65 Recreation Programs jobs in the United Arab Emirates

We are seeking dynamic and charismatic individuals to join our team as Child Activity Leaders.

At the heart of our Kids Club, these talented professionals will create unforgettable experiences for guests of all ages. As a key member of our team, you will be responsible for developing and delivering engaging activities that foster a sense of wonder and excitement among children.

Your role will involve:

• Designing and implementing innovative programs that cater to diverse age groups and interests
• Leading group activities, ensuring a safe and enjoyable environment for each child
• Building strong relationships with guests, understanding their needs, and providing personalized care

In this fast-paced and creative environment, you will thrive alongside a dynamic team of like-minded professionals who share your passion for action-filled activities and caring for young minds.

This is an exceptional opportunity to grow professionally while making a lasting impact on the lives of our guests.

As a Child Activity Leader, you will have the chance to showcase your creativity, energy, and dedication to delivering exceptional service.

**Kids Club Animator Job Description**

We are seeking a creative and energetic individual to join our hotel's entertainment team as a Kids Club Animator.

This role involves organizing and leading engaging activities and programs for children staying at our hotel, creating a fun and safe environment where they can play, learn, and make friends while their parents relax.

Key Responsibilities:

• Activity Planning:** Plan, organize, and execute various age-appropriate activities and games for children, ensuring they are entertaining and educational.
• Childcare and Supervision:** Welcome children and their families, provide a warm and friendly atmosphere, and supervise children during activities to ensure their safety and well-being at all times.
• Cleanliness and Organization:** Maintain cleanliness and organization of the Kids Club area, ensuring it is safe and inviting.
• Collaboration and Communication:** Collaborate with other hotel departments to coordinate special events and themed activities, communicate effectively with parents regarding their children's participation and any specific needs or concerns.

Requirements and Qualifications:

• Experience and Skills:** Proven experience in childcare, education, or recreational activities, preferably in a hotel / resort setting; ability to engage children of various ages through creative and stimulating activities.
• Communication and Interpersonal Skills:** Strong communication skills and ability to interact effectively with children and parents.
• Patience and Enthusiasm:** Patience, enthusiasm, and a genuine love for working with children.
• Education and Certification:** Diploma or degree in vocational hospitality, fresher or 1-year experience in 4-5 star hotel; basic first aid and CPR certification (preferred).

The role of a Children's Activities Coordinator is to plan and implement engaging activities for kids, ensuring they have an unforgettable experience. The coordinator must possess excellent communication skills and be able to work well under pressure. It is essential to stay up-to-date with the latest trends in children's entertainment.

• Plan and organize activities that cater to different age groups.
• Develop a theme-based approach to activities, considering the interests of the children.
• Collaborate with other team members to create a cohesive and fun-filled environment.
• Ensure safety protocols are in place at all times.
• Maintain a clean and organized workspace.

Required Skills and Qualifications:

• Diploma (High School).
• Previous experience in a Recreation department.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to think creatively and come up with innovative ideas.

Benefits:

• Fulfilling work environment that brings joy to children.
• Ongoing training and development opportunities.

Others:

• Flexible working hours.
• Opportunity to make a difference in the lives of children.

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Established in the 1930s as a trading business, Al-Futtaim Group today is one of the most diversified and progressive, privately held regional businesses headquartered in Dubai, United A”rab Emirates. Structured into five operating divisions; automotive, financial services, real estate, retail and healthcare; employing more than 35,000 employees across more than 20 countries in the Middle East, Asia and Africa, Al-Futtaim Group partners with over 200 of the world's most admired and innovative brands. Al-Futtaim Group’s entrepreneurship and relentless customer focus enables the organisation to continue to grow and expand; responding to the changing needs of our customers within the societies in which we operate.

By upholding our values of respect, excellence, collaboration and integrity; Al-Futtaim Group continues to enrich the lives and aspirations of our customers each and every day.

Overview of the role

To inspire and surprise visitors by presenting and communicating the IKEA Home furnishing offer with strong visual impressions that exceed visitor’s expectations. This will strengthen the IKEA Brand and convert more visitors into customers.

To ensure that external MEDIA & DIGITAL ADVERTISING and Store communication is aligned with Local Marketing program (in coordination with Com & in team and Marketing team - SO) and researched, formulated and delivered in an accurate, timely, high quality and effective manner to have the same tone of voice in the customer journey.

To lead, develop and inspire the Store CAT team, other store functions and the Communication and Interior Design co-workers in increasing vitality and seasonality, knowledge of life at home and local market.

Support IKEA FAMILY membership, program and activities include creating fun, surprising and relevant store solutions that contribute to positioning the IKEA Brand and the IKEA store as an up-to-date and innovative destination that always offers something new.

What you will do

• Lead and inspire the Visual Merchandising and Interior Design/Activity co-workers and develop their visual merchandising and range presentation competence in order to strengthen the uniqueness of the IKEA identity in the stores.
• Support the Visual Merchandising/Activity co-workers in
• creating inspiring range presentation solutions that reflect
• life at home activities with seasonal relevance connected to the commercial activities.
• Responsible for the implementation of the vitality Calendar in the store. (360 approach, planning (store media aligned with media, commercial meetings, implementing and follow up together with the Sales Activity manager)
• Contributes in delivering the department action plan and ensures that specific store design initiatives are focused in order to grow our business and supporting Vitality/Activity commercial calendar.
• Responsible to be part of the Commercial CAT team in the store and take all the necessary steps to get an activity implemented.
• Actively contribute in the regional Visual Merchandising Leaders network and share regional directions and global tools with the Visual Merchandising/Activity co-workers in the store.
• Ensure IKEA uniqueness and IKEA Brand identity in range presentation and store communication in order to distance us from the competition. Taking ownership for how we are working with our Vitality calendar and Store activities.
• Using knowledge of the IKEA Concept, strategic messages and the IKEA Swedish identity to plan, create and implement store solutions that support the commercial priorities and facilitate the mechanical sales system.
• Optimize sales by supporting local marketing initiatives, drive traffic to the store by supporting commercial calendar, communicates with Com&In and Marketing team - SO before executing details of marketing initiatives.
• Partner with other functions to organise Vitality/Activity meetings and activates local activities including new launches, seasonal celebrations and/or events.
• Gathering information and run survey’s results for initiatives.
• Obtain relevant product and service information from the various departments and communicate it to the co-workers, allowing them to communicate to our customers in an accurate and timely manner.
• Develop, identify, utilize and update communication channels for delivering key messages (i.e. Intranet, monthly newsletter, etc.).
• Assist store management in a crisis situation by creating key communication messages and FAQs.
• Identify co-worker target groups and ensure that their information needs are met.
• Support all IKEA FAMILY initiatives.
• Work closely with other departments to ensure IKEA FAMILY concept and benefits are available and visible throughout the store.
  • Products offer
  • Services offer
  • IFB offer
  • Seminars and workshops offer
• Working with store sales/shopkeepers to make sure that the IKEA FAMILY shop is in shape as new at all time.
• Implement local commercial activities, IKEA FAMILY seminars and workshops
• Ensure that store co-workers understand the impact the IKEA FAMILY membership has on our long-term growth and profitability.
• Ensuring that IKEA FAMILY offers together with external partners are communicated as additional benefits.
• Always look at the store through the eyes of our customers finding ways to drive membership recruitment and inspire our co-workers to do the same.
• Contribute to deliver the IKEA FAMILY action plan based on local potentials.
• Clearly communicating the agreed action plan to my store management and commercial team.
• Work with IKEA FAMILY responsible to create new ideas and increase IKEA FAMILY membership.
• Achieve the agreed goals and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs).
• Coordinate with the Com&In and Marketing team in Service Office for supporting national marketing initiatives (e.g.: catalogue & catalogue distribution, promotions, soft toy campaign and other online/offline initiatives) supporting the Vitality/Activity calendar.
• Support and execution of projects that support the Marketing business plan.

Required skills to be successful

• Strategic Planning and Analytical Skills.
• Problem Solving Skills.
• Good Business acumen.
• Experience of setting and implementing action plans, budgets and following up on goals.
• Ability to prioritize and organize own work in order to make the most efficient use of time available.
• Ability to foster collaborative relationships with different target groups (co-workers, store management and commercial team) resulting in the establishment of strong communication networks.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills to engage a receiver by creating a passion for your plans.
• Ability to work autonomously and multi-task accordingly.
• Self-reliant and motivated with proven ability to work as part of a larger team.

What equips you for the role

• Must have a minimum of 3 years’ experience in related field, preferably in retail marketing.
• Significant experience of working as a Visual Merchandiser/ Activity leader in an IKEA Store or Service office. A higher education qualification in Interior design and Visual Merchandise.
• Must possess analytical and strategic skills for potential succession planning.
• Must be a multi-tasked and have a strong team spirit.
• Must be computer literate (All Microsoft Programs).

We’re here to provide excellent service but a little help from you can ensure a five-star candidate experience from start to finish.

Before you click “apply”: Please read the job description carefully to ensure you can confidently demonstrate why this opportunity is right for you and take the time to put together a well-crafted and personalised CV to further boost your visibility. Our global Talent Acquisition team members are all assigned to specific businesses to ensure that we make the best matches between talent and opportunities. We not only consider the requisite compatibility of skills and behaviours, but also how candidates align with our Values of Respect, Integrity, Collaboration, and Excellence.

As part of our candidate experience promise, we also want to make ourselves available to you throughout the application process. We make every effort to review and respond to every application.

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Established in the 1930s as a trading business, Al-Futtaim Group today is one of the most diversified and progressive, privately held regional businesses headquartered in Dubai, United A”rab Emirates. Structured into five operating divisions; automotive, financial services, real estate, retail and healthcare; employing more than 35,000 employees across more than 20 countries in the Middle East, Asia and Africa, Al-Futtaim Group partners with over 200 of the world's most admired and innovative brands. Al-Futtaim Group’s entrepreneurship and relentless customer focus enables the organisation to continue to grow and expand; responding to the changing needs of our customers within the societies in which we operate.

By upholding our values of respect, excellence, collaboration and integrity; Al-Futtaim Group continues to enrich the lives and aspirations of our customers each and every day.

Overview of the role

To inspire and surprise visitors by presenting and communicating the IKEA Home furnishing offer with strong visual impressions that exceed visitor’s expectations. This will strengthen the IKEA Brand and convert more visitors into customers.

To ensure that external MEDIA & DIGITAL ADVERTISING and Store communication is aligned with Local Marketing program (in coordination with Com & in team and Marketing team - SO) and researched, formulated and delivered in an accurate, timely, high quality and effective manner to have the same tone of voice in the customer journey.

To lead, develop and inspire the Store CAT team, other store functions and the Communication and Interior Design co-workers in increasing vitality and seasonality, knowledge of life at home and local market.

Support IKEA FAMILY membership, program and activities include creating fun, surprising and relevant store solutions that contribute to positioning the IKEA Brand and the IKEA store as an up-to-date and innovative destination that always offers something new.

What you will do

• Lead and inspire the Visual Merchandising and Interior Design/Activity co-workers and develop their visual merchandising and range presentation competence in order to strengthen the uniqueness of the IKEA identity in the stores.
• Support the Visual Merchandising/Activity co-workers in
• creating inspiring range presentation solutions that reflect
• life at home activities with seasonal relevance connected to the commercial activities.
• Responsible for the implementation of the vitality Calendar in the store. (360 approach, planning (store media aligned with media, commercial meetings, implementing and follow up together with the Sales Activity manager)
• Contributes in delivering the department action plan and ensures that specific store design initiatives are focused in order to grow our business and supporting Vitality/Activity commercial calendar.
• Responsible to be part of the Commercial CAT team in the store and take all the necessary steps to get an activity implemented.
• Actively contribute in the regional Visual Merchandising Leaders network and share regional directions and global tools with the Visual Merchandising/Activity co-workers in the store.
• Ensure IKEA uniqueness and IKEA Brand identity in range presentation and store communication in order to distance us from the competition. Taking ownership for how we are working with our Vitality calendar and Store activities.
• Using knowledge of the IKEA Concept, strategic messages and the IKEA Swedish identity to plan, create and implement store solutions that support the commercial priorities and facilitate the mechanical sales system.
• Optimize sales by supporting local marketing initiatives, drive traffic to the store by supporting commercial calendar, communicates with Com&In and Marketing team - SO before executing details of marketing initiatives.
• Partner with other functions to organise Vitality/Activity meetings and activates local activities including new launches, seasonal celebrations and/or events.
• Gathering information and run survey’s results for initiatives.
• Obtain relevant product and service information from the various departments and communicate it to the co-workers, allowing them to communicate to our customers in an accurate and timely manner.
• Develop, identify, utilize and update communication channels for delivering key messages (i.e. Intranet, monthly newsletter, etc.).
• Assist store management in a crisis situation by creating key communication messages and FAQs.
• Identify co-worker target groups and ensure that their information needs are met.
• Support all IKEA FAMILY initiatives.
• Work closely with other departments to ensure IKEA FAMILY concept and benefits are available and visible throughout the store.
  • Products offer
  • Services offer
  • IFB offer
  • Seminars and workshops offer
• Working with store sales/shopkeepers to make sure that the IKEA FAMILY shop is in shape as new at all time.
• Implement local commercial activities, IKEA FAMILY seminars and workshops
• Ensure that store co-workers understand the impact the IKEA FAMILY membership has on our long-term growth and profitability.
• Ensuring that IKEA FAMILY offers together with external partners are communicated as additional benefits.
• Always look at the store through the eyes of our customers finding ways to drive membership recruitment and inspire our co-workers to do the same.
• Contribute to deliver the IKEA FAMILY action plan based on local potentials.
• Clearly communicating the agreed action plan to my store management and commercial team.
• Work with IKEA FAMILY responsible to create new ideas and increase IKEA FAMILY membership.
• Achieve the agreed goals and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs).
• Coordinate with the Com&In and Marketing team in Service Office for supporting national marketing initiatives (e.g.: catalogue & catalogue distribution, promotions, soft toy campaign and other online/offline initiatives) supporting the Vitality/Activity calendar.
• Support and execution of projects that support the Marketing business plan.

Required skills to be successful

• Strategic Planning and Analytical Skills.
• Problem Solving Skills.
• Good Business acumen.
• Experience of setting and implementing action plans, budgets and following up on goals.
• Ability to prioritize and organize own work in order to make the most efficient use of time available.
• Ability to foster collaborative relationships with different target groups (co-workers, store management and commercial team) resulting in the establishment of strong communication networks.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills to engage a receiver by creating a passion for your plans.
• Ability to work autonomously and multi-task accordingly.
• Self-reliant and motivated with proven ability to work as part of a larger team.

What equips you for the role

• Must have a minimum of 3 years’ experience in related field, preferably in retail marketing.
• Significant experience of working as a Visual Merchandiser/ Activity leader in an IKEA Store or Service office. A higher education qualification in Interior design and Visual Merchandise.
• Must possess analytical and strategic skills for potential succession planning.
• Must be a multi-tasked and have a strong team spirit.
• Must be computer literate (All Microsoft Programs).

We’re here to provide excellent service but a little help from you can ensure a five-star candidate experience from start to finish.

Before you click “apply”: Please read the job description carefully to ensure you can confidently demonstrate why this opportunity is right for you and take the time to put together a well-crafted and personalised CV to further boost your visibility. Our global Talent Acquisition team members are all assigned to specific businesses to ensure that we make the best matches between talent and opportunities. We not only consider the requisite compatibility of skills and behaviours, but also how candidates align with our Values of Respect, Integrity, Collaboration, and Excellence.

As part of our candidate experience promise, we also want to make ourselves available to you throughout the application process. We make every effort to review and respond to every application.

We are seeking a friendly and approachable Recreation Assistant to join our team. As a key member of our recreation team, you will be responsible for ensuring that our guests have an enjoyable and relaxing experience.

• Key Responsibilities:

We are seeking a highly motivated and enthusiastic individual to join our team as a Gym Attendant.

• Main Responsibilities:

1. Serve as a key resource for all recreation activities facilitated on the property.
2. Provide information to guests about available recreation facilities.
3. Encourage guests to participate in recreation activities.
4. Promote a fun and relaxing atmosphere for guests.
5. Observe activity in the recreational facility and respond appropriately in accordance with local operating procedure in the event of an emergency.
6. Provide cashier services when working in facilities that include point of sales transactions.
7. Assist when hosting private functions within the recreation facilities with group activities and events.
8. Be aware of possible situations where guests are not able to safely participate in an activity and inform supervisor/manager.
9. Provide assistance to injured guests until the arrival of emergency medical services.
10. Clean and maintain recreational facilities, equipment, and supplies.

Requirements:

• Education: High school diploma or equivalent is required.
• Related Work Experience: No related work experience is required.
• License or Certification: CPR Certification and First Aid Certification are required.

Benefits:

• A supportive and dynamic work environment.
• Ongoing training and development opportunities.

JOB PURPOSE SUMMARY

To assist in developing fitness programs and assist in advancing sports and physical fitness of students and university community. Also, the incumbent will assist in Lifeguarding the swimming pool, sports coaching, fitness training and in special programs and events.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES

Under the supervision and program preparation of the Sports & Recreation Coordinator:

• Performs basic coaching of a sport and escorts the team to sports competitions.
• Preforms basic daily physical preparation training for sports teams
• Performs basic training in fitness, strength and conditioning training
• Educates users on rules, regulations and safety measures, and assist users when needed.
• Explains pre-prepared training programs for students (new users) involved in general physical activity training
• Acts as a first point of contact for Sports and Recreation facilities users and keeps log of guests and visitors.
• Ensures sports facilities, inventories and equipment are in safe working order and clean.
• Performs regular general maintenance and keeps a record of daily activities and follows the planned schedule.
• Performs swimming pool Life Guard duties, when needed.
• Assists in planning and organizing sports events and activities.
• Collects, arranges and returns equipment for special events.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.

DEGREE OF INDEPENDENCE/COMPLEXITY OF ENVIRONMENT

Must deal with a number of different clients while maintaining a professional manner. medium level of independence, maintain constant contact with the supervisor.

Work includes frequent nights and weekends.

WORKING RELATIONSHIPS/IMPACT OF INTERACTIONS

Interacts extensivelywith staff, faculty and students at all levels of the University to promote sports and healthy life living.

This position requires close work with other members of the Department thereby aiding the flow of communication to ensuring that tasks are distributed and filled.

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS

Must possess a Minimum of a high school level education and a minimum of 0-1 years of experience in the Sports and Fitness or an equivalent combination of education, skill or experience.

Must possess intercollegiate or intramural, recreational or competitive sports experience at a university or high school level.

Other essential requirements:

Sports or Fitness certification, Life Guard Certificate, UAE resident, excellent written and spoken English language

Desired or preferred requirements:

Sports or fitness associate level degree or diploma

Other coaching and/or sports training experience

COMPETENCIES

Communication -Able to share information in an effective and collaborative manner, both verbally and in writing.

Customer & Service Focused - Demonstrates a spirit of service excellence

Results & Action Orientation - Demonstrates initiative to generate improvements and foster positive outcomes.

Builds Effective Interpersonal Relationships - Demonstrates interpersonal effectiveness in the workplace.

Knowledge & Technical Competency - Demonstrates proficiency in technical and job knowledge aspects of the position to achieve high level of performance. Able and willing to learn.