Baby & Pre-School Swimming Teacher

Better; Cardiff; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 24,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Access to pension scheme

Health Assurance

Ride to Work

Free eye tests

Discounted leisure centre membership

Job summary

GLL at Llanishen Leisure Centre is seeking a Baby & Pre-School Swimming Teacher to deliver high-quality in-water lessons. You will follow the SWIMBiES plans, sing in public, and be the welcoming face for the baby lesson programme, ensuring a safe and loving teaching environment for children and parents.

Experience with babies and toddlers, plus strong communication with guardians, is essential. The role offers flexible hours and a staff-owned, community-focused workplace with broad development

Qualifications

• Must hold one of the listed Baby & Pre-School swimming qualifications.
• If not held, willingness to develop delivery experience with structured support.
• STA Level 2/3 credentials preferred with timely completion targets.

Responsibilities

• Deliver high quality Baby & Pre-School lessons in water.
• Follow SWIMBiES lesson plans and programmes.
• Engage with customers, create a safe, fun environment, communicate clearly.

Skills

Baby swimming

Toddlers care

Parent communication

Public singing

Education

STA Level 2 Award

Swim England Level 2

STA Level 3 Diploma

Job description

GLL is looking for Baby & Pre-School Swimming Teachers based at Llanishen Leisure Centre. If you have the skills and ambition to join us as a Baby & Pre-School Swimming Teacher, there has never been a more exciting time to join us. This is more than just a Baby & Pre-School Swimming Teacher job, it's a career.

As a Baby & Pre-School Swimming Teacher, your primary role will be to deliver excellent quality Baby & Pre-School swimming lessons in line with our product SWIMBiES. Baby & Pre-School Swimming Teachers deliver in the water for lessons, following the plans of the programme. Singing is a large part of the role, so you will need to be confident to sing in public. You will be the face of our baby lesson programme at centres, which means you will be expected to communicate effectively with all customers, as well as being welcoming, creating a safe, fun, and loving teaching environment.

What qualifications do I need to hold?

Baby & Pre-School Swimming Teachers must hold one of the following qualifications:

• STA Level 2 Award in Baby & Pre-School Swimming Teacher
• Swim England Level 2 Teaching Pre-School Swimming
• STA Level 3 Diploma in Baby & Pre-School Swimming Teacher

If the above qualification is not held but you hold a STA Level 2 Award or certificate qualification and you have a passion for delivering Baby & Pre-School swimming lessons, we will work with you to help develop your delivery experience. STA Level 2 Award in Baby and Pre-School must be completed within 6 months of taking on regular lessons.

Experience/Knowledge

As a Baby & Pre-School Swimming Teacher, you will have experience and knowledge in the following areas:

• Experience working with babies & toddlers
• Experience working with parents & guardians
• Understanding of child development in relation to baby swimming lessons
• Knowledge of songs and games suitable for baby swimming lessons

Planning and completing any necessary administration will be a vital part of your role, ensuring that the customer experience is positive from entering the centre through to changing and then during the lessons itself.

As a leader within the leisure industry, we can also offer scope to progress your career and job variety like nowhere else.

As a charitable social enterprise and cooperative owned by our staff, GLL is a unique organisation for you to have a career with!

The basics:

• This is a Flexible position. Hours of work will be negotiated with you in line with the needs of the service; flexible working may be possible. Working from home is not possible in this role.
• We are an accredited Living Wage employer with industry-leading rates of pay.
• We can offer a career, not just a job, with extensive Learning & Development support available.
• A uniform will be supplied and must be worn.
• GLL is Values Driven, not Profit Driven. We work hard to benefit the communities we operate in.
• As a staff-owned organisation, you will be given the opportunity to join the Society and have a stake in your business.

Additionally, GLL offers employees a range of employment benefits:

• Access to a pension scheme.
• Health Assurance and access to Counselling services.
• Access to the tax-efficient Ride to Work bicycle purchase scheme.
• Free annual eye tests.
• Discounted nationwide (over 200 centres) inclusive leisure centre membership for you and your partner. This includes GLL Extras!

GLL Society benefits (if you choose to join the Society after your probation period) include:

• The right to stand for the Society board and to vote for board members to represent you.
• Access to team building and fun events such as treks, concerts, outings, etc.
• Access to a range of benefits exclusive to our people – ask your line manager for details or check out the Intranet.

About GLL:

As the UK's largest leisure operator and charitable social enterprise, we offer a range of careers for everyone in our local communities. We manage over 400 facilities across England, Wales, and Northern Ireland, including public sport and leisure centres, elite sporting venues, libraries, and children's centres.

Our people are from the communities we serve and help us make real changes in their local area.

One of our core values is 'More than a Job', because working with us opens a wide range of possibilities and opportunities for you, starting with how you work with us. To make sure we are having a positive impact on our people, we also offer some flexible and part-time working options so you can ...

We offer two different types of work arrangements:

• A permanent employment contract - part time and full time.
• A flexible worker engagement by joining our flexible worker pool.