Trainee Swim Teacher | Erdington

Available Working Hours: Various hours including day, evening & weekend work. Are you passionate about swimming? Are you naturally caring and supportive? If so we may have an exciting opportunity for you. Here at Birmingham Community Leisure Trust our goal is to get more people active by providing affordable safe and enjoyable lessons for all and right now we have the opportunity to train a new cohort of Swimming Teaches to grow our programmes to ensure we can do just that. If you are passionate about ensuring all children and adults have access to affordable lessons no matter their ability or background this role could be right for you. Our next training course will be taking place at Northfield Leisure Centre, and you must be available for all these dates, Sat 15th February, 8-4pm, Sun 16th February 9-6pm & Monday 17th Feruary - Thursday 20th February 10-7pm. PLEASE ONLY APPLY FOR THIS POSITION IF YOU ARE AVAILABLE ON THESE DATES.

Working as a swimming teacher will see you interacting heavily with our customers so you will use your excellent communication and customer service skills to serve and support people of all ages and backgrounds. You will be someone who is passionate about swimming and the service they deliver ensuring you can use your motivational and organisational skills to deliver safe, fun and progressive lessons. If you can provide the enthusiasm, we will provide the training and qualification. To be considered, You must also be available to work evenings and weekends from February and be willing to complete a lifesaving qualification NRASTC or NPLQ.

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, but this is also a mentality we take towards our teachers' careers and personal development. We want you to feel safe in your employment so we will contract you for as little or many teaching hours as you want around your current commitments. Paying for your own safeguarding and DBS checks aren't fun or cheap so we provide these for you! There's also 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. We share your passion for leisure and want you to be able to embrace all the excellent services we provide to our customers which is why all of teachers are given a free membership as well as one for a friend or family member. Serco manages these facilities on a day-to-day basis on behalf of the Trust., Serco have UK wide leisure contracts which include unique customers such as The National Water Sports Centre, Lilleshall National Sports Centre, Bisham Abbey and Basingstoke Aquadrome to name but a few! Our teams are hard-working, friendly and above all passionate about leisure and fitness! We provide leisure services on behalf of community leisure trusts, local authorities, universities, and sporting associations such as Sport England. Our facilities include national sports complexes, outdoor activity venues, community leisure centres, gyms, swimming pools, water sports, tennis courts, golf courses, and conference centres. Our ultimate goal is to help people of all abilities and ages to maintain and improve their fitness levels. We do this by providing affordable access to a wide range of market leading sports and leisure facilities to support healthier and happier individuals across all segments of society. We do this by providing safe, welcoming spaces for people to enjoy their leisure time We have a genuine desire to work in partnership with public bodies and work every day to find solutions in the ever changing leisure landscape. https://www.serco.com/uk/sector-expertise/citizen-services/leisure-services

• Free membership at the Centre plus heavily discounted use of classes and facilities.
• Free safeguarding training and DBS check
• Excellent Development and Training Opportunities
• 6% employer matched pension contribution
• 21 days annual leave (Pro Rata) + bank holidays
• All Leisure Benefits Employee Benefits (moreleisure.com)
Why Serco Meaningful and vital work: Swimming not only makes people healthier and happier it also teaches a skill for life. As one of our teachers you will be at the forefront of helping people develop those skills. A world of opportunity: 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.