Talent, National Events and Learn to Swim Welfare Officer

Organisation: Swim England
Salary: £32,680.80 - £34,496.40 dependent on skills and experience
Location: Home Based with National Travel
Contract type: Permanent (Full time)
Closing date: 11 May 2025
Job Description: We are seeking a Talent, National Events and Learn to Swim Welfare Officer to join our team on a permanent full time basis. The role is 35 hours per week and will be home based with a requirement for regular travel to events and to work from our SportPark Office in Loughborough.

You will act as an indendent point of contact for all aquatic disciplines within talent, national events and learn to swim. You will be required to investigate welfare complaint within the talent programme, at national events and for Swim England swim school members.

Your responsiblilities will include reporting and addressing issues and concerns through the correct channels and in accordance with Wavepower, in particular reporting all welfare and safeguarding concerns internally to the Swim England Safeguarding team.

You will also work closely with the national events team to ensure effective welfare and safeguarding practices across all national events and to provide both on and off site support as Welfare Officer for Swim England National events. You will also work closely with the Learn to Swim team to provide relevant welfare support to swim school members.

We are looking for someone with experience or knowlege of a performance environment in sport as well as experience of dealing with safeguarding and welfare concerns. You will have a strong commitment to enabling a positive welfare environment ensuring that our sports are a safe space for all.

You will be required to attend events or competitions regularly as well as visiting swim schools as required.

If you are looking to wake up every day with a passion for making a difference then this could be your next role!

Interviews will be held in person at our SportPark office in Loughborough week commencing 19th May 2025.

In order to be shortlisted for the next stage in the process you must demonstrate within your application how you meet the following essential criteria:

Experience or knowledge of a performance environment in sport.
Experience of dealing with safeguarding or welfare concerns.
Proven ability to follow and apply policies and procedures
Excellent communication skills with the ability to communicate
across a diverse audience
Commitment to enablinga positive welfare environment ensuring
that our sports are a safe space for all.
Ability to clearly summarize facts and findings in written form and
make recommendations about behaviour and concern.

Role requirements

Attend events or competitions at the discretion and direction of
Swim England.
Attend Learn to Swim Schools where required
Full driving license with ability to travel as required
Valid Enhanced (with barred list check) DBS check

If you feel you have the suitable skills and attributes for this position then we would love to read your application, detailing how you meet the brief, and how you believe you’re the right candidate for this opportunity.
This role will follow a Safer Recruitment Process which Swim England are committed to and as part of this safer recruitment process relevant checks such as self-declarations, references and criminal checks will be carried out in accordance with Wavepower.

The vacancy closing date is indicative only, we will be reviewing applications and inviting shortlisted candidates for interview whilst the vacancy is live, in order to secure the best talent in the market. Therefore, the vacancy may close earlier than advertised.

For an informal conversation about the role, please contact careers@swimming.org and we’ll put you in touch with the relevant person.

Please be advised that we cannot offer visa sponsorship and that you must have right to work in the UK to apply or be considered for this role. If you are a non UK/EU National, you must have an appropriate working Visa to undertake employment. You must also be working within the UK to apply or be considered for this role, due to the public liability insurance Swim England holds.

Swim England is committed to inclusion and embracing the spirit of all equalities legislation. As a Disability Confident Employer, we actively encourage applications from disabled people. We recognise that the diversity of our workforce is not reflective of today’s society and we are currently operating a pilot scheme whereby applicants from ethnically diverse backgrounds can opt into our guaranteed interview scheme.

Candidates that have opted into the scheme will be guaranteed an interview provided that they have demonstrated, within their application, that they meet the essential criteria for the role. When completing the application, applicants from ethnically diverse backgrounds are encouraged to ‘Opt In’ to the scheme, by ticking the box.

Where possible, Swim England will always make reasonable adjustments for accessibility to anyone who requires it. If you would like any of the documentation in a different format or would like to apply in a different way please get in touch via careers@swimming.org. All appointments will be made on merit, following a fair and transparent process, in line with the Equality Act 2010. However, the organisation may employ positive action where candidates from underrepresented groups can demonstrate their ability to perform the role equally well.

Swim England is also committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all employees and volunteers to share this commitment.

Please be aware that we use parsing software to extract key information from your CV, which you are able to review and edit within the application form. It is advisable to provide a simple text CV (i.e. no tables, images of text etc) to aid the transfer of information. Please review the information in your application form prior to submitting.

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How to apply: To register with us and apply for this role please visit our candidate portal - link below: https://careers.swimming.org/vacancies/369/talent-national-events-and-learn-to-swim-welfare-officer.html