Part-time Swimming Coach

Job Description: Part-Time Swimming Coach

Location: Springhill Campus

Job Purpose:
To plan and conduct safe, engaging, and structured swimming lessons for students, focusing on skill development, water safety, and confidence-building, while ensuring adherence to safeguarding and health & safety standards.

Key Responsibilities:

• Conduct swimming lessons for students of varying ages and abilities.
• Teach swimming techniques, water safety, and basic lifesaving skills.
• Plan lesson activities aligned with the school’s sports.
• Ensure student safety at all times during swimming sessions.
• Maintain discipline and positive behaviour in accordance with school policies.
• Carry out basic pool safety checks before each session.
• Communicate student progress and concerns to the Sports Coordinator or relevant staff.
• Comply with safeguarding, child protection, and professional conduct policies.
• Ensure punctuality and accurate attendance records. Respond appropriately to emergencies and follow school safety protocols.

Requirements & Qualifications:

• Certified Swimming Coach or Instructor (recognised certification preferred).
• Valid Lifesaving / CPR / First Aid certification.
• Prior experience coaching children or adolescents (school setting preferred).
• Good communication and interpersonal skills.
• Physically fit and confident in water. Strong awareness of child safeguarding and professional boundaries.

Other Requirements:

• Willingness to undergo background checks.
• Ability to work on weekend sessions.
• Compliance with school policies, procedures, and code of conduct.

About UCSI International School Sdn Bhd:
The UCSI Schools Group has 3 campuses in Malaysia: Kuala Lumpur Campus, Subang Jaya Campus and Springhill Campus. Two of its campuses focuses on British school curriculum while the other one focuses on the IB.While maintaining a strong focus on core curriculum which includes British school curriculum with Cambridge IGCSE and International Primary Curriculum, we aim to complement the formal curriculum with a series of CCAs which students’ experiences form a cornerstone of their holistic education for the 21st century. The rapid advancement of technological innovations, global competition, and a push towards a knowledge-based economy require that our students learn to have a repertoire of soft and hard skills to enable them to succeed in a future economy that is still in the making. Through our unique CCA experiences, our students can exhibit soft skills like creativity, leadership abilities, teamwork, flexibility, communication skills, resilience and an enterprising spirit that will enable them to stay relevant for the future.UCSI International School focuses on eight critical characteristics in our learning content and experiences. The rapid advancement of technological innovation, global competition, and a push towards a knowledge-based economy require that our students have a repertoire of soft and hard skills. We therefore place a strong emphasis on Character Education, Global Citizen Skills, Problem-based Collaborative Learning, and co-curricular activities amongst others, forming a truly holistic education for the 21st century.Our emphasis in education isn’t only labelled in academic and creative excellence, but to equipped students with 21st century skills such as character, communication, collaboration, creativity, critical thinking, while inculcating virtues such as integrity, honesty, and empathy in our students. We believe that students that have a developed moral compass and practical wisdom in a challenging and fractured world will make a positive impact for life.