Water Sport Instructor

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Flexible Watersports Coach



Watersports Instructors - RYA and Paddle UK

GLL is looking for Watersports Instructors based at Westminster Boating Base. Westminster Boating Base is a Royal Yachting Association training centre and Paddle UK delivery partner. We are looking for qualified instructors to join our professional and experienced team of instructors running sessions and courses in kayaking, canoeing, sailing and powerboating.

You’ll have a real passion for watersports and must hold one or more of the following:

RYA Dinghy Instructor Certificate or higher

RYA Powerboat Instructor

Paddle UK Paddlesport Instructor or higher

On-the-job training will be provided and there will be opportunities for skill develoment following successful hire.

You will be required to run high quality watersports sessions, set up and pack down the equipment at the start and end of each day, ensuring the health and safety of staff and customers, guaranteeing the highest standards of service. When not teaching, you will be expected to perform a variety of roles including maintenance, cleaning, operational tasks and admin support. Flexibility, punctuality and reliability are just as important as integrity, a can-do attitude and a real focus on customer service.

If you want the chance to develop a career doing something you love, apply now!

The welfare and safety of the children in our care is of the utmost importance to us at GLL. We follow safer recruitment procedures to ensure that our staff are checked and appropriate to work with young people. Therefore we’ll require you to complete an enhance DBS check before you will be allowed to start work.

All pay rates are subject to skills, experience, qualifications and location.

About Us

GLL is the UK’s largest leisure and cultural services provider and one of the first and largest leisure social enterprises. Our aim is to get more people, more active, more of the time whilst making leisure and community facilities accessible and affordable. We partner with local authorities to run leisure centres, swimming pools, libraries, children’s centres, spas, events spaces and world-class sporting venues such as the Copper Box Arena and London Aquatics Centre on the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park - all under our Better brand. As a not-for-profit organisation, we’re different. Passionate about seeing our communities thrive, we invest back into our facilities, projects and people and are an Investors in People Silver Award employer.

GLL is an equal opportunities employer.