GLL is looking for a Gymnastics Coach to work at the new Woolwich Waves Leisure Centre. If you have the skills and ambition to join us as a Gymnastics Coach, there's never been a more exciting time to join us. This is more than a coaching job, it's a career.
As an experienced gymnastics coach, you’ll be qualified to Level 1, 2 or 3. You’ll thrive on seeing others develop and as your courses and lessons will be your own to lead and plan, you’ll influence their success and growth. Ensuring the lessons are enjoyable, you’ll be able to think on your feet and be creative with the facilities around you, still making sure that your pupils are constantly observed and kept safe. Due to our size and scale, there will be plenty of hours available for you to coach and the bigger our courses get, the more opportunity there will be to further develop your career with us. We invest in our people as well as our facilities and we aim to upskill and progress people throughout their time with us.
This is a rare opportunity to work at GLLs flagship facility set to open this year. The new Woolwich Waves Leisure Centre will be one of the largest flagship centres that GLL has operated. Designed by the Britannia project team and at a cost of over £115m, the new centre will boast:
1. Large leisure pool with flumes, toddler pool and a large wet play park
2. 25m, 8-lane fitness pool
3. 20m training pool
4. Spa Experience with health suite and treatment rooms, all adjoining the training pool to give a true health club style spa experience
5. 200-station gym over two floors
6. Four studios – Group Cycle, Elevate, and two fitness studios
7. 6-court sports hall
8. Indoor 5-a-side 3G pitch
9. Two squash courts
10. Café
11. Soft play and party rooms
12. Creche
13. Healthwise suite
14. Meeting room
What you need:
15. A can-do attitude
16. A real focus on customer service.
17. Passion and personality
18. Knowledge of health and safety
19. Be a great team player
20. Qualified at Level 1, 2 or 3. However training can be given for those that would like to become gymnastics coaches.
What you’ll do:
21. Deliver first-class customer service
22. Deal with customer queries
23. Teach high quality gymnastics at a variety of levels
24. Deliver lessons that are safe, fun and progressive
25. Safe coaching and supporting skills
26. Complete registers and assessments of participants using GLL IPods
27. Completing or assisting with equipment set ups
28. Completing or assisting with warm ups and cool downs
29. Assisting with the assessment process (award scheme and skills matrix)
30. Providing parental feedback where required
31. Level 1 coaches aged 18+ may be responsible for the overall delivery of lessons and courses
32. Supervising and cleaning the Sports Hall and Storage areas
33. Setting up equipment
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:
34. This is a Flexible 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.
35. We are an accredited Living Wage employer with industry-leading rates of pay.
36. We can offer a career, not just a job, with extensive Learning & Development support available.
37. A uniform will be supplied and must be worn.
38. GLL is Values Driven, not Profit Driven. We work hard to benefit the communities we operate in.
39. 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:
40. Access to a pension scheme.
41. Health Assurance and access to Counselling services.
42. Access to the tax-efficient Ride to Work bicycle purchase scheme.
43. Free annual eye tests.
44. 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:
45. The right to stand for the Society board and to vote for board members to represent you.
46. Access to team building and fun events such as treks, concerts, outings, etc.
47. Access to a range of benefits exclusive to our people – ask your line manager for details or check out the Intranet.