Job Advert - Sauna Officer
- Sep 13, 2025
- 2 min read
Updated: Oct 5, 2025
Pay & Details:
£30k pro rata
Based at Kirkstall Valley Farm, option to work from home 1day/week
30hours/week, including evenings, early starts and weekends.
What you’ll be doing
Each of our director members will take the lead on one of five teams in the management and administration of Leeds Community Sauna. Alongside this role, you are expected to spend a minimum of three shifts per week at the Sauna, partaking in the day-to-day tasks of opening the site, lighting the fires, welcoming customers, cleaning the saunas etc.
We expect that ca. 15 hours per week will be spent on administrative duties, half of which will be carried out at the Kirkstall site, with the option to work from home one day a week. The remaining hours per week will be spent on operational duties, where your role will be to ensure a positive, comfortable experience for everyone who comes along to use the site.
You’ll also be a Director Member of the cooperative, meaning you get an equal say with the rest of the team about how the business is run.
We are currently flexible about which of the teams that this Sauna Officer will lead on.
Please choose the role you wish to apply for and specify this in your application. The teams eligible for this job advert are:
Operations
Comms & Marketing
Community
Governance and Policy
What we’re looking for:
For team specific requirements, see the Job Requirements for each role
More generally, we’re looking for:
Someone well-organised and reliable who is able to ask questions, learn, and take leadership
Someone who is able to work both independently and be a flexible, responsive and positive team member
Experience of working in a customer-facing role
Strong interpersonal and communication skills
Someone who enjoys working in a busy, welcoming and outdoor environment
A do-er - someone who is able to take initiative and problem-solve
Being passionate about saunas, community initiatives and cooperative working practices is a big plus!
Apply
Application deadline is midnight on 16th October. To apply, send an email to info@leedscommunitysauna.com that contains:
A 1-page Cover letter setting out your suitability for the role and ability to meet each of the Essential Requirements (and any Desirable Requirements you can meet), using any relevant experience to demonstrate this. Please include a paragraph on your experience and appetite for working within a co-operative business. We recommend writing your experience under headings to explicitly link your experience with the requirements.
A C.V. (max 2 sides) with your work history.
The job title and your name in the subject line of your email.
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