Swimming Co-ordinator (109440-0526)

Flexible Working 

We will consider applications for employment on a part-time or other flexible working basis (e.g. job share), despite the position being advertised as full-time.

Background Check

This role will require an Enhanced DSB with Child's Barred List

If you are included on a Child's barred list, you will be breaking the law by applying for this role.

For informal enquiries, please contact Daniela Pardal (Commercial Recruitment Consultant) at Daniela.Pardal@warwick.ac.uk.

Warwick Sport is looking for a Swim Co-ordinator to help lead our Learn 2 Swim programme — a thriving, 7-day operation that teaches children aged 4–14, teenagers, and adults to swim with confidence. Alongside our core lessons, you'll oversee crash courses, adult lessons, and 1-1 teaching, making sure every swimmer in your sessions is progressing, supported, and enjoying the water.

This is a hands-on role for someone who loves teaching but is ready to step up. You'll be on poolside delivering high-quality lessons yourself, while also taking responsibility for the shape and success of the programme on your day. You'll line manage a team of swim teachers (8 teachers split across 2 Co-ordinators), mentor them through observations and feedback, and play a key part in their development.

What you'll be doing

• Planning and delivering swimming lessons aligned with the Swim England National Plan, for swimmers of all ages and abilities
• Leading a team of swim teachers — inducting new starters, mentoring existing staff, managing 1-2-1s, PDRs, sickness, and annual leave
• Overseeing the structure, attainment, and progress of swimmers in your sessions
• Setting up new swimmers on the system, tracking progress, and liaising with parents on everything from development milestones to SEND conversations
• Working with the membership team to follow up on non-payers and supporting retention across the programme
• Keeping the swim resource inbox, tablets, and lesson plans up to date
• Helping with set-up and pack-down, and contributing to a safe pool environment alongside the wider Operations team
• Delivering staff training roughly every two months, and attending your own regular training

What we're looking for

Essential:

• A full UK-recognised Level 2 Teaching Qualification (STA or Swim England)
• Experience working with children in a learning environment
• A proven track record within a swimming programme
• Experience working as part of a team
• Strong communication, interpersonal, and organisational skills
• Confidence using tablet-based assessment technology
• Knowledge of safeguarding and the Swim England assessment criteria
• An understanding of equality and diversity
• Reliability, punctuality, and the ability to use your own initiative

Desirable:

• Level 2 covering all stages of the Swim England Award Scheme (SEQ Level 2 or STA Certificate in Teaching Swimming)
• Additional CPD (Coaching Swimming, Water Polo, Ducklings, Adult and Child, etc.)
• A relevant safeguarding qualification
• Experience teaching swimmers with additional needs
• Experience in a busy leisure environment, or leading children's physical activity / Learn to Swim programmes

For details on the experience and skills required, please refer to the job description attached as a PDF below.

Why Warwick Sport?

You'll join one of the UK's leading university sport departments, working within a supportive operations team that takes its programmes — and its people — seriously. We invest in our staff through training, CPD, and clear progression, and you'll have the chance to genuinely shape how thousands of swimmers experience the water each year.

We are a world-leading research-intensive university founded in 1965. We are ranked 106th in the world and 8th in the UK.* Additionally, 92% of our research is rated world-leading or internationally excellent.**

Find out more about us at warwick.ac.uk/about/.

* World University Ranking 2024, Guardian University Guide 2025

** Research Excellence Framework 2021

CLOSING DEADLINE: Tuesday 9th June 2026 at 11:55pm (UK Time)

To apply, follow this link here: Uniperms | Swim Co-ordinator

Your CV should include:

• Your education and employment history (including your most recent employment).
• Any other relevant experience (e.g. volunteering, extracurricular, etc.).

Your cover letter should explain:

• Your motivations for applying to the role.
• Using examples, how you meet the essential and desirable criteria detailed in the job description (PDF attached below).

We can only assess your application based on what you write in your application, so please ensure that you write your supporting statement/cover letter with that in mind.

Interview Date: 18th June 2026

We provide a comprehensive range of benefits, including:

• An attractive pension scheme.
• 26 days holiday plus University Christmas closure.
• Generous parental/adoption leave policy.
• Onsite childcare facilities.
• Excellent learning and development opportunities.

We recognise the importance of a healthy work/life balance and offer access to flexible working arrangements. Find out more about our flexible working arrangements.

We are proud to be a Living Wage employer.

Equality, Diversity, & Inclusion

Warwick is committed to fostering a diverse, inclusive and respectful community where everyone can thrive. We welcome applications from all backgrounds, cultures, and communities, and actively encourage candidates from underrepresented groups to apply.

Find out more about our Social Inclusion work at Warwick.

Find out more about our awards and accreditations.

We are also one of the six founder institutions of the EUTOPIA European University Alliance.

Safeguarding & DBS

The University of Warwick is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all those we work with.

• Roles involving regulated activity are subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check at the appropriate level, in line with the DBS Code of Practice.
• The University will ensure that anyone subject to a barring order does not undertake any work with the barred group (children and/or adults).
• All employees, volunteers, and partners are expected to share our commitment to safeguarding.

Rehabilitation of Ex-Offenders

The University will not discriminate against applicants who make a disclosure relating to a conviction.

Disclosures at application stage are only visible to the DBS team, not to hiring panels. This ensures fairness and removes bias from the shortlisting process.