GLL is looking for Baby & Pre-School Swimming Teachers to work in the borough of Merton. If you have the skills and ambition to join us as a Baby & Pre-School Swimming Teacher, there has never been a more exciting time to join us. This is more than just a Baby & Pre-School Swimming Teacher job, it's a career.
As a Baby & Pre-School Swimming Teacher, your primary role will be to deliver excellent quality Baby & Pre-School swimming lessons in line with our product SWIMBiES. Baby & Pre-School Swimming Teachers deliver in the water for lessons, following the plans of the programme. Singing is a large part of the role, so you will need to be confident to sing in public. You will be the face of our baby lesson programme at centres, which means you will be expected to communicate effectively with all customers, as well as being welcoming, creating a safe, fun, and loving teaching environment.
What qualifications do I need to hold?
Baby & Pre-School Swimming Teachers must hold one of the following qualifications:
STA Level 2 Award in Baby & Pre-School Swimming Teacher
Swim England Level 2 Teaching Pre-School Swimming
STA Level 3 Diploma in Baby & Pre-School Swimming Teacher
If the above qualification is not held but you hold a STA Level 2 Award or certificate qualification and you have a passion for delivering Baby & Pre-School swimming lessons, we will work with you to help develop your delivery experience. STA Level 2 Award in Baby and Pre-School must be completed within 6 months of taking on regular lessons.
Experience/Knowledge
As a Baby & Pre-School Swimming Teacher, you will have experience and knowledge in the following areas:
Experience working with babies & toddlers
Experience working with parents & guardians
Understanding of child development in relation to baby swimming lessons
Knowledge of songs and games suitable for baby swimming lessons
Planning and completing any necessary administration will be a vital part of your role, ensuring that the customer experience is positive from entering the centre through to changing and then during the lessons itself.
As a leader within the leisure industry, we can also offer scope to progress your career and job variety like nowhere else.
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 part time 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.
Discounted nationwide (over 200 centres) inclusive leisure centre membership for you and your partner. This includes GLL Extras!
GLL Society benefits (if you choose to join the Society after your probation period) include:
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.
Access to a range of benefits exclusive to our people – ask your line manager for details or check out the Intranet.
About GLL:
As the UK’s 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 children’s 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:
If you are looking for a regular number of hours that you can work and are flexible to meet the needs of a 7-day-a-week service, then a full-time or part-time permanent contract might be the right choice for you.
So whether your ambitions lie in sport and leisure, events & catering, health & beauty, corporate support, or working with children, you’ll 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 people’s 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.
