropriate verbal and non-verbal communication skills, along with summarising language during face-to-face communications; and/or
  • Depending on your job role and work environment: Use appropriate communication skills, along with reinforcement techniques (to confirm understanding) during non-facing customer interactions.
  • Depending on your job role and work environment: Use an appropriate ‘tone of voice’ in all communications, including written and digital, that reflect the organisation’s brand.
  • Provide clear explanations and offer options in order to help customers make choices that are mutually beneficial to both the customer and your organisation.
  • Be able to organise yourself, prioritise your own workload/activity and work to meet deadlines.
  • Demonstrate patience and calmness.
  • Show you understand the customer’s point of view.
  • Use appropriate sign-posting or resolution to meet your customers needs and manage expectations.
  • Maintain informative communication during service recovery.

Your training plan

Customer Service Practitioner Apprenticeship Level 2, including Functional Skills in Maths and English.

Requirements

Desirable qualifications

Other in:

None required (grade None required)

Let the company know about other relevant qualifications and industry experience you have. They can adjust the apprenticeship to reflect what you already know.

Skills

  • Team Working
  • Organisation Skills

About this company

Sports and Leisure Management Limited (SLM Ltd) is the company behind the Everyone Active brand. The Company is the longest established leisure contractor in the UK having been formed in 1987 by our CEO Stephen Hulme. The Company has seen significant growth over the years and currently manages 93 sports, leisure and cultural facilities in partnership with 34 Local Authority clients.

After this apprenticeship

This position will equip the candidate with the skills to complete front of house, admin and sales roles. Opportunities to do other leisure based qualifications such as National Pool Lifeguard and level 1 Swim Teacher will also be available.

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

LIFETIME TRAINING GROUP LIMITED

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000325965.

Apply now

Closes in 27 days (Friday 11 July 2025)

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