Watersport 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 in 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 most guests from Denmark, the United Kingdom and Germany.

Work and responsibilities

• Working within the Water Sports Center team at Club La Santa you will be responsible for teaching a wide range of water sports classes daily as well deliver the very best experience to Club La Santa guests.
• You will be teaching both on land and in the water in any kind of level or age category.
• You will some days be working mainly with kids in the age group 3-15 years old, which depends on the class, and other days mainly with adults.
• You will be teaching in a lot of different Watersports such as Windsurfing, Stand Up Paddle, Kayak and Slackline.
• We also offer personal instructions where you focus on the individual guest and the improvement of her/his skills.
• 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 refer directly to the In-Charge of the Water Sports Centre (in Lanzarote).

Qualifications

• Teaching experience within activities such as windsurfing, Stand-Up Paddle, Kayak and Slackline.
• Preferable: 1 year of experience in coaching, training, or teaching windsurf/other watersports activities for children, adults, beginners and intermediate/advanced.
• Must have a basic knowledge of how to windsurf.
• Fluent in English. Secondary Spanish and/or Danish.

Candidate profile

• Great communication skills.
• Curious and open-minded.
• Diligent.
• Teamwork.
• Independent.
• Responsible.
• Problem-solving and organizational skills.

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 196.07€ 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

• 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 watersports instructor.
• Furthermore, we expect to see you teaching, training, or coaching a personal or a group instruction/session at any level or age.
• 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 this position, there is no set deadline. We are always looking for new talented colleagues all year round.