Golf Instructor - Lanzarote in Salford

Golf Instructor - Lanzarote, Canary Islands (Spain)

Come work at the world's biggest sports resort

Club La Santa is the world's biggest sports resort – and we continue to set the standard for active and fun holidays. At Club La Santa, guests can enjoy more than 80 different sports on state-of-the-art facilities and 500 weekly activities and instructed lessons – all included in the stay! With almost 496 rooms spanning from one-bedroom apartments to luxurious suites, we host approximately 1600 guests at maximum capacity. We are also a beloved destination for many national sports teams and professional athletes.

The resort is located near La Santa village on the north-western coast of Lanzarote in the Canary Islands. It is an English-speaking resort with the majority of guests from Denmark, the United Kingdom, and Germany.

Work & Responsibilities:

If you are interested, this is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced Golf Instructor to join the Green Team here at Club La Santa, Lanzarote. Working within the racket sport and ball games team as a Golf Instructor, you will be responsible for daily golf instructions and excursions and delivering the best experience to the guests. We have 2 indoor Trackman Simulators, an outdoor driving range, a chipping area, and a putting area. We expect you to handle one-on-one sessions and group sessions as well.

We expect you to be able to teach classes with different focuses like basic chipping, putting, irons hit, and drivers. Within the racket sport team, we also offer personal instructions (PI's) with a focus on deeper technical and tactical development which we expect you to teach. Basically, try to deliver the very best experience to the guests.

Working within the Green Team you might be required to work in other areas like Sports Booking, morning runs, events, evening entertainment etc. You will work on a flexible schedule that is dynamic and changing. Your working days will be varied in tasks and hours.

You will report directly to the Racket Sports Manager. Furthermore, you will be a part of the Green Team consisting of around 60 sports instructors and with more than 450 colleagues across 3 countries, you will be part of a big hotel operation.

Qualifications:

• Minimum of 2 years teaching experience as a Golf Instructor
• Work to uncompromising high standards with a 'can-do' attitude
• Fluent in English
• Excellent ability to communicate, both written and verbally, in a clear and professional manner
• Excellent ability to work as part of a team in a fast-paced environment
• Outgoing personality
• Flexible
• Exceptional customer service skills
• Familiar with the use of Trackman system
• A big plus to have skills in racket sports or ball games

Candidate Profile:

• Great communication skills. When speaking to our guests, we expect you to be clear in your instructions and specific about the focus points given for each drill. You can keep an overview of multiple courts at the same time and communicate in different contexts during personal instructions or group sessions. You know how to adapt body language, tone of voice, and technical level to the age category. You are aware of the difference between private and professional life with colleagues and guests.
• Curious and open-minded. You are curious and self-reflective. You are open-minded, honest, and have an interest in learning, developing, and sharing knowledge within the current trends of golf. You are ready to share your ideas and points of view during racket sport team meetings.
• Diligent. You are looking forward to getting to work and want to deliver to Club La Santa's uncompromising high standards every day. You will develop your knowledge and skills while following different workshops in racket sports and other areas like body language, teamwork, communication, cooperation, etc.
• Teamwork. You are true to our agreements within the team. You are capable of both giving and receiving feedback and feedforward and implementing them. You are able to bring your own style and touch while still following the green team manual standard of classes. You will shadow your colleagues and share your different points of view in order to improve the quality of our classes. You can meet deadlines and collaborate with different tasks such as tidying golf areas, filling up balls, checking equipment, making new programs, and helping to develop the racket/golf department following the current trends.
• Independent. As well as being good at teamwork, you will be teaching most of the time on your own in the golf area.
• Responsible. You are responsible for tasks and self-motivated in both high and low seasons. In classes, you will be responsible for the guests, the equipment used, and the courts booked. You are true to our agreements within the team following the Green Team Manual activities standard and you have an interest in keeping our areas organized and tidy.
• Problem-solving and organizational skills. You own problems and are good at finding solutions and you can quickly adapt to situations if something doesn't go as planned. You will help keep the golf areas organized and tidy and check the amount of balls, tees, clubs, drivers, etc.

What Do We offer:

• Permanent full-time contract with 40 hrs. working week and 2 days off.
• The annual gross salary is €25,020.
• One free lunch will be provided on all working days.
• Holiday: 30 days a year + 18 extra days of holiday as compensation for work on public holidays including holiday pay.
• Subsidized shared accommodation at €196.07 per month (the apartment is shared with another employee and consists of a living room with a small kitchen, bathroom, and one bedroom).
• Full use of world-class sporting facilities at Club La Santa.
• Spanish Residency allowing for discounted travel within the Canary Islands and mainland Spain.
• A learning environment with different possibilities to develop professionally and personally.
• Support in organizing the necessary documentation required for foreigners upon arrival in Spain.

Important Application Information:

• We can only employ people with a passport from the EU community or with a Spanish residencia and work permit.
• The position will require relocation to Lanzarote if you are not already living here.
• Only applications in English will be taken into consideration.
• In the application, a video will be required of you introducing yourself, showing us your teaching skills and your own swing with irons and drivers.
• The minimum period of employment for this job is 9 months, starting with a 2 month probationary period.
• A clean criminal report and child protection certificate will be required from new staff upon arrival.

Deadline For Application: For this position, there is no set deadline. We are always looking for new talented colleagues all year round.

If you are passionate about working with golf, ready to join the Green Team, and would like to embark on an adventure within a globally recognized resort in the warm climate of Lanzarote, we would love to hear from you. The position will be split 50/50, with 20 hours working with golf and 20 hours helping with various other tasks (sports booking, ball games, and racket sports). If you feel this is something for you, do not hesitate to reach out. We would love to talk with you about the position.