SLLC 1512 - Swimming Officer

Location: Lanark Lifestyles, Thomas Taylor Avenue, Lanark

Hours: 19 hours per week

Shift Pattern: Monday 1.30pm - 6.30pm, Tuesday 1.45pm - 7.30pm, Wednesday 12.30pm - 6.15pm, Saturday 8.30am - 12.30pm

Salary Band: £17.04 - £17.51 per hour

Duration: Permanent

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South Lanarkshire Leisure and Culture are looking for a motivated and enthusiastic Swim Officer to join our team at Lanark Lifestyles.

South Lanarkshire Leisure and Culture have an award winning swimming development programme which delivers high quality swimming lessons in our nine pools. Due to the continued expansion of our programme, which currently delivers lessons to around 10,000 people a week, we are looking for an enthusiastic, highly motivated Swim Officer who loves teaching swimming to a variety of abilities and age groups and have the skills to help Swim Teachers develop.

Applicants must hold the SSTQ (SQA Level 7) or UKCC Level 2.

REQUIREMENTS

Monitor, review and manage swimming teachers / coaches

Administrative and management information in relation to the swim programme

Provide customer care to high standards as defined within the business plan and site procedures

Follow continuous improvement principles and apply to the swimming scheme

Deliver the Swimming Development Programme

South Lanarkshire Leisure and Culture SCIO is a Scottish charitable incorporated organisation responsible for the delivery of leisure and cultural activities on behalf of South Lanarkshire Council.

As an employee of South Lanarkshire Leisure and Culture SCIO, you would also receive a wide range of benefits including:

• Enrolment in award winning local government pension scheme
• Up to 33 days annual leave which will be calculated into hours on commencement of the role.
• Public holiday entitlement (up to 10 days)
• Occupational sick pay
• Family friendly policies - flexible working and leave, maternity/paternity leave, enhanced leave
• Employee Discounts – including discounts at the cinema
• Range of benefits to support you (Cycle to Work Scheme, Physiotherapy, Employee Assistance Program which offers practical and emotional support)

Please Apply online - All correspondence will be via your email address

This post is considered Regulated Work with Children and/or adults, under the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act, 2007. Therefore, it is an offence to apply if you are barred from working with children and/or adults.

Preferred candidates will be required to join the PVG Scheme, or undergo a PVG Scheme Update check, prior to a formal offer of employment being made by South Lanarkshire Leisure and Culture.

Please refer to http://www.disclosurescotland.co.uk for further information about the disclosure process and best practice.

Foreign Police Check - Candidates should be able to detail any gaps in employment and provide a foreign police check where applicable if you have lived or worked for 3 months or more (consecutively) abroad in the last 10 years.

Equal Opportunities and Armed Forces Community Covenant

South Lanarkshire Leisure and Culture is an Equal Opportunities employer and encourages applications from all members of the community. As a user of the disability confident scheme, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum competency/behaviour requirements for the position.

South Lanarkshire Leisure and Culture is committed to providing support to members of the armed forces, veterans and their families which is set out in the British Armed Forces Community Covenant. Veterans are guaranteed an interview who meet the minimum requirements for the position.