Swim School

Our community loves to swim, and we work with children of preschool and school age across a range of weekday mornings and afternoons and one weekend morning shift.
This is an active role where you will contribute to our community through helping children develop essential life skills.Having a qualification and experience in swim teaching along with a current first aid certificate is desirable; however, fully paid training is available, and we will support successful candidates in gaining a nationally recognised qualification.Enjoy an active role in our modern Aquatic Centre where you will play an important part in providing our community with the skills they need when in and around water.Selwyn Aquatic Centre is seeking to employ motivated, energetic instructors to join our fun and passionate Learn to Swim Team.As a Swim School Instructor, you will be responsible for planning structured and engaging lessons, teaching with encouragement and positive reinforcement, and assessing participants to ensure they are improving their swimming ability and reaching milestones.The hours are a set roster of 28.25 hours per week; extra hours may be available to cover leave or extra classes.Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday 11:45 am-2:45 pm and then 3:15 pm-6:15 pm.Sunday 8:15 am-1:00 pm (includes a 30-minute unpaid break).About youTo be successful in this role, you will be committed to completing all training required, be comfortable working with preschool and school-aged children, committed to working positively within a team, and value the importance of swim safety.Excellent problem-solving skills.Be available for a weekday and a weekend day.Love being in the water.We offer a range of benefits working at Selwyn District Council including a living wageLife insuranceFree Onsite ParkingFree FruitDiscounts with local and National businessesIf you are shortlisted, we will contact you to arrange a trial lesson.
Candidates who successfully complete the trial will be invited to a formal interview.We value the safety of our young people and kaimahi; therefore, appointments for this role are subject to a satisfactory safety check including a Police vetting and passing a drug and alcohol test prior to receiving an employment offer.Our values are important to all of us and represent the way we work: Be a good humanBe brave - Think differentlyBetter together.
Make it Happen for Selwyn.Selwyn District Council honours Te Tiriti o Waitangi.
We are committed to working with our Treaty partner to deliver on our obligations under Te Tiriti o Waitangi.Applications will be reviewed as they are received; therefore, we reserve the right to close this role earlier.If this sounds like your kind of job, then apply today.
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