GLL are currently recruiting trainee baby and pre school swimming teachers to join us in Redaing to help deliver our under 5 swimming lesson programme, Swimbies. All of our Swimbies Swimming Teachers are qualified to at least STA Level 2 Award in baby and pre school in Teaching Swimming. The STA qualifications are nationally recognised and will give you the skills of how to teach pre school aged children in line with their key developmental stages from 3 months to 5 years.
Successful applicants will be fully funded to complete their STA Level 2 Baby and Pre School Award in Teaching Swimming.
We have a range of hours available cross weekdays and weekends.
The next available STA Level 2 baby and pre school Award Course will be run at STA Baby & Pre-School Course - Basingstoke Sports - 7th 10th October 2025
We are looking for applicants who have or wish to develop:
A passion for working with babies & toddler’s
Experience working with parents & guardians
Understanding of child development in relation to baby swimming lessons
Knowledge of songs and games suitable for baby swimming lessons
Your primary role will be to deliver excellent quality Baby & Pre School swimming lessons inline with our product SWIMBiES. You will be expected to deliver in the water for lessons, following the plans of the programme. Singing is a large part of the role, you will need to be confident to sing in public. You will be the face of our baby lesson programme at centres which means you will be expected to be able to communicate effectively to all customers, as well as being welcoming, creating a safe, fun and loving teaching environment.
Planning and completing any necessary administration will be a vital part of your role ensuring that the customer experience is positive from entering the centre through to changing and then during the lessons itself.
As a charitable social enterprise owned by its staff GLL has a great range of benefits for its employees:
A Values driven organisation
Learning & development to support career development
Good Pension schemes
Discounted gym membership for you and your partner.
A full time permanent position – Change accordingly
Industry leading rates of pay
opportunity to join the GLL Society and have a say in how we are run plus associated social events
Exclusive discounts on our villas in Portugal
Exclusive discounts on our Ski chalets in Bulgaria
Health assurance
Career pathways, professional development are just the start. To ensure you stay at the top of your game, we provide training with practical and theory elements too.
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25% off Red Letter Days
25% off Buy A Gift
20% off GLL spa experience treatments and associated products.
Ride to work scheme
Free eye tests and discounted glasses
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 up a wide range of possibilities and opportunities for you, starting with how you work with us. To make sure we’re 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.