GLL is currently looking for Tennis Coaches based at Charlton Lido & Lifestyle Club. If you have the skills and ambition to join us as a Tennis Coach, there's never been a more exciting time to join us. This is more than just a Tennis Coach job, it's a career.
As a Tennis Coach, you will play a key role in developing our customers' tennis skills. This is your chance to deliver safe, consistent lessons that give people real confidence on the courts. As an experienced Tennis Coach, you’ll thrive on supporting people to achieve their potential, taking a pupil’s nature and needs into account. Tennis Coaches draw on their knowledge of practices, progression, and teaching points and apply it in the most effective way. Naturally, there’ll be some administration involved, but rest assured that almost all of your time will be spent doing what you do best, teaching people to become stronger tennis players, whether in a group or one-to-one, and from children to adults.
We’re looking for Tennis Coaches who are approachable, with the friendly, patient nature needed to build people’s trust, motivate pupils, and encourage with praise. You’ll need to be LTA Level 2 or above. A good knowledge of health, safety, and other relevant legislation will be vital too, as will an understanding of Child Protection Policy.
What you’ll do:
1. Maintain a good and positive image of the Centre to customers and the public generally by providing a welcoming, helpful, and professional tennis service.
2. Comply with the commitments outlined in the ‘Customer Charter’, ensuring that standards are maintained as stipulated.
3. Ensure the safety and control of the pupils within the tennis lessons and to ensure that all relevant regulations applicable to the centres operation are enforced and complied with.
4. Actively encourage pupils to enrol on further courses and short courses.
5. Understand and follow the Safeguarding Policy and Procedure & Behaviour policy contained within the tennis product.
6. Record and complete relevant awards in line with expected standards, ensuring that the levels are obtained.
7. Teach to the standard set within the product manual to ensure a consistent approach throughout all the centres.
As a leader within the leisure industry we can also offer scope to progress your career, and job variety like nowhere else.
What you need:
8. LTA Level 2 or above.
9. Good knowledge of health, safety, and other relevant legislation.
10. Understanding of Child Protection Policy.
11. Approachable, with a friendly and patient nature.
12. Ability to build people’s trust, motivate pupils, and encourage with praise.
As a charitable social enterprise and cooperative owned by our staff, GLL is a unique organisation for you to have a career with!
The basics:
This is a Flexible position. Hours of work will be negotiated with you in line with the needs of the service, flexible working may be possible, working from home is not possible in this role. We are an accredited Living Wage employer with industry leading rates of pay We can offer a career, not just a job with extensive Learning & development support available. A uniform will be supplied and must be worn GLL is Values Driven, not Profit Driven. We work hard to benefit the communities we operate in. As a staff owned organisation you will be given the opportunity to join the Society and have a stake in your business
Additionally GLL offers employees a range of employment benefits:
13. Access to a pension scheme.
14. Health Assurance and access to Counselling services
15. Access to the tax efficient Ride to Work bicycle purchase scheme.
16. Free annual eye tests
17. Discounted nationwide (over 200 centres) inclusive leisure centre membership for you and your partner. This includes GLL Extras!
GLL Society benefits (if you choose to join the Society after your probation period) include:
18. The right to stand for the Society board and to vote for board members to represent you
19. Access to team building and fun events such as Treks, Concerts outings etc
20. Access to a range of benefits exclusive to our people – ask your line manager for details or check out the Intranet