Love working with young children? Enjoy bringing energy, play, and creativity to your work? Trafford Leisure is on the lookout for a Children’s Activity Leader (Tiny Teds) to join the team.
Location: Stretford Sports Village, Chester Centre
Rate: £13.45 per hour
Hours:
- Monday–Friday: 9:30am – 11:45am (essential)
- Tuesday: 1:00pm – 3:15pm (optional additional hours)
Total: 11.25 hours (core) / 13.5 hours (with Tuesday shift)
Why Join Us?
Trafford Leisure is a community focused leisure operator and Community Interest Company, delivering sport, physical activity, and wellbeing services on behalf of Trafford Council. Our purpose is simple and powerful: to inspire and create opportunities for the people of Trafford to move more every day and live longer, healthier, happier lives.
We exist to benefit our communities, not shareholders. As a social enterprise, we balance financial sustainability with social impact, reinvesting into facilities, programmes, and partnerships that improve health, reduce inequality, and strengthen community wellbeing across Trafford’s diverse neighbourhoods.
Working through our customer facing move brand and our evidence led Trafford Leisure brand, we deliver inclusive leisure centres, community programmes, health and wellbeing initiatives, and strategic partnerships that support behaviour change at scale. Movement is central to everything we do, because we believe it is a catalyst for better health, stronger communities, and positive life outcomes.
We are an ambitious organisation with a clear social purpose, committed to inclusion, innovation, and working collaboratively with partners, communities, and colleagues for the benefit of our Trafford community.
The Role:
Bring energy and fun to our Tiny Teds sessions! You’ll be leading energetic, playful sessions full of songs, games, and movement for young children and their parents.
In the role of Children’s Activity Leader, you will be responsible for:
- Deliver fun, interactive play sessions, songs and activities
- Keep children safe, happy and engaged
- Maintain simple attendance records
- Work with the team to continually improve sessions
- Follow safeguarding and health & safety procedures
What you need:
- Experience working with children in a similar role (e.g. nursery, childcare, coaching, or similar)
- A positive, energetic and caring approach
- Great communication and customer service skills
- Calm, reliable and flexible
Benefits:
- A supportive and structured workplace
- Pension scheme
- 32 days holiday, rising to 38 days after 5 years (including bank holidays and Trafford Leisure days)
- Company sick pay
- Health and Ride 2 Work schemes
- Free Fitness Membership (worth up to £450 per year)
- Discounted Fitness Membership for up to 5 family or friends
- 24/7 GP access
- Employee health scheme, including confidential counselling
- Employee Assistance Programme (claim up to £1,150 per year in healthcare costs)
- Perks at Work discounts
- Access to Manchester Credit Union for savings and loans
Closing date for applications is 3rd June 2026.
Interviews are planned for WC 8th June 2026.
The Next Steps
To apply, please complete the application form using the link below. If you need any adjustments or have difficulty applying, you can email your CV to: [email protected]
If you’re passionate about working with young children and creating fun, engaging experiences, we’d love to hear from you.
Equality, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EEDI)
At Trafford Leisure, we are committed to equality, equity, diversity, and inclusion. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and are dedicated to providing a fair and inclusive recruitment process. If you need any support to apply, please contact: [email protected]
