Location
Home Based With National Travel
Department
Educator Training
Advertising Salary
£30,735 - £34,150 dependent on experience
Advertising End Date:
01 Oct 2023

About Us

Swim England is striving to create a happier, healthier and more successful nation through swimming and aquatic activity. We strive to inspire everyone to enjoy the water in the way that suits them. As the recognised national governing body for swimming, artistic swimming, diving and water polo in England, we help people learn how to swim, enjoy the water safely, and compete in all our sports.

Each month millions of people are able to enjoy our sports and activities because they have been through our renowned Swim England Learn to Swim Pathway.

Ensuring people are safe in the water is of paramount importance to us and so we work closely with partners to keep water safety high on the national agenda.

At our heart Swim England is a membership organisation dedicated to supporting our clubs and members to develop and succeed. We maintain the laws of the sport and run world-class national events that are open to all competing members.

We also operate a comprehensive range of qualification and education programmes for teachers, coaches, officials and tutors.

Swim England is an incorporated company with charitable status. Our subsidiary businesses are wholly owned companies which are commercial – profits are passed up to Swim England for investment into our charitable aims.

Find out more about what it’s like to work with us and the Swim England family here and download a summary of our employee benefits here.

About The Role

We are seeking a Coach Education Officer to join our team on a permanent basis (35 hours per week) to lead the development, review and quality assurance of our coach education certificate programmes.

This is an exciting opportunity working within Swim England in the Educator Training team.

The role will be home based but the successful candidate will have the ability to travel to our SportPark office based at Loughborough (roughly twice a month) and nationally when required. Where possible flexible working will be considered.

Reporting to the Senior Educator Training Manager, the successful candidate will be responsible for leading the specification and assessment development process across all coaching certificate programmes, ensuring the needs of the aquatic sports are maintained.  
 
Working with the Educator Training Co-coordinator, the successful candidate will lead the implementation of the external quality assurance processes and procedures. In addition they will also work with the team to plan and deliver training to new and existing coach educators as well as supporting other Swim England and Institute of Swimming departments with the development of coach education products.
 
Interviews to be held week commencing 9th October.

To find out more about the role, download the full Job Description and Person Specification document.

 
 

About You

The successful candidate must have:
  • Experience delivering teaching, learning and assessment programmes within the sports an leisure sector.
  • Experience developing coach education programmes and assessment strategies including technical content from subject matter experts to develop and deliver training interventions.
  • Knowledge of the sport of swimming and the aquatic disciplines.
  • Proven ability to form and maintain effective relationships with a variety of internal and external stakeholders.
  • Ability to travel nationally to visit educators and delivery centres.

Experience developing qualifications or CPDs would be advantageous, along with an understanding of quality assurance processes and procedures.

The role requires candidates to undertake an enhancd DBS check and complete relevant safeguarding training.  Please be aware that we will be following a safer recruitment process with regards to recruitment for this position.

Please include include a complete career history within your application with any gaps explained. If there are gaps please explain in your covering letter, as only candidates with complete work history will be shortlisted for interview.

 

So if you feel you have the suitable skills and attributes for this position then we would like to hear from you.

Please be advised that we cannot offer visa sponsorship and that you must have right to work in the UK to apply or be considered for this role. If you are a non UK/EU National, you must have an appropriate working Visa to undertake employment. You must also be working within the UK to apply or be considered for this role, due to the public liability insurance Swim England holds.

Swim England is committed to inclusion and embracing the spirit of all equalities legislation. As a Disability Confident Employer, we actively encourage applications from disabled people. We recognise that the diversity of our workforce is not reflective of today’s society and we are currently operating a pilot scheme whereby applicants from ethnically diverse backgrounds can opt into our guaranteed interview scheme. Candidates that have opted into the scheme will be guaranteed an interview provided that they have demonstrated, within their application, that they meet the essential criteria for the role. When completing the application, applicants from ethnically diverse backgrounds are encouraged to ‘Opt In’ to the scheme, by ticking the box.

Where possible, Swim England will always make reasonable adjustments for accessibility to anyone who requires it. If you would like any of the documentation in a different format or would like to apply in a different way please get in touch via [email protected]. All appointments will be made on merit, following a fair and transparent process, in line with the Equality Act 2010. However, the organisation may employ positive action where candidates from underrepresented groups can demonstrate their ability to perform the role equally well.

Swim England is also committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all employees and volunteers to share this commitment.

Please be aware that we use parsing software to extract key information from your CV, which you are able to review and edit within the application form. It is advisable to provide a simple text CV (i.e. no tables, images of text etc) to aid the transfer of information. Please review the information in your application form prior to submitting.

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