Serco Plc
Lifeguard-Oswestry Leisure Centre
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Location: Oswestry Leisure Centre, Shrewsbury Road, Oswestry, Shropshire, SY11 4QB
Working hours: Full Time, 37 hours per week, between Monday to Sunday
Salary: Up to £24,675.63pa + excellent benefits
At Serco, we're pleased to be recruiting on behalf of Shropshire Community Leisure Trust.
About Shropshire Community Leisure Trust
Here at Shropshire Community Leisure Trust, we encourage active, healthy lifestyles across the local community. Providing affordable access to a wide range of sports and leisure facilities in a safe, clean, friendly and welcoming space, our goal is to support healthier and happier lives for everyone. Delivering these services relies on an enthusiastic, customer-focused team, and we're now looking for a Swimming Teacher to join our team and help make a positive difference every day.
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 for our baby and pre-school customers, 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 isn’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.
Our in-house Aquatic Training Academy will provide you with ongoing training through our specialist CPDs in swimming teaching, meaning you can access a range of training throughout your career, and when it comes to that career, we have a solid pathway in place, meaning there is an opportunity to progress into management or other areas in the business.
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What you’ll need to do the role
- You’ll have excellent customer service skills and be someone who is happy to deal with people of all ages and backgrounds.
- You will need to hold either a STA Award/Certificate in Teaching Swimming or Swim England (Previously ASA) Level 2.
- Holding either a valid RLSS UK NPLQ, RLSS UK NRASTC, or STA Safety Award for Teachers would be advantageous but not essential as we can provide the training to complete these courses free of charge.
- If you do not yet hold the relevant qualifications to teach swimming but are looking to start a career with us, please do not worry as we have multiple qualified Swimming Teacher Tutors across our business and often run training courses. Please submit your application, and we will be in touch when we have a course running near you.
- This role will require a DBS check.
Why Join Us
- A place you can make an impact: 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 place you can count on: Our swimming teachers are integral to the running of our centres, so as well as progressing into aquatics coordination, you can move into other centre management roles in one of our 55 facilities.
- A place for you: Teaching can lead to a great sense of accomplishment as you watch people progress and work with your local community. And as you are supporting your students, we will be supporting you with ongoing training and development.
What We Offer
- Holidays: 25 days pro rata plus bank holidays
- Pension: Up to 6% contributory pension scheme
- Training and development: Over 1,100 internal courses available, funding for qualifications and apprenticeships (including L3 Team Leader and L5 Operations Manager apprenticeships), mentoring opportunities, and a focus on internal progression
- Health and wellbeing: Employee Assistance Programme, Bupa Anytime HealthLine, wellbeing app, free membership for Serco-managed leisure centres, and 24/7 access to a virtual GP service
- Discounts: Discounts across around 1,000 retailers, from food and clothing to days out, entertainment, and travel
- Charity: Paid volunteering day, tax-free charitable giving through Payroll Giving Scheme, donate your pennies from your monthly pay to the Serco People Fund Charity
- Employee networks: Our networks support inclusion and connection by providing spaces for collaboration, learning, and belonging. They represent and empower all our colleagues, including LGBTQIA+ employees, women, parents and carers, people with disabilities, veterans, and people from all cultural backgrounds.
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About Us
At Serco, everyone plays a vital part in delivering essential public services that make a real difference. As a global team of 50,000 people across Defence, Transport, Justice, Immigration, Healthcare, Leisure, and Citizen Services, we’re united by a shared purpose: to improve the services that communities rely on. Guided by our values of Trust, Care, Innovation, and Pride, our people make meaningful impact, every single day.
Our Inclusive Recruitment Commitment
We prioritise your skills and potential. As a Disability Confident Leader, a top Great British Employer of Veterans, and a Gold Inclusive Employer Standard holder, we champion equal opportunities for all. We offer flexible and hybrid working where possible and make reasonable adjustments throughout recruitment and employment.
Guaranteed Interview Scheme: Applicants with disabilities, veterans, and people with convictions, who meet the minimum job criteria, are guaranteed an interview. Simply opt into the relevant scheme on the application form.
Ban The Box: We also support fair access for those with unspent criminal convictions through our ‘Ban the Box’ pledge (some roles may have security exemptions).
For support with your application, please contact recruitmentuk@serco.com.
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