Organisation: Bristol Penguin Olympic Swimming Club
Contract Type: Permanent
Qualifications: Coaching Swimming: Swimming Coach Certificate or Level 2 Award Coaching Swimming: Assistant Swimming Coach Certificate or Level 1 Award
Working Hours: Part time
Location: Bristol
Closing Date: 27th February 2025 23:59
Job Reference: Coaching Job
Bristol Penguin Olympic Swimming Club (Bristol Penguins), based in Bristol, is looking to appoint a Swimming Coach to join our teaching and coaching team and to deliver sessions at pools across Bristol. This is a part-time PAYE position of up to 15 hours per week and offers a competitive salary, depending on experience, expertise, and qualifications held.
Bristol Penguins is a swimming club with around 630 swimmers. We teach the upper end of learn-to-swim, have recreational, competitive and performance pathways, a masters squad and dedicated provision for para swimmers and those with additional needs.
Our Core Values are to:
* Provide a productive, structured and enjoyable training programme.
* Develop our members as people as well as swimmers.
* Value and care about all our members.
* Teach/coach each swimmer to progress along their swimming journey within a team environment.
Coaching Role:
* To coach a variety of different squads at different pools across Bristol in the week and at weekends.
* An opportunity to attend competitions – as part of paid overtime.
* To teach and coach other groups and work collaboratively with the wider coaching team to provide excellent provision for all our swimmers.
* To work with and take direction from the Head Coach – to provide the best possible structure, coaching experience and support for our swimmers.
* Early morning and weekday evening work and coaching on either Saturdays or Sundays.
* An optional choice to be one of the team coaching our open water swimming programme in the summer months.
Personal Qualities Required:
* Positive and hardworking.
* Maintains high professional standards whilst being personable.
* Works well within a team of paid and volunteer coaches.
* An effective communicator with adult swimmers, younger swimmers, colleagues and parents.
* Can effectively lead and successfully manage sessions with around 20 swimmers and a squad of 60 swimmers overall.
* A reflective practitioner who seeks to improve through feedback and continuing professional development (CPD).
* Share our core values.
Qualifications Required/Safeguarding Compliance:
We welcome applications from swimming coaches who hold the Swim England Swimming Coach Certificate (or ASA Level 2 Coaching Award) although we will consider applications from those who hold the Swim England Assistant Coach Certificate and are ready to start the course for their Swimming Coach Certificate.
A willingness to undertake a pool supervision qualification such as the RLSS National Rescue Award for Swimming Teachers and Coaches (NRASTC) is desirable. The ideal candidate will have a UK driving licence and/or the ability to travel to different swimming pools within Bristol and the surrounding area.
The Club follows Swim England's Safer Recruitment Policy. An up-to-date DBS check and Swim England Safeguarding Certificate will be applied for if the applicant does not hold Swim England-approved certificates. All applications are subject to relevant checks including satisfactory completion of routine safeguard checks and providing two references.
Applicants must prove they have the right to work in the UK.
Please apply by the above closing date.
Start Date – as soon as possible.
Early applications are encouraged. Please note that we reserve the right to close applications early if we receive sufficient interest so early applications are encouraged.
How to apply
Please use the apply button below to contact Josh Jobbins (Head Coach) with your CV and a covering letter detailing your suitability for the role. If you would like to find out more about the role, please get in touch.
This vacancy may require the following qualifications:
* Coaching Swimming: Swimming Coach Certificate or Level 2 Award
* Coaching Swimming: Assistant Swimming Coach Certificate or Level 1 Award
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