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). 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

• 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. When speaking to our guests, we expect you to be clear in your diction and specific about the techniques in all our Water Sports classes. You know how to communicate in different contexts either during personal instruction or group sessions on the water or at the beach – you know how to adapt your body language and tone of voice according to the age category. You are aware of the difference between private and professional life with your 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 about the current trends in Water Sports. You are ready to share your ideas and points of view during meetings with the Water Sports team.
• Diligent. You are looking forward to getting to work and want to deliver to Club La Santa’s uncompromisingly high standards every day. You will develop your knowledge and skills while following different workshops on swimming and other areas like body language, teamwork, cooperation, and so on.
• Teamwork. You are true to our agreements within the watersport team. You are capable to receive feedback and feedforward and implement them. You are able to bring your own style while following the green team manual standard of classes. You will shadow your colleagues and share your different points of view to improve the quality of our classes. You can meet deadlines and collaborate with the different tasks such as group equipment requests, tidying up the office and helping in developing the watersport department following the current trends.
• Independent. As well as being good at teamwork, in the watersport 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. At the beach and on the water, you will be responsible for the guests, the equipment used, and sharing the Laguna with people from outside our complex while having Green Team classes. 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 are good at finding solutions when we are busy and/or if something unexpected happens, and you have an interest in keeping our areas organized and tidy, especially regarding the watersport equipment used for our classes. You will also help in organizing group equipment according to the booking system.

What do we offer

• Permanently 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 (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 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.