Pay Scale: £14.00 - £15.50 per hour
Positions Available:
- Edinburgh (City Centre) – Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Wednesday (Various Hours)
- West Lothian – Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday (Various Hours)
- Midlothian – Wednesday – Monday (Various Hours)
Lifeguard:
Stepping Stones is currently one of the largest private learn to swim providers in Scotland, delivering high quality, low ratio, swimming lessons for children in small groups of up to 6 children. As part of the Stepping Stones delivery team you will be responsible for the delivery and progression of swimmers within our swim programme.
We are looking for someone that is, fun, approachable and loves working with children. We expect our staff to be knowledgeable, approachable, and fun. As a Stepping Stones lifeguard you will be responsible for the safe delivery of our learn to swim programme as well as being a point of contact for parents and swimmers during the lesson delivery.
Our core lesson delivery falls during weekday afternoons and over the weekend’s, we have a range of days and times available for our lifeguard positions and additional hours can be picked up on either a temporary (lesson cover) or permanent basis.
Qualifications:
- National Rescue Award for Swim Teachers (NRASTC)
- National Pool Lifeguard Qualification (NPLQ)
- STA International Pool Lifeguard
Additional Qualifications (Not Essential)
- National Governing Body Swimming Teacher Certificate
- SSTQ | UKCC | STA | ASA
Main Duties:
- Ensuring Safe delivery of swimming lessons
- Poolside coordinator
- Supporting swim teacher delivery
- Feedback to the Stepping Stones office as required
Personal Qualities
We encourage our lifeguard team to be fun, friendly, bubbly and approachable. As a Stepping Stones lifeguard you will be able to recognise the needs of the teaching team and swimmer, be able to adapt to each situation, and remain calm under pressure.
Our main aim is to have fun, we have found that the best way for our swimmers to engage and enjoy their swimming lesson is for them to be relaxed feel welcome and enjoy coming to lessons. As one of the first point of contacts on a swimmers journey we want our lifeguards to engage, have fun and be part of their experience.