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Trainee Swimming Teacher

16 hours ago

Edinburgh

GLL are currently recruiting trainee Swimming Teachers to join us at Abbey Sports Centre. If you have the skills and ambition to join us as a Swimming Teacher, there's never been a more exciting time to join us. This is more than just a Swimming Teacher job, it's a career. All of ourSwimming Teachersare qualified to at least STA Level 2 Award in Teaching Swimming. The STA qualifications are nationally recognised and will give you the skills to teach non-swimmers, beginners, and improvers. If you have a passion and talent for swimming, you could be part of our team ofSwimming Teachersand help give people of all ages a valuable life skill. We are the largestSwimming Schoolin the UK and our continued growth means we are looking to qualify and employ a growing number ofSwimming Teachers. So, if youd like the opportunity to gain the qualifications and training needed to teach people of all ages and abilities how to swim, apply to be a TraineeSwimming Teacher. Successful applicants will befully fundedto complete their STA Level 2 Award in Teaching Swimming. We have a range of hours available across weekdays and weekends. The next available STA Level 2 Award Course will be over the summer months in South Oxfordshire. What you need: • A competent swimmer., • A good communicator (verbal and non-verbal)., • A good motivator (supportive and able to give feedback)., • Approachable and patient in nature., • Imaginative., • Willing to learn and commit to a 5-day intensive training course. As a charitable social enterprise and cooperative owned by our staff, GLL is a unique organisation for you to have a career with! The basics: This is a Full time / part time /, permanent / Flexible position. Hours of work will be negotiated with you in line with the needs of the service, flexible working may be possible, working from home is not possible in this role. We are an accredited Living Wage employer with industry leading rates of pay We can offer a career, not just a job with extensive Learning & development support available. A uniform will be supplied and must be worn GLL is Values Driven, not Profit Driven. We work hard to benefit the communities we operate in. As a staff owned organisation you will be given the opportunity to join the Society and have a stake in your business Additionally GLL offers employees a range of employment benefits: • Access to a pension scheme., • Health Assurance and access to Counselling services, • Access to the tax efficient Ride to Work bicycle purchase scheme., • Free annual eye tests, • The right to stand for the Society board and to vote for board members to represent you, • Access to team building and fun events such as Treks, Concerts outings etc As the UKs largest leisure operator and charitable social enterprise, we offer a range of careers for everyone in our local communities. We manage over 400 facilities across England, Wales, and Northern Ireland, including public sport and leisure centres, elite sporting venues, libraries, and childrens centres. Our people are from the communities we serve and help us make real changes in their local area. One of our core values is More than a Job, because working with us opens a wide range of possibilities and opportunities for you, starting with how you work with us.To make sure we are having a positive impact on our people, we also offer some flexible and part-time working options so you can make sure your new job works for you. Subject to vacancies, whether you are after a contractual commitment and a regular work schedule or the freedom of flexible hours, you may be able to choose an arrangement that works best for you and play your part in improving the health and wellbeing of your community. We offer two different types of work arrangements: • A permanent employment contract - part time and full time So whether your ambitions lie in sport and leisure, events & catering, health & beauty, corporate support or working with children, youll be able to find your ideal new job at GLL. Passionate about seeing our communities thrive, we invest back into our facilities, projects and people and are Investors in People Gold Award employer. However you choose to work with us, you can be sure that you will be a valued member of our team, working with great colleagues, and making a real difference to peoples lives. We are an inclusive employer. We seek and welcome diversity in our teams. All pay rates are subject to skills, experience, qualifications and location. JBRP1_UKTJ

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