**Position No**: 115/2024
**Work Type**: Fixed Term - Full Time, Fixed Term - Part Time
**Indigenous Traineeship Program**
**Trainee Mandurah Aquatic and Recreation Centre (Swim School and Customer Service)**
**Temporary Full-time or Part-time (12 - 24 month term)**
- Have you finished or about to finish school and looking for your next opportunity?
- We work together with you to create a culture based on respect, trust and inclusiveness.
The City of Mandurah has an exciting position available for someone wanting to pursue a career as a swim teacher. The trainee will learn and assist the swim school team in teaching swimming and water safety skills to children and assist with administrative and customer service duties.
**Earn while you learn**
We will support you in achieving a Certificate III in Sport, Aquatics and Recreation (SIS30122), Swim Teacher qualifications and Bronze Medallion. You will receive on the job training from experienced team members. The City will pay for the training fees as well as your wages.
**Skills needed for the job?**
- School leavers: OLNA or NAPLAN 9 Band 8
- Non-school leavers: C Grades in Year 10 English and Maths or a completion of a Certificate II in a related discipline
- Competent and strong swimmer with the ability to pass at a Bronze Medallion level
- Reasonable level of fitness
- Current C class national driver's licence or progress towards
- Confident and professional communication skills both verbal and written
- Ability to motivate and work with a diverse range of people including children and adults
- Excellent presentation
- Team player and ability to work well individually
- Excellent time management skills, organised and able to prioritise tasks effectively
- Able to follow instructions
- Demonstrated competence in the use of computers including Windows-based software and Microsoft Office Packages
- Reliable and self-motivated
**The finer details**
The traineeship will be located at the City's Mandurah Aquatic and Recreation Centre, 303 Pinjarra Road, Mandurah. The traineeship can either be completed full-time over a 12 month period or part-time over a 24 month period. The trainee may be required to work evenings and on weekends. The position attracts a salary range of $36,128 to $57,097 gross per annum dependent on age.
**How to Apply?**
**Why work with us?**
You will be working for the City of Mandurah, an employer of choice and one of Western Australia's fastest growing local authorities. Our vision at the City is "Woven by waterways, a City with a village heart" and all our employees instil the values of connected, integrity, excellence, courage and innovate.
We are committed to creating and maintaining a child safe organisation where protecting children and preventing harm is embedded in the everyday thinking and practice of all employees and volunteers.
There are many advantages in working for the City, including:
- Uniform provided.
- Compulsory course costs are paid by the City.
- Flexible working hours.
- Free recreation centre membership.
- A fair salary - enjoy great work conditions including salary sacrificing options.
- Superannuation Guarantee Contributions (SGC) payments with matching additional contributions made by the City in accordance with the City's Enterprise Agreement.
- Generous leave entitlements - provisions for many forms of leave; including annual, personal/ carers, parental, study, cultural, domestic violence, compassionate and bereavement leave.
- Employee Assistance Program support.
**Casey Mihovilovich**
**Chief Executive Officer