Swim Instructor - Lanzarote

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, United Kingdom and Germany.

Work and responsibilities

• Working within the swim team at Club La Santa you will be responsible for teaching a wide range of swim instructions daily.
• You will be teaching both in the water and by the poolside in any kind of level or age category.
• The main styles you will be teaching are freestyle, breaststroke, and backstroke in group sessions.
• We also offer personal instructions and video analysis.
• The personal instruction is for everyone based on their level- and skill set of the guest.
• The personal instructions can both be done in all the four strokes or within other technical areas such as dives, tumble turns and open water skills.
• As part of our program, you will also work with toddlers and babies in a nice and calm area where they can slowly build up their confidence.
• As a skill-experienced swimming coach, you should also be able to teach dryland swimming, open water and tumble turn classes.
• You will create different training pool sessions focusing on breathing, strength, endurance, speed, intervals, splits, and technique while being methodical.
• Finally, you will deliver the very best experience to Club La Santa 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 with eight hours of work a day.
• You will refer directly to the In-Charge of Swimming (in Lanzarote).
• 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.

Qualifications

• Instructor education or qualifications within swimming.
• Minimum two years of experience in teaching swimming for children, adults, beginners and advanced swimmers.
• Fluent in English.
• Secondary Spanish and/or Danish.

Candidate profile

• Great communication skills: When speaking to our guests, we expect you to be clear in your diction and specific about the techniques to be used in the different swimming strokes.
• 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 about the current trends in swimming.
• Diligent: You are looking forward to getting to work and want to deliver to Club La Santa’s uncompromisingly high standards every day.
• Teamwork: You are true to our agreements with the swimming team. You are capable to receive feedbacks and feedforwards and implement them.
• Independent: As well as being good at teamwork, in the swimming department, you will be teaching most of the time on your own.
• Responsible: You are responsible with tasks and self-motivated in both high and low seasons.
• Problem-solving and organizational skills: You are good at finding solutions and you have an interest in keeping our areas organized and tidy.

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.
• Subsidised shared accommodation at 196.76 € per month.
• 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 organising the necessary documentation required for foreigners upon arrival in Spain.

Important information for when applying

• 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 where you introduce yourself and your skills as a swimming instructor.
• The minimum period of employment for this job is 9 months, starting with 2 month probationary period.
• A clean criminal report and child protection certificate will be required from new staff upon arrival.
• Deadline for application: For the position, there is no set deadline. We are always looking for new talented colleagues all year round.