Assistant Swimming Instructor
| Posting date: | 26 May 2026 |
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| Salary: | £28,122 to £29,247 per year, pro rata |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 16 June 2026 |
| Location: | Chelmsford, Essex |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | Chelmsford City Council |
| Job type: | Permanent |
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Summary
Riverside Leisure Centre is Chelmsford City Council’s flagship leisure facility, offering a wide range of sports and fitness activities for all ages and abilities. Our vibrant team works together in a fast-paced, customer-focused environment to deliver outstanding experiences to our community.
We are currently seeking qualified Assistant Swimming Instructors who are passionate about teaching and inspiring both children and adults. In this role, you will support our swimming instructors in delivering our year round swimming lesson programme, helping learners build confidence, develop skills, and achieve their goals in the water.
Our lesson programme includes sessions for parents and babies, toddlers, juniors, and adults, running at various times throughout the week.
Our lesson programme caters for parents and babies, toddlers, juniors and adults and runs at various times throughout the week. This vacancy is for 4.5 hours on Saturday mornings, with the potential for additional hours across the wider programme.
Please note should sufficient applications be received prior to the closing date, we may close the role for applications early.
Find out more about Chelmsford and Working for the City Council by viewing our Uncover Your Potential brochure above.
Chelmsford City Council is committed to safeguarding vulnerable groups and expects all employees to share this commitment and have a range of policies and procedures in place which promote safeguarding and safer working practices across our services. The Council's Safer Recruitment process contains pre-employment vetting which includes safeguarding training, obtaining references, and ensuring compliance with the Disclosure and Barring Service process.
To view further details for this role including the job description, please click the link on the attachments section above.
We are currently seeking qualified Assistant Swimming Instructors who are passionate about teaching and inspiring both children and adults. In this role, you will support our swimming instructors in delivering our year round swimming lesson programme, helping learners build confidence, develop skills, and achieve their goals in the water.
Our lesson programme includes sessions for parents and babies, toddlers, juniors, and adults, running at various times throughout the week.
Our lesson programme caters for parents and babies, toddlers, juniors and adults and runs at various times throughout the week. This vacancy is for 4.5 hours on Saturday mornings, with the potential for additional hours across the wider programme.
Please note should sufficient applications be received prior to the closing date, we may close the role for applications early.
Find out more about Chelmsford and Working for the City Council by viewing our Uncover Your Potential brochure above.
Chelmsford City Council is committed to safeguarding vulnerable groups and expects all employees to share this commitment and have a range of policies and procedures in place which promote safeguarding and safer working practices across our services. The Council's Safer Recruitment process contains pre-employment vetting which includes safeguarding training, obtaining references, and ensuring compliance with the Disclosure and Barring Service process.
To view further details for this role including the job description, please click the link on the attachments section above.
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