GLL are currently recruiting trainee Swimming Teachers to join us at Henley Leisure Centre. If you have the skills and ambition to join us as a Swimming Teacher, there's never been a more exciting time to join us. This is more than just a Swimming Teacher job, it's a career.
All of our Swimming Teachers are qualified to at least STA Level 2 Award in Teaching Swimming. The STA qualifications are nationally recognised and will give you the skills to teach non-swimmers, beginners, and improvers. If you have a passion and talent for swimming, you could be part of our team of Swimming Teachers and help give people of all ages a valuable life skill. We are the largest Swimming School in the UK and our continued growth means we are looking to qualify and employ a growing number of Swimming Teachers. So, if you’d like the opportunity to gain the qualifications and training needed to teach people of all ages and abilities how to swim, apply to be a Trainee Swimming Teacher.
Successful applicants will be fully funded to complete their STA Level 2 Award in Teaching Swimming. We have a range of hours available across weekdays and weekends.
The next available STA Level 2 Award Course will be run at Basingstoke Sports Centre, STA Award Course - Basingstoke Sports - 10th to 15th November 2025
What you need:
1. A competent swimmer.
2. A good communicator (verbal and non-verbal).
3. A good motivator (supportive and able to give feedback).
4. Approachable and patient in nature.
5. Imaginative.
6. Willing to learn and commit to a 5-day intensive training course.
7. Previous experience working with children is desirable but not essential.
Being a Swimming Teacher is really rewarding, as you’ll thrive on supporting people to achieve their potential. Naturally, there’ll be some administration involved, but rest assured that, once qualified, almost all of your time will be spent teaching, working with a range of ages and abilities. Once qualified, you will be a part of one of our Teaching Teams, working with a Lead Teacher to support you in your day-to-day role.
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 Full time / part time /, permanent / 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. 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:
8. Access to a pension scheme.
9. Health Assurance and access to Counselling services
10. Access to the tax efficient Ride to Work bicycle purchase scheme.
11. Free annual eye tests
12. 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:
13. The right to stand for the Society board and to vote for board members to represent you
14. Access to team building and fun events such as Treks, Concerts outings etc
15. Access to a range of benefits exclusive to our people – ask your line manager for details or check out the Intranet