Swim Teacher

Leicester City Council; Leicester; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 22,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Bus and train discounts

Training and development opportunities

Job summary

Active Leicester, part of Leicester City Council, seeks a Swim Teacher to deliver engaging swimming lessons across multiple leisure centres in Leicester. Roles include daytime, evenings and weekends with term-time and 50-week contract options.

You’ll be responsible for teaching, attendance tracking and safety compliance across centres, supporting a welcoming environment. Qualifications include STA/Swim England Level 1/2, with strong communication skills and experience teaching diverse groups.

Qualifications

• Requires STA award/certificate or Swim England Level 1/2 qualification.
• Experience devising and delivering engaging swim classes for varied abilities and backgrounds.

Responsibilities

• Deliver swimming lessons at Active Leicester centres.
• Record weekly attendance and swimmer progression.
• Ensure safeguarding, health & safety and operational requirements are met.
• Provide feedback and guidance to service users to ensure quality experience.

Skills

Swimming instruction

Communication

Punctuality

Job description

Various Hours / Permanent

Are you passionate about delivering motivating and engaging swimming lessons for all ages and ability levels, and have a flexible approach to working hours?

Location: Various locations across Leicester City

Salary: *GBP*14.82 - *GBP*16.08 Per Hour

Part time,

Active Leicester operates swimming lessons at seven leisure centres within the city: Aylestone, Braunstone, Cossington Street, Evington, Leicester Leys, New Parks and Spence Street.

When employed as a Swim Teacher, you’ll have the opportunity to work set hours on a permanent basis at any of our leisure centres. Hours of work may include daytime, evenings, and weekends and are open to discussion at interview.

To apply for a term-time school swimming contracts, you must be available Monday to Friday between 9am-3pm. Hours of work can flex termly dependent on school bookings, so flexibility is required.

To apply for a 50-week contract for the core programme, you must be able to commit to 2 days of work. Lessons typically start at 4pm Monday to Friday, and 8 or 9am on the weekend. Shifts can range from 2-4 hours.

What You'll Be Doing

You’ll work closely with the leisure centre teams to deliver swimming lessons to Active Leicester customers, ensuring you create a safe and welcoming environment.

You’ll teach a programme of instructed sessions, record weekly attendance and progression for each swimmer and comply with all training, safeguarding, health & safety and operational requirements. Using your expertise, you’ll provide feedback and direction to service users, promoting a quality experience for all.

What You’ll Need

• An appropriate Swimming Teaching qualification – STA award/certificate or Swim England (Previously ASA) Level 1/Level 2 qualification.
• Previous experience of devising and delivering engaging swim classes for participants of varying abilities and from a variety backgrounds and cultures using a variety of swimming aids and equipment.
• You’ll need excellent communication skills to deliver high levels of customer service to the swimmers and their parents/guardians, as well as good punctuality, time management and organisation skills to ensure each lesson runs smoothly, safely and progressively.

Appointment to this post is subject to an enhanced DBS check.

What We Can Offer You

As well as the satisfaction of helping to improve thousands of lives across Leicester, you can look forward to a work environment that encourages a healthy work/life balance. We’ll also give you the chance to develop your skills and expertise with a variety of training and development opportunities. In addition, you can choose from a number of flexible benefits, including discounts on city buses and trains. For an illustrative value of your benefits package, take a look at our benefits calculator.

Join us

We’re committed to recruiting a diverse and highly-talented workforce as we continue to build a council that is fitting and representative of our great city. That’s why we’ve designed our recruitment process to put you at your ease, make you feel welcome and bring the best out of you. We’ll do all we can to make our recruitment process as fair as possible.

For an informal discussion about this post, please contact Jennifer Hudspith on 0116 4544100 or [e-mail]

Positions are available for immediate start. You'll be contacted shortly after applying.