Job Description
Love swimming? Enjoy working with children? Help build confidence and lifelong water safety skills!
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Position: Swim Teacher
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Job Type:
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Casual
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Tenure: Permanent
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Location: St Arnaud
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Package: $*****per hour (Including 25% casual loading) plus superannuation
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Northern Grampians Shire Council is looking for enthusiastic and dedicated Swim Teachers to join our team at the Stawell Sports & Aquatic Centre.
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As a Swim Teacher, you'll play an important role in helping participants develop their swimming skills, water confidence and safety knowledge through engaging and supportive lessons.
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About the role
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What you'll be doing:
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Plan, prepare and safely deliver swimming lessons to the Swim and Survive standard.
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Develop lesson plans using a variety of teaching methods and styles to support different learning needs.
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Assess participant readiness, progress and skill development, and provide appropriate feedback and reporting.
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Create a positive, encouraging and inclusive learning environment.
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Support and supervise AUSTSWIM or equivalent training candidates and probationary employees participating in classes.
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Provide professional and friendly customer service to participants, parents, carers and other stakeholders.
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Promote positive water safety behaviours and help participants build confidence in the water.
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Attend mandatory staff meetings as required.
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Undertake other duties within your skills, competence and training.
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About you
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We're looking for someone who is passionate about swimming, enjoys working with children and wants to make a positive difference in our community.
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You will be:
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Passionate about swimming, water safety and helping others learn.
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Friendly, patient and enthusiastic when working with children and participants of all abilities.
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Someone who enjoys helping children build confidence and develop their swimming skills.
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Committed to creating fun, engaging and supportive learning experiences.
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Able to recognise and celebrate student progress and adapt your teaching to individual learning needs.
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Confident communicating with participants, parents, carers and other stakeholders.
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Able to plan and deliver engaging swimming lessons using a range of teaching methods.
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Committed to providing a safe, positive and inclusive learning environment.
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Reliable and able to work effectively as part of a supportive team.
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Keen to develop your teaching and aquatic industry skills.
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Enthusiastic about supporting local families and contributing to the health, wellbeing and water safety of our community.
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Qualifications & experience
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To be successful in this role, you will have:
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Current AUSTSWIM Teacher of Swimming and Water Safety qualification, or equivalent.
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Current AUSTSWIM Teacher of Infant and Preschool qualification, or equivalent (desirable).
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Current Australian Resuscitation Council (ARC) recognised resuscitation certification.
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Knowledge of AUSTSWIM industry guidelines.
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Knowledge of swimming lesson philosophy and teaching guidelines.
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The ability to adapt lessons to meet the learning needs and skill levels of individual participants.
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About Northern Grampians Shire Council
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Northern Grampians Shire Council has a diverse employment base, across 14 worksites in the Grampians Region of Victoria. We offer flexible work arrangements, providing access to relevant training and career development opportunities with a variety of employee benefits. We promote innovation, responsiveness, respectfulness and continuous improvement as our core values.



Being a smaller organisation, we can provide you with opportunities to act in leadership roles, transition between teams and participate in a range of collaborative projects with other team members or the wider community. We provide a supportive and flexible environment that values the balance between work and our employees' personal lives.
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Why join us?
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In addition to the picturesque landscapes at our backdoor, there are many other benefits to working for our innovative and vibrant Northern Grampians Shire Council. These include:
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Fortnightly RDO: Enjoy a well-deserved break and rejuvenate.
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Great Team Environment: A safe, respectful and supportive environment to enable you to thrive. You will work with like-minded, passionate individuals who love what they do.
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Professional Growth: We nurture talent and provide opportunities to flourish.
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Flexible Work Arrangements: To support your work life balance.
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Salary Packaging Options: Including remote area housing allowances and novated lease vehicles
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Access to Paid Leave: including purchased leave, paid parental leave, gender affirmation leave and to respond to family violence matters
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Employee Assistance Program: Your well-being matters - we've got you covered.
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Biodiversity: Explore our Council region's varied flora and fauna
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Promote Inclusion
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Northern Grampians Shire Council is committed to promote inclusion of all children and families; we aim to establish a culture that supports:
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cultural safety for Aboriginal children by working in partnership with Aboriginal peoples and Aboriginal community controlled organisations
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cultural safety for children from culturally and/or linguistically diverse backgrounds
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establishing a safe environment for children with a disability
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If you'd like to know more contact Imogen Amos, Leisure and Recreation Lead at
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or call ************. Applications close 5pm Sunday 4th October ****

📌 Swim Teacher (Victoria)
🏢 Northern Grampians Shire Council
📍 Victoria