The Lead Teacher is responsible to the General Manager for day-to-day centre operations and the Area Swim School Lead for technical swimming advice.
As a charitable social enterprise, we are different. Our purpose is to improve the physical, mental and social well-being of local communities. We do this by
Providing balanced leisure centre, library and children centre programmes and activities that meet local needs and are accessible to all.
Reinvesting surplus back into the business that benefit facilities, people development, the environment and sustainability.
Providing training, routes to employment and career development opportunities to local people.
Sponsoring thousands of promising athletes through our GLL Sports Foundation.
Delivering targeted initiatives in partnership with local communities, groups and health providers.
We aim to be the most successful and influential leisure & cultural social enterprise in the UK. We have determined the key areas we need to focus on to deliver our purpose, and these are captured as our values.
Each of these themes sets out long term ambitions; which are regularly reviewed and updated and are reflected in the responsibilities and accountabilities of this role (Section 3 below).
Responsibilities and Accountabilities
These are set out against the six values.
Partners of Choice
Work with external stakeholders such as STA tutors to ensure the successful delivery of lessons and training courses
Attendance at Teacher Meetings and Training as required
To assist as necessary the operational duty team in furthering the successful operation of events and activities
Mentor, develop and guide your team and any newly qualified teachers
Effectively plan and lead the delivery of team huddles
Respecting the Planet
Implement all Health and Safety requirements, including all procedures in relation to fire prevention, licences, food, COSHH, heating, ventilation, L8, energy management and conservation
To carry out routine monitoring and non-specialist / basic maintenance of equipment and fittings as required, bringing to the attention of the Supervisor / Manager any faults or major repairs in line with company procedures
To work to upkeep of the grounds and facility as and when required
The Better Way of Doing Business
To comply with the commitments outlined in the “Customer Charter”, ensuring that standards are maintained as stipulated
To ensure that the class taught is as advertised is part of the GLL Fitness Class product
To ensure all participants have registered and are booked onto the class
Responsible for the efficient and effective control of the day-to-day operations and service of events/activities, ensuring that security, general cleanliness, customer supervision and equipment checks are maintained
Report device, equipment and pool issues to duty manager
More Than a Job
Mentor, develop and guide your team and any newly qualified teachers
Ability to give developmental and positive feedback to teaching teams
Evaluate your lessons and provide every pupil with feedback
Follow all code of conducts and safeguarding procedures
Ensure Schemes of Work and lessons plans are being followed
To ensure excellent standards of cleanliness at all times
Customers and Communities at Our Heart
To maintain a good and positive image of the centres to all participants proving a welcoming, helpful and professional service
To go above and beyond to ensure that the participants have an exceptional experience on every visit
To promote the facility in a positive manner to retain existing customers, encourage greater participation, and introduce new users to the facilities
To assist customers with use of the facilities
Maintain a good and positive image of the centre to customers and the public by providing a welcoming, helpful and professional operational service
Tackling Health Inequalities
Adapt sessions as per the needs of the pupils to ensure every child progresses
To ensure attendance is captured and accurately monitor pupil progression and update pupil progress
To ensure that all equipment is used in a manner consistent with safe working practice
To ensure that equipment is fit for purpose prior to customers being allowed to make use of
To ensure the safety and control of customers within the class environment and to enforce all centres guidelines
To ensure the safety and control of customers and the public generally, and ensure that all relevant regulations applicable to the stadium’s operation are enforced and complied with
To ensure the class environment is safe before, during and after the class
Other
Act in accordance with and actively promotes all GLL policies and standards.
Undertake any other duties commensurate with the post’s level of responsibility or required particularly as a result of events outside of GLL’s business control (pandemics etc).
Work flexibly in line with the needs of the business at peak flow times, evenings and weekends.
Deliver critical incident management as and when required.
Key Working Relationships
Reports to the General Manager for day-to-day centre operations and the Area Swim Manager for technical swimming advice.
To constructively interact with different people in a variety of areas within the operational team and GLL support services.
Builds good working relationships with all GLL colleagues, working both proactively and collaboratively.
Builds positive and progressive relationships with local authority partners as required.
Leadership Behaviours
It is important to us that our people are people with purpose, who personally align with our strategic ambitions and values.
We all need to understand our partner’s aims for their service, build strong relationships. And always be aware that we are ambassadors for them, as well as GLL. Our customers always have a choice, and by providing great experience and living our values, they will also be ambassadors for our GLL
What might have once been a nice to do, green projects, are now integral to the future success of our business. Every one of us can make a difference to the planet and the future of GLL, in how we do our jobs, and this will be a key focus in all aspects of employment and development.
We will further strengthen the engagement and involvement of our people in business issues and seek and listen to ideas on how we can improve on what we do. As a result, we will grow society membership and the democratic ownership of GLL.
Working for GLL is more than a job. It is about a sense of belonging and being part of an organisation that is different and values the difference our people make to our customers and our business. We provide an inclusive and supportive environment, that nurtures personal growth and teamwork, and gives people the opportunity to thrive and find fulfilment in work.
By providing a great customer experience, our customers will use us again and again, and that benefit has far reaching effects – it makes a real difference to the overall health & well-being of our communities. We want our people to get actively involved in our communities, and the work of our new Foundations, and further extend our reach and influence beyond our doors.
Whatever job you do, you can be proud that you are part of a team of thousands of colleagues across the UK who, either by directly delivering our products, programmes and services, or by supporting and enabling them to be delivered, are making a measurable and meaningful difference to people’s health, happiness and well-being.
We expect our people to understand the GLL difference, to take genuine pride in promoting social enterprise to others with the ability to demonstrate this commitment every day in the way that they work. Our people make a positive impact of the health and well-being of our local communities.
It is important to us that our people are people with purpose, who personally align with our strategic ambitions and values. In terms of personal effectiveness, a GLL manager demonstrates an irrepressible drive to achieve goals and focuses on the 4i’is of leadership, to be the best they can be:
Essential Qualifications
Desirable
Experience
Role Model Teacher
Swim Teaching experience across all ability groups (non-swimmer through to advanced)
Swim Teaching experience with children and adults
Swim Teaching experience with participants with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities
Management of teachers
Knowledge
Skills
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.
