Swimming Teacher - Mon, Tues, Weds, Sat, Sun

Sporting House; Tring; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Part time

Job summary

Sporting House, in collaboration with Total Swimming Group, is seeking Swimming Teachers to join their dynamic and inspiring teaching team across the UK. This role involves teaching children aged 3-11 through innovative methods, ensuring a safe environment while contributing to community health and well-being. Ideal candidates will possess enthusiasm for swimming, excellent communication skills, and a desire to make a difference in young swimmers' lives.

Qualifications

• Desire to meet individual needs.
• Flexibility to work weekdays, evenings, and weekends.

Responsibilities

• Plan and deliver swimming lessons according to the scheme of work and lesson plans.
• Identify swimmers' abilities and encourage them to reach their full potential.
• Evaluate sessions and provide feedback.

Skills

Enthusiastic and positive attitude towards swimming

Good communication skills

Ability to inspire confidence and motivate swimmers

Perseverance and patience

Ability to encourage and put swimmers at ease

Professional, punctual, and well-organized

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.

swim@ is on a mission to revolutionise swimming and change lives. They believe every child should have the opportunity to learn to swim and love to swim!

Operating in school and university venues, we deliver a best-in-class learn-to-swim experience in the local community for children aged 3-11 years. By delivering lessons from the school pool, we are able to teach high-quality lessons to more children and give back to the local community. We invest in local school pools and, in many cases, help prevent the closure of pools across the country.

There's room for you to join our community of teachers, managers, and skilled leisure personnel. From providing a safe and fun environment for children to swim, to delivering innovative programs and improving children's health across the UK, our passion is your passion. You can connect across our UK network to learn from others, offer support, and gain new experiences.

Your primary role will be to teach our quality swimming programme for children aged 3-11, inspiring them to swim through fun and innovative methods, while delivering excellent customer service for swimmers and parents, ultimately changing lives by giving every child the 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 provide a premium experience, engage with customers, attend training and team meetings to share best practices, and learn from each other.

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

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

Full training and qualifications can be provided. We recruit based on character and personality—so change your life and get in touch today!

Main Duties:

• Plan and deliver swimming lessons according to the scheme of work and lesson plans
• Integrate reward schemes into classes
• Ensure safe use and maintenance of all equipment
• Follow safety standards and undertake dynamic risk assessments
• Identify swimmers' abilities and encourage them to reach their full potential
• Explain and demonstrate modern, accurate swimming techniques
• Develop swimmers' techniques and performance improvements
• Create a positive, fun environment to motivate and encourage swimmers
• Evaluate sessions and provide feedback
• Assess each swimmer’s ability and progress regularly, and arrange for certification via our online portal

Skills:

• Enthusiastic and positive attitude towards swimming
• Good communication skills
• Ability to inspire confidence and motivate swimmers
• Perseverance and patience
• Ability to encourage and put swimmers at ease
• Desire to meet individual needs
• Professional, punctual, and well-organized
• Flexibility to work weekdays, evenings, and weekends