Swimming Teacher

Location: Market Drayton, TF9 1JT (Shropshire, United Kingdom)

Job ID: 307624

Employment Type: Casual / Part-Time (Flexible hours available between Monday to Sunday)

Salary: £13.00 to £16.98 per hour (depending on experience) + excellent benefits

About Supportive Bridge Staffing Agency

At Supportive Bridge, we connect passionate aquatic, sports, and community-minded professionals with rewarding careers across the UK leisure sector. Partnering with leading leisure trusts and operators, we specialize in placing candidates into stable, supportive roles where your teaching expertise helps build vital, life-saving water skills and promotes active, healthy lifestyles for everyone in the local community.

Role Overview

As a Swimming Teacher working on behalf of Shropshire Community Leisure Trust at Market Drayton, you will play an inspiring role in teaching safe, fun, and progressive swimming lessons following the tried-and-tested Swim England learn-to-swim framework.

Whether you are teaching baby and pre-school classes or guiding older swimmers, this role offers complete flexibility around your lifestyle and commitments. Best of all, if you are looking to start your career in aquatics without current qualifications, training pathways are available!

Key Responsibilities:

Lesson Delivery: Plan and deliver engaging, safe, and progressive swimming lessons for swimmers of all ages and abilities.
Skill Development: Build water confidence, stroke technique, and life-saving aquatic skills following the Swim England framework.
Customer Engagement: Foster a welcoming, inclusive, and motivational environment for students and families.
Progress Tracking: Encourage participant progression, celebrating milestones from early years splash sessions all the way to competitive swimming pathways.

What We Are Looking For

We are looking for an enthusiastic, customer-focused communicator with a passion for swimming and community wellbeing.

Requirements:

Core Qualifications: Hold either an STA Award/Certificate in Teaching Swimming or Swim England (formerly ASA) Level 2.
Safety Qualifications: Holding a valid RLSS UK NPLQ, RLSS UK NRASTC, or STA Safety Award for Teachers is advantageous, but free training can be provided.
No Experience? No Problem: Trainee and aspiring teachers without formal qualifications are encouraged to apply; in-house training courses and tutor pathways are available.
Interpersonal Skills: Outstanding customer service skills with a friendly, patient, and adaptable teaching style.
Vetting Requirement: A standard DBS check is required for this role (provided and paid for by us, along with professional insurance cover).

What We Offer You

Financial Package: Competitive hourly rate ranging from £13.00 to £16.98 per hour depending on experience.
Leave & Pension: 25 days’ annual leave pro-rata plus bank holidays and up to a 6% contributory pension scheme.
Family & Personal Perks: Free leisure membership for you, plus an additional membership for a friend or family member.
Training & Career Progression: Access to an in-house Aquatic Training Academy, specialist CPDs, over 1,100 internal training courses, and clear progression routes into aquatics coordination and facility management across 55 facilities.
Health & Wellbeing: Employee Assistance Programme, Bupa Anytime HealthLine, virtual GP access, and wellbeing apps.
Perks & Community: Savings across around 1,000 major high street retailers, a paid volunteering day, tax-free payroll giving, and active employee inclusion networks.

Our Recruitment Process & Equal Opportunities

Guaranteed Interview Scheme: Applicants with disabilities, veterans, and individuals with convictions who meet the minimum job criteria are guaranteed an interview.
Ban the Box: We champion fair access to employment for those with unspent criminal convictions (subject to safeguarding exemptions). Reasonable adjustments are fully supported throughout the hiring journey.