Swimming Instructors

St Helens Borough Council; Newton le Willows; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

St Helens Borough Council is seeking qualified Swimming Instructors to support the community by delivering swimming lessons and activities at various centers. With a focus on quality service and community engagement, this role offers flexible shifts and the opportunity to work in a supportive environment dedicated to health and active living.

Benefits

Enhanced pay for unsociable hours

Opportunities for training and career development

Flexible shifts for work-life balance

Qualifications

• Qualified swimming instructors sought for delivering lessons and aquatic activities.
• Experience in customer service and teamwork is valued.

Responsibilities

• Deliver swimming lessons according to the national governing body's standards.
• Support community by engaging with diverse groups in aquatic activities.

Skills

Communication

Teamwork

Customer Service

Education

Qualified Swimming Instructor

Job description

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Go Active the home of St Helens Borough Council Leisure and Active lives facilities is here to help our communities live well and feel great, whether that means hitting the gym, attending a fitness class, or keeping the kids active with swimming lessons or adventures at Willowbees Play, our centres have something for eve ryone! Our Go Active facilities are home to Newton-Le-Willows Health & Fitness, Queens Park Health & Fitness and Sutton Leisure Centre. Our Teams deliver the very best service we can for our residents and communities making a positive impact for real people. The dedication, professionalism and strength of our workforce is demonstrated every day . When you join us, you will be working with a trusted, supportive, and welcoming team. Find out more about our services and facilities here Go Active - Go Active

Making a Difference as a Swimming Instructor

Our qualified swimming instructors have a key role supporting the local community by delivering swimming lessons and aquatic based activities across our centres in accordance with the National governing body and aquatic swimming programme. We are always interested to hear from qualified instructors who are interested in either our Swimming Instructor positions or our dual Swimming Instructor/Leisure assistant posts.

We have vacancies available at both our Queens Park & Newton-le-Willows Centres.

Permanent vacancies range from 23 hours (Monday/Friday) for Swimming Instructors or up to 28 hours for Dual Post Swimming Instructors who also cover Leisure Assistants responsibilities on a rotational shift basis.

Your work life balance is important to us which is why we have put rotating shifts in place for duel roles.

Enhanced rates of pay may be applicable (dependent on role/terms) for unsociable/weekend hours, irregular shift allowance etc

Looking for more flexibility to fit in around studies or home life? Speak to us about casual vacancies in our Casual Talent Pool. Employees in our Casual Talent Pools operate flexibility to provide cover when needed at our centres without the commitment of set hours.

Join us at our Open Day!

At Go Active , we think recruitment decisions should be two way which is why we are inviting you to book onto one of our open days sessions, for an informal 1 hour meet and greet with the team.

Bookings will be taking place at our Newton le Willows Site on 26th or 27th June between 10am-7pm

We aim to foster an inclusive experience to allow you to demonstrate how you meet the criteria for our roles, but what’s matters is that you would like to make a difference and demonstrate commitment to our values.

We hope that visiting us on site will help you to experience what it would be like to work at Go Active , to save you time and help inform you, whilst sharing behind the scenes information to help you decide. C hat to staff and take a tour. Learn about vacancies, shifts, hours and locations, and find about the training and career development on offer!

To book your slot submit the short expression of interest form with this vacancy.

Equality & Diversity

We encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds, who share our values, our commitment to inclusion, and who will help us on our journey to transform our organisation.

The Council guarantees an interview to disabled applicants who demonstrate that they meet the essential criteria for the job, as detailed on the Person Specification, and will, for qualifying disabled candidates, make reasonable adjustments within the interview/selection process.

The council runs a Guaranteed Interview Scheme. Full details are available on our careers site.

Review full Job Description and Person Specifications with this advert.

All posts in Leisure services are subject to Enhanced DBS Disclosure. More information on Disclosure is available via our careers site.

We reserve the right to close the advert early should we receive a sufficient number of bookings. Book early to avoid disappointment.

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