Swimming Teacher

LeisureSK Limited; Stamford; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking enthusiastic Swimming Teachers to join their dynamic team. In this role, you will be responsible for planning and delivering engaging swimming lessons, ensuring a safe and enjoyable environment for all participants. You will play a crucial role in the success of the Swim School, fostering community engagement and contributing to the overall viability of the centre. If you have a passion for swimming and customer interaction, this is an exciting opportunity to make a positive impact while developing your skills in a supportive environment.

Qualifications

• Experience in swimming instruction and a valid swimming teaching qualification.
• Strong communication skills to engage with customers effectively.

Responsibilities

• Deliver engaging swimming lessons according to the Swim School procedures.
• Maintain high standards of customer care and safety during lessons.

Skills

Customer Care

Swimming Instruction

Health and Safety Awareness

Lesson Planning

Education

Swimming Teaching Qualification

Job description

Starting rate of £13.50 per hour, experience dependent

RATE OF PAY WILL BE DEPENDANT ON EXPERIENCE

Our Swimming Teachers are vital to the deliver of the Swim School and School Swimming programmes at the centres. The lesson programmes are important from both a community engagement perspective and also for the contribution to the financial viability of the centres enabling us to offer support to other programming activities.

As a Swimming Teacher it will be your responsibility to plan and deliver fun, engaging and educational lessons following our scheme of work and guidance from relevant National Governing Bodies. You will also help with routine checks, housekeeping standards and customer safety, especially the class members in your charge during lessons.

We are looking for people who enjoy regular interaction with our customers and will do so in a warm and welcoming way. You will often be the team member that customers build a relationship and trust with, and therefore you will have a great deal of responsibility for representing LeisureSK in a professional and efficient manner; remaining calm in difficult situations, being proactive in dealing with issues yourself where possible or reporting immediately to management if not.

Swimming teacher responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• To deliver an excellent quality teaching service.
• To maintain the standards of the Swim School brand in accordance with the Swim School procedures.
• To organise plan, execute and evaluate a structured programme using the ASA Learn to Swim Pathway
• To ensure that the Swim School records (currently Learn2) are updated appropriately with attendance and assessment data.
• To ensure all activities are FUN, and help promote a successful and caring image of the, Swim School and the Company.
• To support any other swimming related activity as deemed necessary to provide a quality development programme.
• To take opportunities to update and improve technical knowledge through continuing professional development and staff training.
• To identify suitable pupils for exit routes to performance and excellence pathways.
• Ensure a high standard of customer care is achieved at all times, adopting a warm and welcoming manner which encourages communication with customers.
• To ensure that you are aware of your responsibility under the Health and Safety at Work Act and as a result health & safety procedures are fully met and to ensure a safe teaching environment is maintained for your pupils and other centre users/ Team members.
• To have a full awareness of the PSOP.
• To understand and be fully conversant with the Emergency Evacuation Procedure for the building as detailed in the Health and Safety Manual.
• To complete from time-to-time other reasonable tasks as requested by the management team.
• To attend all team meetings and training events scheduled.

This role is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and will require an Enhanced DBS check and a check of the Adults & Childrens' Barred Lists before appointment can be confirmed.

Please complete all questions before submitting your application. You must include full details of previous employment and also details of referees including full name and contact telephone numbers. Please also tell us in the relevant box how your skills and experience match what we are looking for.