Casual Learn to Swim Officer - Ryde Aquatic Leisure Centre

City of Ryde; Ryde; On-site; AUD 46,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Uniform provided

Job summary

City of Ryde is seeking a Casual Learn to Swim Officer for the Ryde Aquatic Leisure Centre. You will teach swimming to participants from beginners to advanced and promote water safety across groups including children and adults.

You must hold a current Austswim Teacher of Swimming & Water Safety and CPR certificate. Hours are casual, Mon-Fri 9:00am–3:00pm with shifts 9am–2:30pm, uniform provided and a competitive hourly rate.

Qualifications

• Hold a current Austswim Teacher of Swimming & Water Safety qualification and a CPR certificate.
• Infant Aquatics Teaching Certificate or Teacher of Swimming for People with Disabilities is desirable but not essential.

Responsibilities

• Teach swimming skills to diverse groups from beginners to advanced.
• Educate on water safety and stroke development.
• Work within Learn to Swim and school-based rescue programs as required.

Skills

Enthusiastic

Reliable

Water safety instruction

Education

Austswim Teacher of Swimming & Water Safety

CPR certificate

Job description

Casual Learn to Swim Officer - Ryde Aquatic Leisure Centre

Job No:COR1781

• Competitive rate of $40.46 per hour (includes 25% casual loading)
• Shifts Monday to Friday between 9am - 2:30pm
• Uniform provided

About Us

City of Ryde, just 12 kilometres from Sydney CBD, is a place of unique lifestyle and opportunity. It is home to an engaged and culturally diverse community of around 130,000 people, and a strong and growing Smart City economy including more than 13,000 local businesses, Macquarie Park, world-class hospitals, and a leading university. All balanced with beautiful bushland, riverfront parks, open spaces, and sport facilities.

Our council delivers a broad range of services, projects, programs, and events. We are actively committed to innovation, sustainability, resilience and providing exceptional customer experiences, and this relies on attracting and keeping great people. We offer a range of benefits, including flexible work arrangements, health and wellbeing programs, a learning and development program including study support, and a reward and recognition program.

The Ryde Aquatic Leisure Centre (RALC) boasts an extensive range of water based learning programs, activities and features as well as a wide variety of junior and senior sporting programs held at our indoor stadium.

About the Role

Are you an energetic person who loves working with children? Do you get a buzz watching them grow from splash to stroke? Are you available to work various shifts? If you answered "Yes" to the above, then you will enjoy being part of our Casual Learn to Swim team at the Ryde Aquatic Leisure Centre.

As a Learn to Swim Officer, you will teach swimming skills to people at all levels of ability from beginners to advanced. Your swimming groups will be diverse from small children to adults. While you will educate your groups in the various swimming strokes, you will also teach all aspects of water safety.

The key requirements for this position are that you are enthusiasti c, reliable and have a passion for working with children. You will need to hold a current Austswim Teacher of Swimming & Water Safety qualification and CPR certificate.

An Infant Aquatics Teaching Certificate and/or Teacher of Swimming for People with Disabilities Certificate and/or experience in working in a similar role will give you an edge, but is not essential.

Position is for Learn to Swim and School's based rescue programs Mon-Fri 9:00am – 3:00pm

This is a Child Related position and applicants must have registered for the new Working With Children Check to be considered for this position. Employment is subject to verification of the Working With Children Check status. For more information go tothe Office of the Children's Guardian website.

City of Ryde is committed to Equal Employment and Child Safety

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