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Swimming Teacher
Swimming Teacher – Birmingham Community Leisure Trust
Location: Cocks Moors Woods Leisure Centre, B14 6ER
Salary: Up to £15.53 per hour + excellent benefits
Working Hours: Shift options available:
- Mondays – 4 pm to 6 pm
- Wednesdays – 4 pm to 6 pm, 3 pm to 5:30 pm
- Fridays – 4 pm to 6:30 pm
- Saturdays – 8 am to 12 pm
About the Role
At Serco, working on behalf of Birmingham Community Leisure Trust, we’re recruiting dedicated Swimming Teachers to help deliver fun, progressive, and safe swim lessons to our community.
Birmingham Community Leisure Trust fosters active, healthy lifestyles, providing accessible sports and leisure facilities in a safe, welcoming, and inclusive environment. Swim programmes are designed to develop swim confidence, skills for life, and even competitive talent. Your role will be to deliver structured Swim England learn to swim lessons, helping young and older swimmers grow in ability and enjoyment.
Key facets of teaching with us:
- Flexible working – Contracts available for as few or as many hours as needed, fitting around your other commitments.
- Support all-round –Funded safeguarding training, DBS checks, and teachers’ insurance.
- Career development – Access a comprehensive In-House Aquatic Training Academy, offering CPD teaching courses, and progression opportunities in management and leadership.
- CDM for the community – Teachers and team members receive free leisure centre membership and discounted access to classes and facilities, plus one free membership for a friend or family member.
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Responsibilities
- Deliver safe, fun, and progressive swimming lessons for participants of all ages and abilities, including babies and pre-schoolers, using the Swim England learn to swim framework.
- Foster a customer-focused, welcoming environment appropriate for the full community.
- Confidence-building – Help swimmers progress to entering competitive swimming (e.g., representing the UK) when they’re ready.
- Provide ** pastoral guidance**, ensuring all participants are engaged, challenged, and growing at their own pace.
- Support on-going training opportunities tailored to your career aspirations.
Requirements & Qualifications
Essential
✔ Customer service skills – Ability to connect and support people from all backgrounds and ages. ✔ Hold one of the following:
- STA Award/Certificate in Teaching Swimming
- Swim England (formerly ASA) Level 2 qualification
Advantageous (But Not Essential)
🔹 Certified lifeguard qualification:
- RLSS UK NPLQ or RLSS UK NRASTC, or STA Safety Award for Teachers.
Note: If you’re still completing your qualifications or exploring a career in teaching, we provide free training courses.
Important: This role requires a DBS check.
Why Join Birmingham Community Leisure Trust?
A Meaningful Impact
- Make a lifelong difference by teaching a skill that unites and improves lives.
- Support swimmers’ journeys from first splash to competitive performance.
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Enjoy Stability & Growth
- Evolve within our network: Move into aquatics coordination or other leadership roles across our 55 facilities across the region.
- A progressive environment that values personal development.
Job Satisfaction & Personal Benefits
- Achievement through teaching – Watching swimmers develop is incredibly rewarding.
- Ongoing training: Ensured through our Aquatic Training Academy and career development path.
Benefits & Perks
- Free membership at the Centre (plus discounted classes and facilities access).
- Full reimbursement for:
- Safeguarding training
- DBS checks (pre-screened by Cocks Moores)
- 6% employer-matched pension contribution.
- 21 days annual leave + Public Holidays.
- Life Assurance cover up to 2x base salary.
- Networked Serco Leisure Employee Benefits (full details available vid career portal).
Serco/Serco Leisure Operating Limited are the managing agents appointed by Birmingham Community Leisure Trust.
Additional guidance: The Trust supports equal opportunities and encourages applicants to contact the Recruitment Team (0345 010 4000) immediately if they need extension of submission time or additional support.
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