Job Description

Flexible Kayak and Canoe Coaches and Paddlesport Leaders





Watersports Instructors - RYA and Paddle UK


GLL is looking for Paddle UK coaches and Leaders to join our dynamic team at Westminster Boating Base on the Thames in central London. WBB is a Royal Yachting Association training centre and Paddle UK delivery partner teaching a wide range of abilities and age groups from 10yrs upwards. Based in Pimlico, we typically operate between Putney to Tower Bridge depending upon tidal conditions.


We are looking for qualified coaches to join our professional and experienced team running sessions and courses for young people and adults.





You'll have a real passion for the sport and must hold one or higher of the following:


Paddle UK Paddlesport Leader Paddle UK Coach


Applicable Coach Awards: Kayak and/or Canoe Coach (sheltered water), Open Water Coach (kayak and/or canoe) Sea Kayak coach, Whitewater Coach (kayak and/or canoe). UKCC Level 2 coach or BCU Level 3.




Following successful hire, you'll be fully inducted to the centre's operating procedures and work alongside other coaches and instructors in what is a challenging, interesting and fun environment. On-the-job training will be provided and there will be opportunities for skill development and broadening skills and qualifications.


You will be required to run high quality watersports sessions, managing assisting instructors and volunteers, set up and pack down the equipment at the start and end of each day, ensure the health and safety of staff and customers and guarantee the highest standards of service. When not teaching, you will be expected to perform a variety of roles including equipment maintenance, cleaning, operational tasks and admin support. Flexibility, punctuality and reliability are just as important as integrity, a can-do attitude and a real focus on customer service.


If you want the chance to develop a career doing something you love, apply now!


The welfare and safety of the children in our care is of the utmost importance to us at GLL. We follow safer recruitment procedures to ensure that our staff are checked and appropriate to work with young people. Therefore we'll require you to complete an enhance DBS check before you will be allowed to start work.





About Us


GLL is the UK's largest leisure and cultural services provider and one of the first and largest leisure social enterprises. Our aim is to get more people, more active, more of the time whilst making leisure and community facilities accessible and affordable. We partner with local authorities to run leisure centres, swimming pools, libraries, children's centres, spas, events spaces and world-class sporting venues such as the Copper Box Arena and London Aquatics Centre on the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park - all under our Better brand. As a not-for-profit organisation, we're different. Passionate about seeing our communities thrive, we invest back into our facilities, projects and people and are an Investors in People Silver Award employer.


GLL is an equal opportunities employer.