Lifeguard-Oswestry Leisure Centre

Location: Oswestry, Shropshire, GB, SY11 4QB

Working hours: Full Time, 37 hours per week, between Monday to Sunday

Salary: Up to £24,675.63pa + excellent benefits

At Serco, we are pleased to be recruiting on behalf of Shropshire Community Leisure Trust. Here at Shropshire Community Leisure Trust, we encourage active, healthy lifestyles across the local community. Providing affordable access to a wide range of sports and leisure facilities in a safe, clean, friendly and welcoming space, our goal is to support healthier and happier lives for everyone.

Delivering these services relies on an enthusiastic, customer-focused team, and we are now looking for Swimming Teachers to join our team and help make a positive difference every day. By following the tried and tested Swim England learn to swim framework, we develop the confidence in all of our swimmers through fun and enjoyable lessons. Many of our swimmers have progressed to swim competitively and even to represent our country.

Teaching our swimming lessons will see you delivering safe, fun and progressive lessons for our baby and pre-school customers. We want you to feel safe in your employment, so we will contract you for as little or as many teaching hours as you want around your current commitments. We provide safeguarding and DBS checks for you, and there’s no need to hold your own personal insurance as you will be covered by ours.

Working for us will enable you to work within all our leisure centres as well as giving you excellent personal and career development through continued training and learning opportunities. Our in-house Aquatic Training Academy will provide you with ongoing training through our specialist CPDs in swimming teaching, meaning you can access a range of training throughout your career, and when it comes to that career, we have a solid pathway in place meaning there is opportunity to progress into management or other areas in the business.

What you’ll need to do the role:

• You’ll have excellent customer service skills and be someone who is happy to deal with people of all ages and backgrounds.
• You will need to hold either a STA Award/Certificate in Teaching Swimming or Swim England (Previously ASA) Level 2.
• Holding either a valid RLSS UK NPLQ, RLSS UK NRASTC or STA Safety Award for Teachers would be advantageous but not essential as we can provide the training to complete these courses free of charge.
• If you do not yet hold the relevant qualifications to teach swimming but you are looking to start a career with us, please do not worry as we have multiple qualified Swimming Teacher Tutors across our business and often run training courses.

This role will require a DBS check.

Why Join us:

• A place you can make an impact: Swimming not only makes people healthier and happier, it also teaches a skill for life.
• A place you can count on: Our swimming teachers are integral to the running of our centres, so as well progressing into aquatics coordination, you can move into other centre management roles in one of our 55 facilities.
• A place for you: Teaching can lead to a great sense of accomplishment as you watch people progress and work with your local community.

And as you are supporting your students, we will be supporting you with ongoing training and development.

What we offer:

• Pension: Up to 6% contributory pension scheme
• Training and development: Over 1,100 internal courses available, funding for qualifications and apprenticeships (including L3 Team Leader and L5 Operations Manager apprenticeships), mentoring opportunities, and a focus on internal progression
• Health and wellbeing: Employee Assistance Programme, Bupa Anytime HealthLine, wellbeing app, free membership for Serco-managed leisure centres, and 24/7 access to a virtual GP service
• Discounts: Discounts across around 1,000 retailers, from food and clothing to days out, entertainment and travel
• Charity: Paid volunteering day, tax-free charitable giving through Payroll Giving Scheme, donate your pennies from your monthly pay to the Serco People Fund Charity
• Employee networks: Our networks support inclusion and connection by providing spaces for collaboration, learning, and belonging.

For support with your application, please contact recruitmentuk@serco.com.

Our inclusive recruitment commitment: We prioritise your skills and potential. As a Disability Confident Leader, a top Great British Employer of Veterans, and a Gold Inclusive Employer Standard holder, we champion equal opportunities for all. We offer flexible and hybrid working where possible and make reasonable adjustments throughout recruitment and employment.