Learn to Swim Program Officer

2 days ago

Tweed Heads, Australia Tweed Shire Council Full time

The Tweed Regional Aquatic Centres (TRAC) offer the community everything families need to maintain a healthy lifestyle, with facilities, equipment and staff that provide an extensive range of healthy lifestyle choices.

We are seeking someone who is outgoing and energetic and has a passion for swimming and water safety. You will be reliable, have great communication skills, a happy disposition and able to build a great rapport with our staff, parents, and swimmers. You will be highly knowledgeable in the delivery of swimming skills, progressions, stroke corrections and improvements. You will have the ability to mentor and inspire staff in the delivery of high quality learning experiences in swimming skill development and water safety.

This is a permanent part time position with up to 38 hours per week, based on a 7 day roster. The hours per week will be determined with the successful applicant. Ordinary hours worked on a Saturday attract a 25% loading, whilst Sunday attracts a 50% loading. The position will be required to work out of any of Council's Tweed Regional Aquatic Centres, administrative offices, Depots or any other location within the Shire as directed by the supervisor.

**About the role**:
Our Learn to Swim Program Officer is responsible for coordinating the learn to swim and schools swimming program including:

- Teaching and covering shifts as required
- Training staff to deliver the learn to swim programs for toddlers, preschool, primary school and junior levels
- Assist in the development and review of practices and policies to ensure the successful operation of the learn to swim programs
- Administrative functions including placing children in classes, programming classes and communicating information on classes to parents
- Continuously seeking opportunities to grow and improve the learn to swim program

**What's on offer**:

- An attractive base salary ranging from $28.11 per hour with competency based increments up to $29.53 per hour, plus 10.5% super
- Permanent part-time position with a minimum of 4 hours per week up to 38 hours per week based on a 7 day roster
- Training and development opportunities
- Flexible work options for a healthy work/life balance
- Generous employment conditions (we have too many to list - **click here** for more).

**We are seeking**:

- Hold a:

- Teacher of Swimming and Water Safety (ASCTA / RLSSA/ Austswim or equivalent)
- Infants and Preschool Aquatics (ASCTA / RLSSA/ Austswim or equivalent)
- Current First Aid certificate
- Current Working with Children check
- Demonstrated experience/competency:

- Experience teaching learn to swim for 3 years and/or experience in a similar role
- Developing learn to swim programs for schools and various learn to swim user groups
- Administrative tasks and capacity to produce basic financial and attendance reports by manipulation of data in facility operational systems
- Conducting swim teaching and/or coaching workshops

**About Us**:

- Located on the picturesque far North Coast of NSW, bordering the Gold Coast.
- The Tweed is a vibrant, diverse location offering a lifestyle near the water, in a rainforest or on a farm.
- Join an **employer of choice**. Professionals Australia (Local Government Engineers’ Association) has named Council the 2021 Employer of Choice for our great employment practices within NSW local government.

**Where it's located**:
This position is based in Murwillumbah (Tweed Regional Aquatic Centre), and can be directed to work from any Council work site.

**Position closes**:

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