Casual Swim Teacher Swim School · Waterlooville

Looking for a workplace that ignites your passion, values respect, encourages innovation, and embraces being dynamic? Look no further! This role offers you the opportunity to join a team that believes in empowering its colleagues to unlock their full potential with Horizon.

The Trust: Horizon Leisure Centres is a leisure trust operating since 1997, with centres in Waterlooville, Havant and Guildford. We are passionate about health and wellbeing and are committed to making an outstanding positive impact on our customers and within our local community. Our mission is to support and inspire our local communities to live healthier and happier lives by providing affordable access to sport and leisure facilities to all.

The Role: We are looking for a Swim Teacher to join us in transforming our business from 'good' to 'great'! This is a thrilling time for our company, and we need a key team member like you to help us achieve unprecedented success.

What does the role involve?

• To deliver a varied programme of swimming lessons within the class framework ensuring customers obtain the maximum benefit in a reasonable timescale, in a safe, fun and stimulating environment.
• To promote and support the Swim School to ensure continued attendance of lessons throughout the year.

The team: You’ll be working within our Swim Team working with the Aquatic Coordinator and Aquatic Development Manager.

Your responsibilities:

• Follow the Swim England Syllabus, maximizing the time and space available whilst ensuring the individual and group needs are met every session.
• Prepare appropriate lesson plans in line with syllabus to provide high quality lessons as per STA/ASA guidelines.
• Ensure the smooth movement of swimmers within the programme through continuous assessment.
• Ensure the checking (reporting any defects), set up and put away of equipment securely and tidily after the session.
• Supervise the arrival, departure and handover of the lesson promptly and register all attendances.
• Monitor class sizes and unexpected arrivals and alert the Swim Coordinator/Manager at the earliest opportunity of any problems/queries.
• Complete regular Progress Reports using the electronic tablets on each individual swimmer ensuring they are detailed, positive and constructive.
• Ensure effective communication is used at all times and relevant for all swimmers with regular individual feedback.
• Deal politely with customer comments and complaints, to ensure excellent customer service, escalating when necessary.
• Ensure customers are updated with any promotional materials and information.

Your experience/qualifications:

• Experience of teaching within a Learn to Swim Programme.
• Experience of delivering high levels of customer service.
• Qualified swimming teacher (ASA or STA) to Level 2 NPLQ or Teachers Pool Rescue/Pool Safety Qualified.
• Current Child Protection CPD or equivalent.
• Level 2 Parent and Baby qualified (desirable, not essential).

Your skills/competencies:

• Excellent Communication skills for all ages and abilities.
• Energetic and passionate to meet all swimmers needs and goals.
• Able to understand and adapt to the differing needs of individual swimmers.
• Positive and focused attitude to achieving own goals.
• Motivated and approachable.
• Open to new ideas and working practices and ability to embrace change.
• Dynamic team player.

What you can expect from us:

• A comprehensive induction and training programme; you don’t need to have worked in the leisure industry before. We will teach you all you need to know!
• Support from the wider team who have a great deal of combined knowledge and experience and who are eager to help you succeed!
• Variety; no two days are the same!
• An environment that encourages innovation and free thinking, surrounded by really dynamic, empowered individuals.

Benefits:

• Free access to our award-winning gyms and exercise classes for you.
• Employee Assistance Programme - support for when you need it most.
• Internal recognition schemes.
• Opportunities for training, development and progression.
• Free onsite parking - subject to availability.
• And much more....

Interview Process: The recruiting manager will review your CV and if shortlisted, you will be invited to a formal interview/assessment process where we will evaluate your suitability for the role. The successful candidate will be subject to an Enhanced DBS check. As you can imagine, we get a great response to all our job adverts and as a consequence, there may be times when due to the volume of applicants we need to close a vacancy early. To avoid disappointment, be sure to get your application in early!