Assistant Swimming Teacher in Birmingham

We are Places Leisure, a Real Living Wage Employer, running leisure sites across the UK to help people stay active and live their best lives. We want you to join the Places for People Group and the 11,000 other colleagues on our journey; colleagues who have helped to build, manage, and maintain places that people are proud to call home and stay active in. Our people live and breathe our SPIRIT values; we are the place for spirited people.

More About Your Role

As an Assistant Swimming Teacher, you will support the Swimming Teacher in swimming lessons from babies to adults. You'll work closely with the Swimming Teacher in supporting swimmers to develop their skills and confidence in the water. Within lessons, you may be responsible for a small group of learners learning a specific skill, under the direction of the Swimming Teacher.

More About You

Skills, knowledge, and experience

• Must have:
• Ability to work with children
• Ability to work as part of a team
• Preferred:
• Experience at assisting in swimming teaching/children’s classes.

Technical / professional qualifications

• Level 1 UKCC Swimming Teacher qualification, or equivalent.

Benefits

We are a large, diverse and ambitious business, which will give you all the challenge you could wish for. We offer a comprehensive benefits package with each role, yours will include:

• We align with the Real Living Wage foundation
• Full Health & Fitness membership for you, a nominated adult and up to 4 juniors
• A bonus scheme for all colleagues at 2%
• Flexible working (including part time working, shift work and more)
• An opportunity to purchase additional annual leave
• Lots of opportunity to access ongoing personal learning and development
• Access to our Company Pension scheme
• Cashback plan for healthcare costs – up to £500 saving per year
• Discounts of up to 50% on activities, centre shop and cafes
• Extra perks including huge discounts and offers from shops, cinemas and much more.

What's next?

If you meet the criteria and are ready to make the next step in your career then apply following our simple 5 minute application process, upload a CV and a supporting statement which demonstrates how you meet the requirements of the role. Please note that we may bring the closing date forward if we receive a large number of quality applications. If you are interested in this role we would advise applying immediately to avoid disappointment.

At Places for People, safeguarding is everyone's responsibility. We are committed to creating safe communities for our customers and colleagues by protecting children, young people, and adults at risk from harm, abuse, and neglect. We follow robust safeguarding policies and procedures, ensuring all employees, volunteers, and contractors uphold the highest standards of safeguarding and accountability. Our recruitment process includes pre-employment checks, including Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks where applicable, to promote a safe and secure working environment. By joining Places for People, you are expected to contribute to our safeguarding culture, following our policies and reporting concerns to protect those in our communities.

Armed Forces

We are proud to support the Armed Forces Covenant. Places for People will guarantee an interview for any candidate who is serving or has formerly served in the Armed Forces, as a reservist, armed forces veteran (including the wounded, injured and sick), cadet instructor and military spouse/partner and who meets the essential criteria for the vacancy.

Disability Confident

We are proud to be a member of the Disability Confident scheme certified as Level 2 Disability Confident Employer. This helps us to successfully employ and retain people with disabilities and health conditions. Disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for a vacancy will be guaranteed an interview.

Neurodivergent

Neurodiverse individuals have highly valuable skills, and we recognise that a traditional interview process sometimes works against them and doesn’t allow them to self-advocate. Neurodiverse applicants who meet the criteria for a vacancy will be guaranteed an interview.