Swim School - Manager

Selwyn District Council; Rolleston; On-site; NZD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Selwyn District Council is seeking a Swim School Manager for a parental leave cover of 10.5 months at the Selwyn Aquatic Centre. You will lead programme delivery, develop people, drive continuous improvement and ensure exceptional customer experience while teaching lifesaving skills.

You'll oversee a large swim school, manage operations and rostering, and work across 7 days a week with some weekend shifts. This is a unique opportunity to impact the community while leading a dynamic team.

Qualifications

• 3-5 years leading a large team and overseeing the operational requirements of a swim school.
• Proven skills in leading a team to achieve excellent outcomes for the community and organisation.
• Sound ability as a swim teacher in all swim school levels.
• Experienced in work force planning.
• Effective and demonstrable communication skills and the ability to adapt communication style to the audience.

Responsibilities

• Oversee and take responsibility for the operational requirements of Swim School.
• Accurate and timely grading.
• Rebooking all customers.
• Invoicing all customers. Optimising the use of technology within service area.
• Pool space planning and usage.
• Rostering and cover, some Saturday and/or Sunday morning work will be required.

Skills

Aquatic education

Team leadership

Operational planning

Customer service

Communication

Workforce planning

Lifesaving instruction

Job description

This is a Parental leave cover role for 10.5 months. Our community loves to swim, and we work with people of all ages. Join Selwyn District Council as our Swim School Manager and take ownership of one of New Zealand's largest and fastest-growing swim schools. You'll lead programme delivery, develop people, drive continuous improvement, and play a key role in helping our community gain essential lifesaving water skills while creating exceptional customer experience This role covers a range of shifts, 7 days a week.

• Passionate about aquatic education and proven in leading successful teams?
• You will have 3-5 years leading a large team and overseeing the operational requirements of a swim school.
• Proven skills in leading a team to achieve the excellent outcomes for our community and organisation.
• Sound ability as a swim teacher in all swim school levels
• Experienced in work force planning.
• Effective and demonstrable communication skills and be able to adapt your communication style to suit the audience.

About You

To be successful in this role you will be committed to seeking and implementing opportunities to improve the swim school programme. You will have proven skills that ensure our swim school programme is running smoothly and developed further for our community.

• Oversee and take responsibility for the operational requirements of Swim School. This is a role that requires strategic oversight and quality improvement skills.
• Accurate and timely grading
• Rebooking all customers
• Invoicing all customersOptimising the use of technology within service area
• Pool space planning and usage
• Rostering and cover, some Saturday and/or Sunday morning work will be required

What We Can Offer

For several years Selwyn has been experiencing rapid and sustained economic and population growth. With this growth comes a vibrant community, fantastic facilities, and exciting career opportunities! Based at our Selwyn Aquatic Centre. There's ample parking nearby, flexible working options and a great range of benefits.

Our values are important to all of us and represent the way we work:

• Be a good human
• Be brave - Think differently
• Better together. Make it happen for Selwyn.

Selwyn District Council honours Te Tiriti o Waitangi. We are committed to working with our Treaty partner to deliver on our obligations under Te Tiriti o Waitangi.

We value the safety of our young people and kaimahi, and therefore appointments for this role are subject to a satisfactory safety check including a police vetting process.

If you are driven to join a fun and vibrant team and do an exceptional job which contributes meaningfully to the lives of people in Selwyn, we'd love to hear from you.