GLL is looking for a Learning and Development Trainer (RLSS TA) to join the team based at head office in Woolwich, South East London. If you have the skills and ambition to join us as a Learning and Development Trainer (RLSS TA), there has never been a more exciting time to join us. This is more than a Learning and Development Trainer (RLSS TA) job, it’s a career.
Learning and Development is at the heart of our values. Our Learning & Development trainer is responsible for ensuring that relevant training and continuous development is available to the workforce. The primary function of this role is delivering high quality training and qualifications and continuous professional development (CPD) to our internal staff and members of the public that book onto courses. This includes delivering course content as per the awarding organisations guidance as well as ensuring all training records are accurate and supporting the IQA & Quality control process across a variety of courses. This role is based in London with some requirement to travel outside of London where there is a training need.
Experience delivering RLSS National Pool Lifeguard (NPLQ) is essential. You’ll be a knowledgeable trainer with experience delivering multiple qualifications or training courses and have shown excellent quality assurance. You’ll have excellent communication, presentation and IT skills required for training our internal staff and customers. Your key stakeholders will include the People Team, National Standards & Compliance and managers within the facilities. With a passion for RLSS & Aquatic Training, you’ll be able to demonstrate up-to-date knowledge of the NPLQ & NRASTC syllabus and best practice delivery.
What you’ll do:
- Deliver courses as and when required.
- Be able to deliver the following courses (qualifications dependant)
- NPLQ Courses
- NPLQ Renewals
- NRASTC & NRASTC Light
- First Aid at Work & First at Work Renewals
- Paediatric First Aid
- Emergency First Aid at Work
- First Aid Skills Updates
- STA Qualifications & CPDs
- Support with all external and internal audits to ensure that GLL customers (internal and external) are receiving the best quality training possible.
- Attend and participate in verification and standardisation meetings.
- Monitor completion rates with regard to courses as well as assessor and candidate feedback.
- Monitor trends and suggest improvements to delivery model where applicable.
- With the Training Manager, support the multi-skilling agenda.
- Ensure and monitor diversity of learners and training access, in alignment with the EDI policy and plan.
- Professionalise the workforce by supporting the multi-skilling agenda through the training offer.
- Create a ‘One GLL’ understanding and learning culture amongst the workforce and a reputation as an organisation that demonstrates commitment to our people via our training offer.
- To ensure welfare and safety of all training delivery including any Health & Safety monitoring.
What you need:
- RLSS NPLQ/First Aid TA Status
- Good understanding of management systems, policies and procedures.
- Extensive RLSS delivery & vocational training experience.
- Training & Mentoring front-line members of staff.
- Delivery of classroom training.
- Use of e-learning & CPD.
- Experience working in high-demand environments working to targets & deadlines
- Working autonomously
- Strong communication skills at all levels of the organisation
- Excellent written & verbal communication skills with attention to detail
- IT literate with proven experience of MS Office Suite of applications
- High level of organisational, practical and process-driven skills
- Be able to self-manage
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 permanent position of up to 30 hours a week. 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. 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:
* Access to a pension scheme.
* Health Assurance and access to Counselling services
* Access to the tax efficient Ride to Work bicycle purchase scheme.
* Free annual eye tests
GLL Society benefits (if you choose to join the Society after your probation period) include:
* The right to stand for the Society board and to vote for board members to represent you
* Access to team building and fun events such as Treks, Concerts outings etc
* Access to a range of benefits exclusive to our people – ask your line manager for details or check out the Intranet
About GLL:
As the UK’s largest leisure operator and charitable social enterprise, we offer a range of careers for everyone in our local communities. We manage over 400 facilities across England, Wales, and Northern Ireland, including public sport and leisure centres, elite sporting venues, libraries, and children’s centres.
Our people are from the communities we serve and help us make real changes in their local area.
One of our core values is ‘More than a Job’, because working with us opens a wide range of possibilities and opportunities for you, starting with how you work with us. To make sure we are having a positive impact on our people, we also offer some flexible and part-time working options so you can make sure your new job works for you. Subject to vacancies, whether you are after a contractual commitment and a regular work schedule or the freedom of flexible hours, you may be able to choose an arrangement that works best for you and play your part in improving the health and wellbeing of your community.
We offer two different types of work arrangements:
* A permanent employment contract - part time and full time
* A flexible worker engagement by joining our flexible worker pool
If you are looking for a regular number of hours that you can work and are flexible to meet the needs of a 7 day a week service, then a full-time or part-time permanent contract might be the right choice for you.
So whether your ambitions lie in sport and leisure, events & catering, health & beauty, corporate support or working with children, you’ll be able to find your ideal new job at GLL.
Passionate about seeing our communities thrive, we invest back into our facilities, projects and people and are Investors in People Gold Award employer.
However you choose to work with us, you can be sure that you will be a valued member of our team, working with great colleagues, and making a real difference to people’s lives.
We are an inclusive employer. We seek and welcome diversity in our teams.
All pay rates are subject to skills, experience, qualifications and location.