Swim Teacher

Active Leicester run swim lessons across all of their leisure centres in the city. This is an exciting opportunity for a suitably qualified Swim Teacher to help grow and develop their programme and provide a positive and enjoyable learning experience for all participants. Join as a Swim Teacher and you'll become a valued member of the highly motivated, passionate, and dynamic team and play a key role in expanding the offering at Active Leicester to help deliver their vision.

Appointment to either Level 1 or 2 will depend on the outcome of the selection process and experience/qualification of the successful candidates.

You'll be based at one of the leisure centres but have the flexibility to work across the various sites. They have part-time, permanent posts. Hours of work may include daytime, evenings, and weekends. There are set days each week, however this may change to best suit the programme and centres. Active Leicester have both Learn to Swim hours which are 50 weeks per year and School Swim hours which are 36 weeks per year. Hours of work per week are open to discussion at interview.

The full-time salary for this post is £19,650 - £20,043 per year for Level 1 and £22,571 - £24,920 per year for Level 2. This post also has a temporary market supplement of £2,228 per year. However, the salaries will be pro-rata for part-time and term-time hours.

What you'll be doing

As a Swim Teacher, you'll work closely with the leisure centre teams to deliver swimming lessons to Active Leicester customers, ensuring you create a safe and welcoming environment for physical activity. You'll develop and supervise a programme of instruction sessions, assess the level of prospective members, and maintain accurate records of progress and attainment of participants on the portal. Using your expertise, you'll provide feedback and information to service users.

What you'll need

You'll have an appropriate Swimming Teaching ASA Level 1 or 2 qualification. With previous experience of working with swimming aids and equipment, you'll have good understanding of devising and delivering engaging swim classes for participants of varying abilities and from a variety backgrounds and cultures. Using excellent communication skills, you'll deliver high levels of customer service and be able to appropriately deal with irate or distressed customers. You'll be able to motivate and encourage members of all ages to ensure everyone feels confident within your sessions.

What Active Leicester can offer you

As well as the satisfaction of helping to improve thousands of lives across Leicester, you can look forward to a work environment that encourages a healthy work/life balance. You'll enjoy generous annual leave, membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme and the option of flexible working. Active Leicester also give you the chance to develop your skills and expertise with a variety of training and development opportunities. In addition, you can choose from a number of flexible benefits, including childcare vouchers, discounts on city buses and trains and help with relocation to Leicester, where appropriate. For an illustrative value of your benefits package, take a look at their benefits calculator.