Location: George Watson’s College, Edinburgh
Contract Type: Part-time, Permanent, Term Time only
Hours of work: Up to 19.5 hours per week are available however there is flexibility in the number of hours / days worked.
Rate of Pay: £15.21 - £21.75 per hour (rate of pay includes a market pay supplement) (rate offered to be confirmed depending upon experience and qualifications).
Benefits: Automatic enrolment in the contributory support staff definedcontribution pension scheme, reduced school fees at George Watson’s College for children of staff, Membership of the Galleon Club (the school’s fitness club)
Job introduction
We are looking to recruit enthusiastic, energetic and experienced Swimming Instructors to deliver lessons for our new swimming school programme at George Watson’s College. Instructors will be responsible for planning and delivering lessons over a 6-day period, delivering the Scottish Swimming learn to swim framework. There is also opportunity to teach Adult 1-1 lessons in the evenings and work additional hours delivering swim camps during the school holiday; this will be paid at a higher rate to include holiday pay.
Core hours will be 3.30pm - 6.30pm = 3 hrs per day - Monday to Friday
Saturday will be 08:45am to 13:15pm = 4.5 hrs
Working days available are Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday.
Hours of work will be up to 19.5 hours per week, term time only (36 weeks plus professional learning days). The annual leave entitlement is seven weeks per year making a total of 44 weeks.
Applications will also be considered from those wishing to be employed on a casual basis.
Closing date:11:59pm on 17 June 2026
Interviews (including a swim test) will be scheduled for week commencing 22 June and/or 29 June 2026.