Swimming Teacher

We Are Swim; Bradford; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading swimming instruction provider in the UK is seeking passionate Swimming Teachers. You will inspire children aged 3-11 through engaging and fun swimming lessons, using technology to track progress, while ensuring safety standards. This self-employed role offers weekday evening and weekend hours, with full training and qualification available. Join us to make a difference in children's lives.

Qualifications

• Strong communication skills to engage with both children and parents.
• Capacity to assess swimmers and provide encouragement.
• Commitment to maintaining safety standards in swimming sessions.

Responsibilities

• Plan and deliver swimming lessons as per the scheme of work.
• Integrate reward schemes into classes for motivation.
• Ensure safety standards are adhered to during lessons.
• Regularly assess swimming abilities and provide feedback.

Skills

Enthusiastic and positive attitude towards swimming

Good communicator

Ability to inspire confidence and motivate swimmers

Perseverance and patience

Ability to encourage people and put them at ease

Desire to meet individual needs

Professional and well-organised

Flexibility to work weekdays, evenings, and weekends

Job description

Our Olympians need you!

How would you like to work with Total Swimming Group - one of Britain's most successful sport and leisure businesses?

We are looking for engaging and inspiring individuals to work as Swimming Teachers to join our industry leading swimming teaching team, delivered at centres across the UK.

Your primary role will be to teach our quality swimming programme for 3-11 years to inspire children to swim through fun and innovative, delivering excellent standards of customer experience for swimmers and parents and changing lives through giving every child opportunity to learn to swim.

As part of your teaching role you will not only deliver fun and inspiring lessons, but also use technology to track swimmers progress, work as part of a team to deliver a premium experience. This will include customer engagement, attending training and team meetings to share best practice and learn from each other.

This role is for weekday evenings and weekend hours, self-employed contract with guaranteed hours.

If you share our passion for changing lives through learning to swim and want to make a difference both in and out of the water, then this is a rare opportunity to join a progressive and industry leading company.

Full training and qualification can be provided, we recruit on character and personality – so change your life and get in touch today!

Main Duties

• To plan and deliver swimming lessons ensuring adherence to the scheme of work and lesson plans
• Integration of the programme reward schemes into classes
• Ensure safe provision of all equipment and ensure it is used correctly
• Make sure safety standards are followed in sessions and undertake dynamic risk assessments
• Identify swimmers abilities and encourage them to reach their full potential
• Provide explanations and demonstrate modern and accurate swimming techniques
• Develop swimmer’s techniques and identify ways to improve performance
• Create a positive and fun environment in which to motivate and encourage swimmers
• Evaluate sessions and give feedback
• Regularly assess each swimmer’s ability and progress and arrange for the award of the appropriate certificates using our online portal

Skills

• Enthusiastic and positive attitude towards swimming
• Good communicator
• The ability to inspire confidence and motivate swimmers
• Perseverance and patience
• The ability to encourage people and put them at ease
• A desire to meet individual needs
• Professional, punctual and well‑organised person responsible for the implementation, development and organisation of swimming classes
• Flexibility to work weekdays, evenings and weekends