Swim Teacher

Are you passionate about delivering motivating and engaging swimming lessons for all ages and ability levels, and have a flexible approach to working hours?

Active Leicester operates swimming lessons at seven leisure centres within the city: Aylestone, Braunstone, Cossington Street, Evington, Leicester Leys, New Parks and Spence Street.

When employed as a Swim Teacher, you’ll have the opportunity to work set hours on a permanent basis at any of our leisure centres. Hours of work may include daytime, evenings, and weekends.

Term-time school swimming contracts are available, whereby you must be available Monday to Friday between 9- 3pm, as well as evening and weekend contracts which are based on 50 weeks.

Hours of work per week are open to discussion at interview.


What you'll be doing


You’ll work closely with the leisure centre teams to deliver swimming lessons to Active Leicester customers, ensuring you create a safe and welcoming environment.

You’ll teach a programme of instructed sessions, record weekly attendance and progression for each swimmer and comply with all training, safeguarding, health safety and operational requirements. Using your expertise, you’ll provide feedback and direction to service users, promoting a quality experience for all.


What you’ll need


An appropriate Swimming Teaching qualification – STA award/certificate or Swim England (Previously ASA) Level 1/Level 2 qualification with previous experience of devising and delivering engaging swim classes for participants of varying abilities and from a variety backgrounds and cultures using a variety of swimming aids and equipment.

You’ll need excellent communication skills to deliver high levels of customer service to the swimmers and their parents/guardians, as well as good punctuality, time management and organisation skills to ensure each lesson runs smoothly, safely and progressively. Read more