About the role

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 shifts. 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 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 are 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, assessing participants to ensure they are improving their swimming ability and reaching milestones.

The hours are a set roster 28.25 hours per week, extra hours may be available to cover leave or extra classes.

Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday 11:45am-2:45pm and then 3:15pm-6:15pm

Sunday 8.15am-1:00pm (includes a 30 - minute unpaid break)

About you

To 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.

• Amazing communication skills
• Excellent problem-solving
• Be available for a weekday and a weekend day.
• Fantastic Customer service skills
• Love being in the water.

We offer a range of benefits working at Selwyn District Council including a living wage!

• Life insurance
• Annual Paid Wellbeing Day
• Annual paid Volunteer Day
• Free Onsite Parking
• Free Fruit
• Discounts with local and National businesses

If you are short-listed, 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, and 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 human · Be brave - Think differently · Better 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 received, therefore we reserve the right to close this role earlier.

If this sounds like your kind of job, then apply today.